Well, there you have it. Under the Conservatives, income tax, National Insurance (which I do not much like) and VAT (which is a monstrosity) merely would not go up.
There is no suggestion of cutting them. Just as there is no ruling out of, for example, reverting to Margaret Thatcher's and Nigel Lawson's taxation of earned and unearned incomes at the same rate.
The dial has moved. The Overton Window has shifted. Things are not as they were.
Of course, there is always somebody lagging behind. The Liberal Democrats now propose a permanent budget surplus. Not even a rainy day fund, but a fund into which there would no dipping even in the midst of a Biblical flood.
Its only purpose would be to enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to look at the lovely big numbers. Lovely big numbers that, since nothing could be done with them, might as well not exist.
Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. I am standing for Parliament here at North West Durham.
The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. I am standing for Parliament here at North West Durham.
The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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