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Tax Cuts Not the Remedy: Tory Candidates Have No Realistic Plan to Tackle UK Crisis, Observers Admit_我的网站

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一 | "I think the end of the Johnson administration is a positive thing, despite the infighting," says Rodney Atkinson, an academic and political and economic commentator. "The candidates may be promising irresponsible tax cuts and not understanding how the economy works but the public debate is more mature and in the end the right policies could emerge.",One of the candidates, Sajid Javid, former health secretary, vowed to axe the former chancellor’s plans to raise the corporation tax from 19% to 25% in April 2023, and decrease the rate to 15%. His competitor Jeremy Hunt pledged the lowest rate of business taxes in the Western world, while Liz Truss, yet another contender, is also willing to adhere to "low-tax principles." In contrast, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who is seeking the prime ministership along with his party fellows, has placed emphasis on "fiscal prudence" rather than tax cuts, while criticizing other candidates for offering "comforting fairytales.","There are two economic issues here," explains Gayle Allard, a professor of economics at IE University in Spain. "One is the debt, which is clearly a problem for the UK and which would be aggravated by tax cuts. The other is the dilemma between trying to restart growth (which requires a tax cut) and to control very high inflation (which requires a tax increase). And then there is a political objective: voters like tax cuts. Which will win out? I would hope for a short-term tax increase, with the government keeping its promise to reduce it later. I think that makes the most sense.",According to Atkinson, those who are promoting tax cuts without at least equal cuts in state spending are "totally irresponsible.",While the bulk of the candidates are promising anything between 20 and 40 billion in tax cuts, what everyone's really pledging is "to reverse the increase, which was implemented as of April 1," according to Marc Ostwald, chief economist at ADM Investor Services International.,"Let's take, for instance, the corporation tax cut which is being proposed," Ostwald says. "It's not actually a tax cut, because really all it is, is basically saying 'we're not going to implement the increase from 19% to 25% in corporation tax that is planned for next year.' Only Jeremy Hunt, I think, amongst them all is basically pledging to actually cut it down to 15%.",UK's Tory Government Faces Social Collapse, Having No-One But Itself to Blame21 June, 05:48 GMT,However, there are plenty of problems that cannot be fixed by the much-discussed tax cuts, Ostwald underscores: "The UK's infrastructure is atrocious; the level of poverty in the country is bad; the cost of living crisis [is] somewhat worse in the UK than across much of the rest of the developed world.",British unions kicked off a series of industrial actions starting from June 2022, demanding pay raises in line with skyrocketing inflation and protesting over the cost of living crisis. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on June 21. Criminal law barristers took to the streets on June 27. Teachers' unions and the civil service have been balloted on possible industrial action, while doctors and nurses are threatening to follow suit. Meanwhile, British rail and transport workers have voted in favor of a new strike in July.,There are also a whole array of problems related to Brexit, including red tape and other "non-tariff barriers" which translated into additional costs for businesses and are eating away at their margins, according to the economist. He laments the fact that neither the Tory nor Labour Party has so far proposed any solutions to these problems.,'We Want to Save Lives': How Tory Cabinets Pushed NHS to the Wall, Disregarded Nation's Health28 June, 17:52 GMT,UK's Political Instability Making Crisis Worse,The unfolding socio-economic instability has been exacerbated by Johnson's resignation and the internal infighting among British Tories is to some extent "damaging the economy by creating unnecessary uncertainty," according to Kevin Dowd, professor of finance and economics at Durham University.,"[A] lot will depend on who wins the leadership," Dowd says. "There are one, maybe two, decent candidates in there but for the most part they are a sorry lot, and I am not optimistic that a good prime minister will emerge… Most if not all of these people do not have a strong grasp of what the country needs, so I expect a lot more policy drift and a bad outcome for the Tories in the next general election.",A big number of contenders for BoJo's position "shows actually that Johnson has left a bit of a vacuum, because he was to some extent actually quite popular, despite all his lies, despite all his gaffes, despite his incompetent policies, despite all the back to and froing," according to Ostwald.,However, none of the 11 contenders "stands out as a genuine leader, as a prime minister, as a leader of a country," the economist emphasizes.,Boris Johnson Pledges Not to Back Any Tory Bidder as 'Dirty' Leadership Race Gains SteamYesterday, 14:30 GMT,'It's Johnson's Fault',It is Johnson who bears "90 percent" of responsibility for the current crisis, the economic observers argue.,"[Johnson] had let state finances get out of control before the COVID Lockdown spending," Atkinson says. "He has been the most irresponsible prime minister since Edward Heath who between 1970 and 1974 led a spending and monetary expansion boom. It resulted in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) controlling the UK economy in 1975. Johnson’s first instinct was more Government and more spending and more borrowing. We will be paying for his failure for decades.",Johnson "must bear a lot of the blame," Kevin Dowd agrees. While having a huge parliamentary majority and the opportunity to make radical reforms free of the shackles of the EU, Johnson "blew it," according to the professor.,"What are the chances of the UK going into recession? I think it's pretty much baked in the cake," echoes Ostwald. "There isn't a lot of momentum there. The trade position is getting worse. The cost of living crisis is quite clearly there and the investment into the UK is getting weaker and I would add that this whole methodology of applying sanctions by seizing assets is particularly bad for the UK. The UK has been attracting foreign capital from Russia, from the Middle East, from Asia, from pretty much anywhere that one can think of for a very, very long time.",However, it's not only the outgoing prime minister who is responsible for the current crisis in the UK, the economist admits: "These have been accumulating for years. People have been going to the food banks in the UK since the numbers started rising in the early 2010s after the global financial crisis and the numbers got a lot worse than in the meantime, particularly due to the cost of living crisis," Ostwald concluded.。记者江玥摄今年6月，意大利米萨诺赛道最后一弯，瓦伦丁·德比斯把张雪机车820RR-RS塞进内线，0.107秒生吞雅马哈，冲线夺冠。

二 | 葡萄牙波尔蒂芒揭幕战双冠、匈牙利末圈连超两车0.071秒绝杀、捷克第12圈连超4车……这个把五星红旗举过头顶的法国人，第一次把双脚踩在了杭州的土地上。首场中国车友见面会“牙哥”也来了8月14日上午，德比斯亮相杭州，这是德比斯的首场中国车友见面会，张雪的师父“牙哥”张继星也来到现场。

三 | “第一次来中国，我最想见的就是BOSS张雪和牙哥。”德比斯感谢牙哥来现场。

四 | 两人目测零跑Lafa5车长，牙哥报4.5米、德比斯报5.3米，实测4.49米，牙哥略胜。牙哥对着镜头说：“我们三个都很同频，只要不放弃想做的事一定会成功。”德比斯十分欣赏国人迎难而上、精益求精的拼搏精神，这一点在车队合作和车迷交流中都深有体会。“中国人待人温和友善，日常相处中展现出礼貌素养。”杭州见面会现场，不少粉丝专程从外地赶来，资深车迷张先生便是其中一员。

五 | “本来是张雪铁杆粉丝，今年德比斯多次夺冠后，又成了他的粉丝，今天最大的期待就是让他给头盔签名。”法国机车老将与一碟桂花藕午间一行人转到长河老街群乐饭店。这家店1983年开张，到现在43年，从萧山农家菜一路做到今天“钱塘江江鲜+农家底子”的本地馆子。店长受访时说，得知德比斯吃素，几桌车手席特备几道素食：一道是他在法国常吃的果蔬沙拉，一道是杭州夏末应景的桂花藕，一道是茉莉花煮水入兰州十年生鲜百合，再配上当季毛豆子冰笋炒大头菜，“咸鲜下饭”。店长也补了自家招牌红烧肉：“半斤一块，最多一天卖1380斤。”记者看到，德比斯坐定后没等刀叉，服务员摆上筷子他便拿起。动作不算熟练，捏得靠上，夹桂花藕时藕片滑两次才稳稳夹住，送进嘴里嚼完竖大拇指。旁边有人递叉子，他摇头笑说，“用这个”，一顿饭没换。午饭后，德比斯前往杭州宋城进行参观体验。首场车友见面会为什么在杭州德比斯1992年生于法国阿尔比，16岁拿下法国125cc冠军，2025年底雅马哈以“年龄偏大”解约，33岁面临退役。几乎同一窗口，重庆的张雪机车也在经历关键转折——品牌成立仅两年，急需一个能在WSBK站上领奖台的车手来打响国际声誉。2026年初，张雪机车A轮融资落定，领投方正是浙江国资背景的浙创投（杭州浙创百舸+金华浙创金义），钱袋子连着浙江。就在这个节点，德比斯加盟了。张雪给的是全年席位、固定年薪、专属工程师，退役后邀他来华做试车员。2026赛季，德比斯驾驶820RR-RS半年拿下6个WSBK WorldSSP分站冠军，刷新中国摩托品牌在WSBK的历史。杭州之所以成为“首场车友见面会”的举办地，还有另一层牵线。2026年6月14日，零跑官宣德比斯成为Lafa5欧洲首位车主。零跑汽车2015年成立于杭州滨江，是实打实“从滨江跑出的车企”。2026年5月28日，零跑规划在滨江建全球总部大楼。零跑这家从滨江小巷跑向港股和欧洲市场的车企，11年后把全球总部重新钉回滨江。中国行排期时，零跑作为邀约方把德比斯杭州站接了下来。