Boris Johnson’s slogan is so much hot air: ordinary, working people are still paying for the financial crash of 2008
Isn’t it time to call out the complete deception that is being peddled as “levelling up”? (“You can’t level up by raising taxes on the poor, Tories tell PM”, News). We know that Boris Johnson is ace at spewing out slogans and phrases that can sound good. Most are devoid of serious content and serve only as a distraction from what is really needed to give everyone who works, has worked, will work or would like to work a really fair chance in life.
“Levelling up” was invented only to persuade rich people who keep the Tory party afloat of the idea that fairness and social justice won’t cost them anything. They were never seriously asked to pay for the disaster that befell the world economy in 2008, even though their wealth was hugely bolstered by the abuses that brought that collapse about in the first place. It was whole populations of ordinary people who had to pay through years of austerity when services were cut to the bone and needs were ignored, so that after 11 years of Tory rule we are now on the brink.
Roger Pask
Barnham, West Sussex