Budget 2006

[spike's]

yes its that time of year again.

point by point

• Beer up by 1p a pint
• Fags up 9p
• no fuel duty increase till sept
• The personal tax allowance would rise from £4,895 to £5,035

and the list goes on

 

[SexyBetty]

The higher the fags go the better, might wean my dad off them

 

[Red and White]

The higher the fags go the better, might wean my dad off them

i was gonna say that,

they should just whack them up to ridiculous prices

 

[Otacon]

In anticipation of World Cup success this summer, I am freezing duty on champagne ... and on British sparkling wine.

An optimist.

 

[Sputnik II]

i was gonna say that,

they should just whack them up to ridiculous prices

Then, cease all fags being brought in from abroad

 

[spike's]

An optimist.

you know he only does that as its probably what his wife drinks.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

' An analogue Chancellor in a digital age, he is the past. '

David Cameron went hammer and tongs at him after his speech. He really went to town on Gordon Brown, with a frown that he should not get down with the Labour crown.

Cha mown !

 

[robmiller]

Haha, Cameron was a bit sharp

Everything I've seen of Cameron actually inside parliament leads me to think he's an awesome guy

 

[Belmit]

and on British sparkling wine.

Thank god for that, I can't get enough of the stuff.

 

[zain]

You never see Cigars and Spirits go up ~ Wonder why? Could it be because all the MPs consume them most?

Gordon will be worse than Blair

 

[spike's]

Gordon will be worse than Blair

tbh i think they are all as bad as each other. lies after lies.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

1p on a pint ..... bah.

VAT on contraceptives from 17.5% to 5%. No good fir vicars' but good for dickers.

 

[MR_Punk]

I personnaly hope Cigerettes keep going up, it will stop people smoking hopefully, there not half expensive enough yet!

 

[Red and White]

In anticipation of World Cup success this summer, I am freezing duty on champagne ... and on British sparkling wine.

he could have froze it on beer instead

 

[callmeBadger]

We sat around at work around 10 this morning laughing at what we would guess the raises to be.


1p on beer - spot on
10p on fags - 1p out
delay the fuel rise for 6 months in the hope we would all forget about it. - spot on
more money for fake coppers (comunity officers) - correct again
inheiritence tax threshold to rise (we were guessing just under £400,000) - £25 grand out so not to bad.

This ruling the country lark is easy, took 4 of us less than 10 mins over a bacon roll and a cup of tea.

Our response we guessed from Cameron was to little, out of date, not doing enough for the small businesses and it could have been greener. (he could not have digested and wrote a proper response while being told the facts so his response was proberly written over the last couple of days).

Is it me, or is it becoming a little scripted the banter in the Commons?

 

[roadie]

What a cop out. The environment needs to play a much, much larger part in budget's nowadays and our deficit is awful. Labour will ever receive a vote of mine.

 

[LordSplodge]

Notice that the motorist got shafted again. How about more incentives for us the drive more CO2 efficient cars.

Less stick more carrot.

All in all the budget was Ok but as a public sector worker the 2.25% rise is crap. and a lot less than stuff like water rates and council tax went up.

Oh well.

 

[PsiFox]

Inheritance tax will rise over the next 4 years from £275k to £325k.

This increase split over 4 years is believed to be less than the likely rise in property value thus, not helping as many people as you may think.

 

[Garrett]

It seems pretty neutral to me, Gordon obviously doesn't want to rock the boat too much at the moment...

 

[PsiFox]

It seems pretty neutral to me, Gordon obviously doesn't want to rock the boat too much at the moment...

I wonder why? Planning a short distance move perhaps ( although iirc he already lives at no 10 as Cherie found the place to small)