BREAKING: @theresa_may promises #Peston the @Conservatives will not raise VAT after #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/nwUHNaxr7T

— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) April 30, 2017

She also said she has “no plans” to raise taxes…

PM @theresa_may says she has “no plans” to raise taxes, but she doesn’t want to make “specific proposals” on taxes https://t.co/7RwcNDQfVr pic.twitter.com/Nt44vJiX39

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 30, 2017

That was the same form of words that George Osborne used in 2010. He went on to raise VAT…