Titanic99 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'm not a big fan of his, but credit where it is due and he should be commended for refusing to allow the wretched to reduce taxation for the very rich, whilst the poor are having their Benefits cut left right and centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14947123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'm not a big fan of his, but credit where it is due and he should be commended for refusing to allow the wretched to reduce taxation for the very rich, whilst the poor are having their Benefits cut left right and centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14947123 You didn't really read the article very well did you? Nick Clegg has said axing the 50p top income tax rate too early could "destroy" public support, as the Lib Dems gather for their conference. The deputy PM said no decision would be taken without "consensus" between the coalition parties on the issue. In other words, they're not against reducing it, just not at the moment. And as we've seen before, whatever "consensus" they reach may not be desired one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 You didn't really read the article very well did you? In other words, they're not against reducing it, just not at the moment. And as we've seen before, whatever "consensus" they reach may not be desired one. Surely you are either for reducing it or not, he is adamant he is against reducing it, which will do for those other than the wretched that think it right to reduce taxation for the rich whilst the poor see their income dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Lets face it Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas do they Party delegates are arriving at conference amid dismal poll ratings, showing less than half those who voted Lib Dem at the last election would do so at the next, and less than a quarter of voters rating them as a “credible party of government”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 The LibDems have got to be seen as providing clear blue water between themselves and The Tories and this is a policy they are able to sell to their supporters. Intrigued by all the headlines re Danny Alexander's speech and the promise of 2000 extra HMRC staff etc.....this was already announced after the comprehensive spending review last year, recruitment started about a month ago. Old news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 The LibDems have got to be seen as providing clear blue water between themselves and The Tories and this is a policy they are able to sell to their supporters. I think that the longer the coalition government goes on the more Clegg will have to establish the separate identity of the Lib-Dems. Miliband has been such a weak leader of the opposition and Labour will continue to be plagued by details of the Blair and Brown governments coming out and so they may find it difficult to form a government at the next election, especially if the boundary changes go through. The Lib-Dems are in principle closer to Labour than they are to the Tories but Labour have been too inept in government and opposition to be credible coalition partners. A lot of people may vote against the Lib-Dems for being too close to the Tories and then end up with a majority Tory government as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Surely you are either for reducing it or not, he is adamant he is against reducing it. If you actually read the article you'll find that he is not, on two grounds. Firstly, because he only says he does not want to reduce it yet. Secondly, because his reason for not wanting to do so, is not that it would be bad for the country, but merely that it would annoy the general public and lose votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I'm not a big fan of his, but credit where it is due and he should be commended for refusing to allow the wretched to reduce taxation for the very rich, whilst the poor are having their Benefits cut left right and centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14947123 Hasn't it now being shown that the 50p rate is loosing the government money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hasn't it now being shown that the 50p rate is loosing the government money. Of course it has Cyclone, but when did hard facts ever stand in the way of the ideology of the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Of course it has Cyclone, but when did hard facts ever stand in the way of the ideology of the left? In that case you'll have no difficulities in finding us some links so that we can judge for ourselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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