Chair of the Conservative think tank, the Bow Group, Ben Harris-Quinney explained to Express.co.uk the now popular local investments made by the Conservative government will only get them so far as coronavirus is set to cause economic turmoil for the country. Ben Harris-Quinney added the conservative ideology promotes “fiscal responsibility” and while the Tories enjoy a huge lead both in the House of Commons and in the polls, he says a “reckoning” will happen once the country moves out of the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as some polls put the Conservatives ten points ahead of Labour with former Labour strongholds being lost to the Tories.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Harris-Quinney was asked how the Conservative Party was carrying out Labour’s traditional selling point of local investments and what place Labour has in the political landscape.
But the think tank chief was sceptical the moves from the Conservatives would be a successful long-term play considering the economic fallout from COVID-19.
He explained: “It’s very easy to spend money and, in the short term,…
