Apparently we have all been living in a fool's paradise.
These were the words of the so-called 'Levelling Up' Secretary Simon Clarke as he made it clear that the government is planning to use people who rely on benefits and our country's already broken and battered public services to pay for the chaos they have wrought on the country in just a few dreadful weeks in office.
I can scarcely think of a less appropriate job title for someone who almost gleefully talks about paying for tax cuts for the very richest with a real-terms pay cut for some of the most vulnerable in society during a generational cost of living crisis and via another assault of public spending after more than a decade of grinding and deadly austerity.
