OVER the last five decades we have supported both Labour and Conservative parties.
Our commitment has always been to hold the Government’s feet to the fire.
PAPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has many policies which we support[/caption]
PAThere is no doubt Sir Keir Starmer has fought hard to change his party for the better[/caption]
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And that is what we’re going to do every day of the next Parliament.
There is everything at stake for our country in this election.
Common sense values are what the Sun believes in.
Britain as a meritocracy where people regardless of background can get on in life, through their own hard work.
Freedom of speech, a free Press and freedom for our journalists to expose hypocrisy and wrongdoing.
Free trade. Freedom for businesses to thrive and create jobs, and for consumers to buy what they want.
Strong borders for controlled immigration. Decent public services that provide taxpayers with a great education and medical care.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has many policies which we support.
The Rwanda plan to stop the small boats. His commitment to scrap the National Insurance tax on jobs.
The ban on teaching harmful gender ideology in schools. Putting the brakes on the headlong rush towards Net Zero. His long-held and principled commitment to our Brexit freedoms.
He has done his best to right the economic mess he inherited, much of which was caused by the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Inflation was running at 11 per cent when he became PM. He has got it down to 2 per cent – in part because he resisted wild trade union pay demands.
But the insurmountable problem faced by the Tories is that – over the course of 14 often chaotic years – they have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country.
By the time Rishi Sunak moved into No10, Britain had had five Prime Ministers in just 12 years. In 2022 alone, there were four Home Secretaries, four Chancellors, and five Education Secretaries.
All this upheaval, backstabbing and mayhem came at a price.
The Tories allowed a Work From Home civil service “blob”, activist quangos and human rights lawyers and judges to run rings around them, thwarting sensible policies. Illegal and legal immigration have not been kept under control.
Taxes have ballooned to the highest level since World War Two. Plotting against the leadership has been endless. Sleaze scandals – most recently gambling on the timing of the election – have broken public trust.
Put bluntly, the Tories are exhausted.
They need a period in Opposition to unite around a common set of principles which can finally bring to an end all the years of internal warfare.
It is time for a change.
Nigel Farage’s manifesto – lower taxes, less immigration, slashing the size of the bloated State – has struck a chord with millions, including many hard-working voters who supported Boris Johnson in 2019.
But Reform is a one-man band which at best can only win only a handful of MPs and can never implement its policies.
The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, are a joke – with a leader who has spent this most depressing of campaigns pulling ridiculous stunts.
Which means that it is time for Labour.
There is no doubt Sir Keir Starmer has fought hard to change his party for the better, even if it is still a work in progress.
The anti-Semitism that was rife under Jeremy Corbyn is largely gone, and Sir Keir has distanced himself from crazy Marxist Corbynista policies and MPs.
Sir Keir has been solid in his support of Ukraine and also Israel – despite coming under significant pressure from Left-wing Labour MPs who were quick to forget the October 7 atrocity inflicted by terrorist organisation Hamas.
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has successfully worked hard to win the support of business. They insist they will govern as moderates, whose core ambition is to turbo-boost economic growth. The Sun supports this.
Labour is strong in its support for the Union and strengthening the ties that bind together our United Kingdom.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting promises radical reinvention to make the NHS put patients first, not managerial staff. The leadership promises to ignore the concerns of NIMBYs to enforce the building of the millions of new houses and infrastructure we need.
There are still plenty of concerns about Labour.
They do not have a clear plan for getting a grip on immigration, legal or illegal.
They have ruled out increases to VAT, income tax and National Insurance – but, as independent think tanks agree, under Labour taxes are going up. They just haven’t admitted which ones yet.
Sir Keir, an ex-Remainer, now talks of wanting closer ties with Brussels – which could mean sacrificing some of our newly-won Brexit freedoms.
He has a mountain to climb, with a disillusioned electorate and low approval ratings.
But, by dragging his party back to the centre ground of British politics for the first time since Tony Blair was in No10, Sir Keir has won the right to take charge.
We will hold Labour to account, without fear or favour.
But we wish them every success.