On Thursday, voters will head to the
polls for the most significant election in my lifetime.
As a Jewish former Labour man, this is
a difficult thing for me to write. I can't add any more to what’s already been said
about anti-Semitism in the Corbyn-led Labour Party. I recognise that the
majority of voters, whilst mildly concerned about this and Corbyn’s association
with terrorists, are far more concerned about the state of the country for it
to influence their vote.
For this reason I’ve concluded that I
should focus on why a Conservative majority government can end the uncertainty
that is threatening to paralyse our economy.
I voted and campaigned for Remain in
the referendum. Personally, I didn’t want Brexit, but enough is enough now –
I’m sick of this nonsense.
Business and families are crying out
for economic certainty to plan for the years ahead with confidence. We just
need to get Brexit over with.
That won’t happen in a hung parliament,
or with Corbyn’s Labour in power.
Jeremy Corbyn has turned Labour into a
negative anti-business party that is clueless on how the economy works. His
£1.2 trillion spending splurge is complete madness – his spending plans would
create economic chaos. With his barmy idea of a four day working week and other
madcap schemes, his numbers simply don’t add up. The Labour front bench is full
of people who need to take their socks off to count to ten!
I’m a target of Corbyn propaganda. He
appeals to young voters to see me as a multi-millionaire with no understanding
of how hard it is to be poor. Wrong. I grew up very poor on a council estate in
East London. I took advantage of a school education rather than becoming a
garment worker in a sweatshop. I had an enterprising spirit and started my
business by selling car aerials from a van I’d bought for £50 and insured for
£8. It was a long way from there to the boardroom, but that’s not a journey
people could make under Corbyn.
I'm aware some people on twitter have
criticised me as simply protecting my self-interest as a wealthy man. That is
rubbish. I've made my money fair and square and have been happy to pay my
taxes, as I believe them to be fair. This isn't about me. Corbyn getting into
power would affect everyone, from the person earning minimum living wage up to
the CEOs of Britain's biggest companies. He’ll clobber ordinary people, young
and old, with sky-rocketing taxes: holiday tax, higher petrol tax, pensions tax or a tax for drivers. You name it, he wants to
tax it.
If the economy is in a good place, we
all benefit. Businesses can invest, hire, export and grow, and the government
can invest in people’s priorities like the NHS, police and schools and cut the
cost of living for hard-working people.
Unemployment is now at its lowest level
since 1974, and over 300,000 more people are in work since 2010. Don’t let
Labour ruin the progress made.
At last there’s a solution to this
awful Groundhog Day situation of constant Brexit delay within our sights. We’ve
got to keep Corbyn out of No. 10 and elect a Conservative majority government.
On Thursday, it’s time for Sun readers
to tell Corbyn to resign and get a sensible person to take the helm and make
Labour great again.