Alistair20000
Very well known Exeweb poster
Evening Tavy.Sunak’s effort today being described by Frank Field as the best budget he’s seen in his 42 years in politics.
Glad to see Osborne’s obsession with taking people out of income tax altogether is perhaps being revisited albeit stealthily, it’s an important principle of a fair taxation policy that everyone pays something toward the pot IMO.
I’m surprised that the progressives if not the traditional Tories on here are not acknowledging that over the next couple of years the U.K. will hit 1960’s Labour levels of taxation as a % of GDP. I thought you boys were in favour of higher taxation rather than austerity?
Roy Jenkins will be looking down at Rishi tonight and thinking the boy is doing ok.
You need to look at the 1974/79 Labour government for punitive tax rates not the 1964/70 government. Except of course hardly anybody paid them with clever advisors or the attractions of nicer climes.
I agree with the idea that everyone should pay something as one appreciates something more when one has to pay for it. Hence I thought the passing of the 10% starting rate was to be regretted.
As regards applause for Budgets, the iron law is that a Budget that is praised on Budget day is usually being roundly kicked in the arse by the Autumn while the one that is criticized on the day looks a whole lot better a few months later.
Oh, and if Woyboy is looking down, he will be seeing The Dish as a profligate Socialist.