Last Sunday, Nick Clegg wanted honesty in politics. Tell the voters the truth was the mantra. Then Vince Cable embarked on a smear story.
He told a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth that a Conservative government is likely to increase the rate of VAT to 25%. What proof do you have 'Dr' Cable? None, but why let that get in the way of a good story?
Then the good doctor decides - without a great deal of consultation, if one can believe PM on Radio 4 - to tax the mansions of the rich. If you thought the politics of envy only had its place in the Labour Party, think again.
All of this is really conjecture, as we know the Liberal Democrats don't have a chance of forming a government, but it does make you think that the alternative to Labour is either more Labour - and certainly not liberal - or the Conservatives. Now I know there are some classical liberals still left in the LibDems. Where are you?
2 comments:
I'm not sure why you feel the need to degrade Vince Cable by writing 'Dr' in quotes, or why would say.. "the good doctor"?? He actually IS a doctor! He has a PhD in Economics.. I think he knows what he's talking about when it comes to money!..
Why do torys constantly see taxing the rich as "envy".. isn't it fair that if you own a £1 million house, you should pay more in tax.. The current council tax banding isn't proportional and actually people on lower bandings pay proportionally more than those at the top!! how is that fair...
In Hull... Band A properties pay £890 a year.. Band H pay £2671! If these were proportion, then assuming band A is correct, band H should pay £7120!! strange how they don't.. but then we live in a society that penalises the poor and benefits the rich. I don't see Torys changing that..
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