10p tax fiasco to cost another £1 billion

[Sweetpea]

Gordon Brown is facing a £1 billion annual bill for the 1.1 million people who have yet to be compensated for the 10p tax fiasco.
The scale of liabilities piling up for the Government emerges today with a devastating critique of Mr Brown’s personal handling of the issue that has hobbled his Government.
As Chancellor, Mr Brown acted for the “perceived benefit of seeming to pull rabbits from the hat” when he cut 2p off the basic rate of income tax and paid for it by abolishing the 10p rate.
The criticism, from the Labour-dominated Treasury Select Committee, made deeply uncomfortable reading for Mr Brown the day after his first anniversary as Prime Minister and Labour’s humiliating fall to fifth place, behind the BNP, in the Henley by-election.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4228427.ece


Yes, my wage packet was somewhat lighter last month.evilwipz

And...fifth place, behind the BNP, excellent!

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

And...fifth place, behind the BNP, excellent!

ONLY by about 200 votes, but still better than nothing.

[Churchill]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

And...fifth place, behind the BNP, excellent!

Not exactly hard to do in Henley.

[Sweetpea]

Aww, don't spoil the fun!!

[Churchill]

Originally Posted by sweetpea

aww, Don't Spoil The Fun!!

Lol...

[Haqa]

Originally Posted by Churchill

Not exactly hard to do in Henley.

Tim's aim was never to win - We all knew he couldn't, but to shake up the other candidates, especially the Tory (Who we all knew would win), enough to make them realise that they can't just be democratic on polling day, they need to LISTEN to the demands of their constituents in between times too... This appears to be something which is getting forgotten rather a lot...

That, and to show that we are getting there. Each election we poll higher than the last. This isn't just us making noises about it, people are actually starting to see us as not only a viable alternative, but the ONLY alternative...

H.