The Tories are in revolt about social care – and Boris Johnson’s ‘clear plan’ won’t work | Polly Toynbee
Rumours about raising national insurance have thrown the party into turmoil but will do little to solve the ongoing crisis
The spectacle of the Tory party in a frothing fury is a stirring one. Ministers brief freely – Jacob Rees-Mogg’s head high above the parapet – while every WhatsApp groupuscule of Conservative MPs rampages against raising national insurance to fund social care and the NHS.
It’s hard to find a loyal voice, beyond the ministerial payroll dutifully sent into TV studios to be knocked about. The angries storm at the prospect of breaking manifesto promises – not to raise the three main taxes and not to break the pension triple lock (though their hunting horns were strangely muted over the broken promise not to cut foreign aid).
