Unpopular as Kwasi Kwarteng may be, the nation’s supercar dealers must love him. Imagine, for example, that you’re one of those well-paid bankers in the City who’ve done rather well for themselves out of the “mini-Budget” and its hideous handouts to the rich. If you’re on £1m then the tax cuts alone will net you a handy £50,000 in a year. If you’ve had a good few deals in the gilts market, or selling sterling short (no one said traders in sovereign debt have to be grateful), you can look forward to a bumper bonus, now that Kwasi helpfully lifted the cap to make you work that little bit harder at your socially useless job. So let’s say that computes to an extra year-end lump sum of £178,971.
That makes £228,971 on benefits cuts and extra debt laid on the backs of future taxpayers. And with that you can buy a tastefully specced Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder. And by that I mean matt yellow paintwork with yellow brake callipers visible through the massive 20in forged alloy wheels and seats garnished with yellow (because yellow is my favourite colour, and makes any car look friendly and nice. Bright but less vulgar, I like to think).
