Time to return to your Tory instincts, Boris

CREDIt where it’s due to Labour for proving it’s never too late to change your mind.

Not only has the party warmed to Brexit (grudgingly), it’s proposing tax cuts, too!

sir Keir starmer treated the public with disdain by trying to overturn the referendum, insisting no good could come of it.

Well, his flagship plan to help families hit by spiralling energy prices – axing Vat on fuel bills – would be impossible inside his beloved EU. But Boris Johnson, who championed lopping the levy once outside the bloc, has cooled on the idea – letting Labour steal his political raiment.

as the cost-of-living crisis erupts, the Prime Minister must stop dithering over his own rescue package.

Millions of hard-pressed households face a toxic mix of rises to National Insurance, council tax, mortgage payments, food and petrol prices – the list goes on.

While No10 sleaze scandals may recede in voters’ minds, they are less likely to forget (or forgive) a government that forces them to choose between heating and eating.

Mr Johnson should, then, heed the wise words of Lord Frost. the ex-Brexit minister urges him to ignore poor advice and follow his tory instincts for free markets, low taxes and sensible environmentalism. that would allow post-Brexit Britain to maximise its new freedoms – and thrive.

In winning his 80-seat majority, the PM promised new Red Wall voters prosperity and better lives – not raided pay packets, spending splurges on unrealistic visions, a ruinous green agenda and continentalstyle dirigisme. Labour offered that and was soundly thrashed.

It’s a lesson Boris should remember.