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We won’t let the 99% pay for this crisis  
The Tories want the vast majority of people to pay for this crisis - but co-ordinated action can stop them, argues RICHARD BURGON MP
People take part in a People's Assembly demo in 2016

OUR ruling elite has shown itself to be completely out of touch throughout this crisis — from the PM’s rule-breaking parties to VIP fast-lanes dishing out corrupt Covid contracts and MPs earning millions in second jobs.  

But perhaps nothing has been as tone-deaf as the recent remarks from the Bank of England boss for workers to show pay restraint to prevent runaway inflation.  

“We do need to see restraint in pay bargaining, otherwise it will get out of control,” bank chief Andrew Bailey warned.

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