CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt has dashed tax cut hopes, saying a pre-election giveaway is “unlikely” because his priority is to cut rampant inflation.
There is no denying he faces a uniquely challenging set of circumstances.
But inaction seems to be the default setting for a Government gripped by torpor, hoping all the country’s problems will magically resolve themselves.
Tory MPs, fearing annihilation even in safe seats, are desperate for Mr Hunt to act.
As Sir James Duddridge argues: “If it is not working, only a fool would carry on as if expecting a different result.”