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They know they are doomed in the next election so they might as well shift some money to the ultra-rich while they still can.
Also salt the earth for next govt....if they slash the income when the next party that they paint as fiscally poor can't balance a budget without tax increases they can say told you so, even though sunak have wrecked it
Sell off all the HS2 land for a loss maybe?
May as well openly shift some money to the ultra-rich.
This is an alcoholic declaring "fuck it, I'm going to drink the whole bottle" -- they were always going to, they're just dropping the facade.