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Archive for May 13th, 2008

10 pence tax fiasco – again

Posted in Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, Income Tax, incompetence, labour party scum, politics, waste on 13/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Alistair Darling, the Chancellor has now decided how he will ameliorate the scrapping of the 10 pence tax band.
“At a cost of £2.7bn, I will increase the individual personal tax allowances by £600 to £6,035 for this financial year, benefiting all basic rate taxpayers under the age of 65,” he said.
Of the 5.3 million households [...]

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Boris says goodbye

Posted in Boris Johnston, UK libertarian Party, elections, politics on 13/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Boris Johnson, the new mayor of London and MP for Henley has just had this posted on the Henley Standard website here.
Dear all, — When I set out on my mission to unseat Ken Livingstone more than nine months ago, there were all kinds of risks.
There was a considerable risk that I would be thrashed [...]

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Crewe and Nantwich – labour plays class war

Posted in elections, incompetence, labour party scum, politics, sleaze, voting on 13/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s not looking good for the labour party at the Crewe and Nantwich by election.
Firstly, Gwyneth Dunwoody, whose death caused the BE, had a fair amout of personal support.
Secondly, her replacement as labour candidate is her daughter, a failed Welsh Assembly member with no local ties to the area. Nepotism looks bad and the electorate [...]

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