Since 2010, the Tories have told us that their policies are inevitable: we have to follow them and agree to them in the national interest. The Tories say that they do not inflict damage on the poor and vulnerable out of spite, but out of economic necessity. And for five years, it worked: until the row over tax credits.
But now, thanks to Jeremy Corbyn, Labour is now a real alternative. We have started to pay attention to a different way of doing things, a different way of making savings and reaching economic stability. That’s why the Conservatives and David Cameron are suddenly vulnerable.
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