24 March 2025, 16:56 | Updated: 25 March 2025, 08:41

By Andrew Marr

Do you remember that old slogan - whoever you vote for, the government always gets in? Or, to quote the anarchist Emma Goldman, if voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal?

Well, a lot of people in the country and on the left of the labour party are feeling that way ahead of the spring statement this week - yet more cuts, instead of high taxes on the rich or more borrowing.

If we had a Tory government right now, they’d be doing much the same thing.

Frankly, I think if Reform were in power, so would they. Even some Labour MPs are asking quietly, what’s the point of the Labour Party? Well, I’d like you to think about........

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