The ‘Greens’ disappearing act

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed as Gordon Brown and the Government have taken a battering lately over the backdated car tax issue, where older vehicles pay more tax according to how unenvironmentally friendly they are, it’s the absolute silence from the environmentalists who have been campaigning for policies like this for the past few years

Who needs enemies when you have backbenchers?

I wouldn’t say I’m ecstatic about the abolition of the 10p tax rate, but I’ve had a good year now to get my head around it. That’s right, a full year. The argument for the 10p tax rate is that is benefits low paid workers. The argument against it is that it doesn’t differentiate between different types of low paid workers, who might be more effectively helped by different means other than tax. It’s a complex argument and the way I have summarised it is literally the depth of my current understanding of it.

What annoys me is how now, all of a sudden, Labour MPs have actually realised what it means, and are up in arms about it.

Facts and Figures in the face of economic downturn

I’m currently keeping an eye on the gloomy prediction figures that seem to be trotted out on a daily basis, as I’m fairly sure 90% of them are complete tripe.