Oil and gas giant BP’s profits more than doubling to £23billion are the profits of war, fuelled by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine increasing world prices.
The case for a proper windfall tax on the corporate cash machine is overwhelming when those soaring profits are not the result of extra investment or ingenuity.
With many households and businesses facing even higher energy bills this spring, BP’s excess profits could help soften blow.
Rishi Sunak and his government siding with BP, Shell, British Gas and the other behemoths lobbying against a more effective tax tells us all we need to know about the Tories.
The PM’s Conservatives champion corporate self-interest and are a major obstacle to building a fairer, more decent country.
On the side of economic justice are Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and Ed Davey’s Liberal Democrats by advocating a windfall tax that works for us, not global energy firms.
Force a probe
Serial rapist former Met police firearms officer David Carrick will be at least 80 when he’s free to walk our streets again.
Some victims will feel that is too soon, that the minimum 32-year sentence imposed on the 48-year-old sexual predator should actually mean life. And who can blame them?
This ex-officer deserves no sympathy, the judge warning life would be difficult in prison after he betrayed his oath with a 17-year reign of terror and 85 serious offences, wrongly believing he was above the law.
Tough questions must continue to be asked about why he wasn’t caught earlier and
procedures tightened so police forces catch criminals rather than recruiting them.
Deck shuffler
Rishi Sunak’s ministerial reshuffle felt like a desperate captain rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.
And new deputy chair, loudmouth Lee Anderson, is a rat joining the sinking ship after he likened the Government to the tragic liner.
