Zack Polanski has refined his understanding of economics – having discovered the concept of ‘saving for future reward’ – to deliver this new line to a Guardian podcast about why Britain needs a wealth tax:
“If you’re working with your hands or with your mouth or whatever you might be doing during the day, you are getting taxed more than someone who might make more money when they sleep than some people can earn in a lifetime. That’s fundamentally unfair and we’ve got to fix that.”
Guido leaves it up to co-conspirators to guess what he means…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”