'Cobalt Corbyn': Tory press gives Boris Johnson rough ride over tax rise

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The only supportive rightwing paper was the Daily Express, which led on a promise from the health secretary, Sajid Javid, not to waste a single penny of the extra cash for the NHS and social care.
50% : It said: "They will be voting on whether to endorse a fundamental - and potentially permanent - shift in the nature of the Tory party, away from sound money, low taxes, free markets, and individualism, and towards something entirely new.
48% : The prime minister appeared to have quelled a rebellion on his backbenches, for the time being, over the hike to national insurance.
44% : In its leader, the newspaper said Johnson was gambling both that voters would forgive the breaking of manifesto promises and that a tax hike would solve the problems with the NHS and social care.
42% : Boris Johnson faced a slew of sceptical headlines from the rightwing press on Wednesday morning, as his former employers at the Telegraph claimed he was shifting the Tories "away from sound money, low taxes, free markets, and individualism".

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