Letters: Boris isn't a Tony Benn: he's a new Jim Callaghan

IAIN Macwhirter seems quite taken by the populist blagging of Boris Johnson, as are millions of others ("Why Johnson is donning the mantle of a Tory Tony Benn", The Herald, October 6). However, quoting a handful of occupations where the wage packets are a tad heavier does not mean we are heading toward a “high-wage economy”. Indeed the higher wages in some sectors only mean a cost increase for the rest of us, because it is not based on higher output per worker, or better productivity. If we

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