Labour must be prepared for the mess it will inherit

‘Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are emptying the coffers with the prime purpose of making each Labour proposal for investment less possible.’ Photograph: Maria Unger/Reuters

Jonathan Freedland’s article would be sensible and correct if Tory reluctance to accept the inevitable was just that – an understandable sentimental reluctance to accept the nature of democracy and take on the constitutionally respectable role of opposition (This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder, 15 March).

But, given the greed of their donors and the gravy trains they provide for loyal servants, they still need time to cement in place every reward they can for their donors and manipulate systems to ensure that an incoming government will be obliged to continue to transfer wealth to Tory cronies.