Shadow minister Jonathan Reynolds has condemned “trickle down bull***t” from the Government as he declared “the clear dividing lines” between Labour and the Tories are back. The shadow business secretary said he is “sick” of the Conservatives’ approach, while shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said asking the Tories to fix the current crises is “like asking the arsonist to put out the fire they created”.
Mr Reynolds told the Labour First conference rally in Liverpool it is an “indictment of the Tories” that “the average household in Slovenia will – by the time of the next general election – be better off than the average British household”. He cited Britain’s “amazing” businesses, adding: “The question for the Tories is how, with everything good we have going for us… have they got it so wrong?”
“What I love most of all about this particular audience is I know you are as sick of opposition and (with) the sheer weight of this country’s potential, as I am, and I love you for that,” he said. “I’ve got a simple message for you today, and it’s that politics is back, the clear dividing lines between us and the Tories are back, and I for one say we should relish that, and not shrink from the fight.”
