Reeves's Budget tax rises will mark the beginning of a long end for Labour

So just what was the point in dragging political journalists out of bed to be addressed by Rachel Reeves in Downing Street this morning? We could – and should – have had the Budget by now. Instead, we got a half Budget speech – a desperate attempt to blame the Tories, a vague suggestion that taxes are going to go up (which we know anyway) without any details. We heard yet more about Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, despite the fact that they have been out of office for more than three years. Reeves herself has been in office approximately ten times as long as Truss and Kwarteng were. Reeves is fooling herself if she thinks that the public are going to swallow her excuses.

Reeves is thus trying to play a round of golf with just one club: tax rises

Reeves is trying to tell us that in three we