TORY MP Bob Seely says we “need to return to serious politics” after the silly “psychodrama” of the Boris Johsnon era.
Speaking to GB News, Mr Seely reflected on the Autumn Statement saying: “It’s not true to say there’s no growth plan in place. We have a 600 billion capital investment fund over five years, we’re protecting levelling up funds. We’re protecting Research & Development spending. We will be using Brexit freedoms to reform the financial services sector and providing a 14 billion business rates cut package. So it’s not quite true.
“ What I completely agree with is that we live in very serious times and we have an inflation crisis and we have an energy crisis. We’ve also got the elephant in the room, which is that we spent 400 billion pound during COVID. And unfortunately, these chickens are now coming home to roost. And the first responsibility of the Conservative government is to make sure the defence of the nation is secure, but also make sure we balance the books.”
Talking to Alastair Stewart he continued: “So what we’re trying to do now is balance the books. I completely agree we need to be talking more about growth. I completely agree in time we need to be talking more about hope. And I want Jeremy Hunt to focus on those things but I’m very supportive of what he and Rishi have done because we needed to do it and that’s a reality of the economic situation that we find ourselves in. Fundamentally, that is our key responsibility right here right now.
He added: “Personally, I’m quite happy that we’re moving away from this sort of silly psychodrama about Boris that is in the past, and we now have a return to proper politics and indeed very serious politics. And I think increasingly in the next year or two people are going to decide, do they want Rishi and the Conservatives to be fixing the significant national international problems that we face? Or do we want to try with Kier Starmer Labour? I’m hopeful that people will understand that despite the difficulties that we face, we’re better off with Rishi’s team and the Conservative government.
He added: “We have a growth plan but we need to talk more about growth and more about hope. I’m full of respect and support for the Chancellor and the leader but I do want us now to be talking more about hope and actually getting things done quickly.
