Three-quarters of voters (76%) want the Chancellor to have financial or business experience, according to new polling carried out for the Centre for Government Reform. Just 4% disagree. Can someone tell the baldy heading to the despatch box at 12:30 p.m. today…
Before Parliament, John Healey’s CV includes a year at The House magazine, communications at the MSF union, and campaign director at the TUC. Business? Any business? Never mind…
The public view holds across party lines, with 85% of Tory voters, 82% of Reform voters, and 80% of Labour voters wanting a Chancellor who has worked in finance or business. Polling was conducted by Obsurvant among 2,000 nationally representative adults, including 365 public sector workers, in September. The Centre for Government Reform’s CEO Ameer Kotecha tells Guido:
“Today’s Budget will have major consequences for businesses across the country. It is not much to ask that the person making those decisions has seen at first hand how a firm actually works: how it makes payroll, raises money and survives a bad year. Three-quarters of voters want a Chancellor with business or financial experience, and four in five Labour voters agree. Yet this Cabinet has a total lack of corporate or real-world experience.”
Does John want to do an internship on the side?
Robert Jenrick told a rally on Monday:
“They say Chancellors are either undertakers or bookies. This one is an ostrich – and when the Chancellor buries his head in the sand, the rest of us, we’re left staring at his you know what.”