Gordon Brown sticks finger up to tax rebels!

Morba · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:21

http://uk.reuters.com/

gotta love that picture of brown, who is he aiming that middle finger at then eh?

Fubsy · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:24

Morba said:
http://uk.reuters.com/

gotta love that picture of brown, who is he aiming that middle finger at then eh?

Everyone in the country.

EDIT: I'd love to snap it off and shave it up his arse.

I feel better now that I've given in and become a KBW.

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:24

But he hasn't given them the middle finger has he, along with the Chancellor he has just announced that a compensation package will be introduced to assist people who are worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Morba · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:25

Slinwagh said:
But he hasn't given them the middle finger has he, along with the Chancellor he has just announced that a compensation package will be introduced to assist people who are worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax band.

can you not see the picture?

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:27

Morba said:
can you not see the picture?

Yes but that picture bears no relation to the announcement this lunchtime does it.

If he was giving the tax rebels the finger then surely there would have been no concession?

growse · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:27

Once again, our picture guys doing a sterling job

Morba · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:29

Slinwagh said:
Yes but that picture bears no relation to the announcement this lunchtime does it.

If he was giving the tax rebels the finger then surely there would have been no concession?

brown sticks finger up to tax rebels.. gotta love that picture of brown.

do you not think that means the content is on about the picture? otherwise i would have linked directly to the actual article!

AtreuS · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:30

Slinwagh said:
But he hasn't given them the middle finger has he, along with the Chancellor he has just announced that a compensation package will be introduced to assist people who are worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Me and my parter are both in work, no kids and are homeowners. We are entitled to absolutely bugger all help in the way of tax credits or anything else. Id be very interested to see if this so called "help" applies to people who arent married and dont have kids... im betting it doesnt ( as usual ).

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:31

AtreuS said:
Me and my parter are both in work, no kids and are homeowners. We are entitled to absolutely bugger all help in the way of tax credits or anything else. Id be very interested to see if this so called "help" applies to people who arent married and dont have kids... im betting it doesnt ( as usual ).

I honestly don't know but from what I have heard, it is single people with no children or the 60 - 64 age bracket that has been hit.

Don't quote me though!

XPE · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:42

Slinwagh said:
But he hasn't given them the middle finger has he, along with the Chancellor he has just announced that a compensation package will be introduced to assist people who are worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Only to the people who know about it, 6 month from now no one will remember it.

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:43

XPE said:
Only to the people who know about it, 6 month from now no one will remember it.

I think they will, it is backdated too from April.

Dolph · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:59

You have to love the way they aren't specifying details of the package until after the local elections and the commons vote... What's the betting the actual compensation package will be a complete waste of time...

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:09

Dolph said:
You have to love the way they aren't specifying details of the package until after the local elections and the commons vote... What's the betting the actual compensation package will be a complete waste of time...

The Tories are just as bad, Question time last week, Caroline Spelman MP was berating Labour and the abolition of the 10p tax band, she also voted against the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Then she was asked whether the Tories would re introduce the 10p tax band, queue the usual non committal answers, even refusing to answer yes or no when directly asked to do so by David Dimbleby.

And they wonder why voters are turning away.

Energize · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:13

Would have been so much easier just to raise the personal allowance...

Lil old me · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:13

Slinwagh said:
The Tories are just as bad, Question time last week, Caroline Spelman MP was berating Labour and the abolition of the 10p tax band, she also voted against the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Then she was asked whether the Tories would re introduce the 10p tax band, queue the usual non committal answers, even refusing to answer yes or no when directly asked to do so by David Dimbleby.

And they wonder why voters are turning away.

The problem is the conservatives dont actually know how much money there is in the pot. If they promised to bring it back it would simply provoke the traditional 'unfunded tax cuts' rhetoric from labour! They cant win.

Dolph said:
You have to love the way they aren't specifying details of the package until after the local elections and the commons vote... What's the betting the actual compensation package + necessary tax rises/borrowing will be a complete waste of time...

Exactly! And how will this 'package' be funded....through taxation....

Given how useless Labour have been with efficient tax delivery I wouldn't be surprised if the combination of the abolition of the 10p band + the compensation package actually work out more expensive to the higher earners anyway!

utajoker · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:15

Fubsy said:
Everyone in the country.

EDIT: I'd love to snap it off and shave it up his arse.

I feel better now that I've given in and become a KBW.

i dont think i would shave it first

Monkey Puzzle · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:15

Meh, Brown's gone at the next election anyhow, and MPs will start rebelling over more issues when they realise they'll most likely lose their seat.

a1ex2001 · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:17

Slinwagh said:
The Tories are just as bad, Question time last week, Caroline Spelman MP was berating Labour and the abolition of the 10p tax band, she also voted against the abolition of the 10p tax band.

Then she was asked whether the Tories would re introduce the 10p tax band, queue the usual non committal answers, even refusing to answer yes or no when directly asked to do so by David Dimbleby.

And they wonder why voters are turning away.

Agree with all of that, the modern professional politician is about as appealing as a full frontal labotomy. No passion, no beliefs and the only policy being to stay in a job as long as possible!

Back on topic it is very amusing that Brown and his puppet Darling have given no details of this compensation package and just made some airy fairy statements the only thing I would have put any credence in was a promise that nobody would be left out of pocket by this decision which was only noticeable by it's absence!

Slinwagh · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:18

Monkey Puzzle said:
Meh, Brown's gone at the next election anyhow, and MPs will start rebelling over more issues when they realise they'll most likely lose their seat.

To be replaced by what though. it will be just more of the same.

Hitman_Leon · 23 Apr 2008 at 15:10

Dolph said:
You have to love the way they aren't specifying details of the package until after the local elections and the commons vote... What's the betting the actual compensation package will be a complete waste of time...

It will cost a fortune in consultation and time as the usual way things go then at the last minute will be replaced by something they could have done in the first place, either that or it will just fail to give any bennefit to anyone it was supposed to.