Extraordinary polling from Merlin Strategy. More than half of Labour voters and nearly two-thirds of Green voters would prefer to ‘reduce inequality’ (punish wealth) than make everyone better off. If the rich benefit, it’s no good. They’d rather the poor stay poor if the alternative is to give another penny to a millionaire...
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”