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Saturday, April 5
by
IanPJ
on Sat 05 Apr 2008 22:19 BST
Old Tom does not come to the pub any more. For seventy five years his one great treat was to sit quietly in the corner and enjoy a harmless pipe of tobacco and a pint of ale in the inscribed silver tankard that the regulars gave him to mark his ninetieth birthday. Now the zealots have banned his pipe and taxed his pint out of reach. more »
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IanPJ
on Sat 05 Apr 2008 15:00 BST
From the Times political blog today about Gordon Browns parting shot as Chancellor.
As reported this morning, there is a growing rebellion over the decision made a year ago to scrap the 10p band, effectively doubling tax to 20p in the pound for about five million people on incomes of under £18,000. This morning's report adds:
The whips are worried about the Budget being passed? Jeez... |
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