If there is one thing politicians simply cannot resist, it is the compulsion to tinker, pointlessly sticking their noses into every aspect of our lives – with us picking up the bill.

Consider Whitehall's plan, announced this week, of making grants of up to £3,750 to reduce the price of electric cars costing up to £37,000. The money to fund such generosity will come, of course, from other taxpayers, many of whom can't afford any sort of car, let alone a new one.

This is robbing the poor to treat the rich, and the founders of the Labour Party must be turning in their graves. Along with Robin........

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