Tag Archive for 'Alistair Darling'

Blunderer II - Gordon Brown

Bit of a rush job - NB the animation has sound.

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Loss of Ten Percent Tax Rate Begins to Bite

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Gordon Brown’s Climbdown, or was it….

Yesterday’s image for Channel 4 News. If you follow the link above, you’ll also be able to see Matt Buck’s latest animation.
I had intended to run the previously posted animation on C4 News but it was a bit too heavy and I wouldn’t have been able to use the music which I have used on this blog.
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Nick Robinson Interviews Gordon Brown on 10% Tax

He accepted that not all those who’ve lost from the 10p tax rate cut would benefit. Not all losers, indeed most of them he believes, are anything like poor.

Link to Nick Robinson article.

So, a u-turn or not a u-turn?
Brown returns a fraction of what he has taken from those who used to be on the 10% tax rate.
But they’re not ‘poor’, just less wealthy than those who earned enough to be in a higher tax band.
So, that’s OK. Take from the not-so-wealthy, give to the slightly more wealthy. Sound socialist principles.
Maybe it’s the ‘rebels’ who performed the u-turn.
So, more weak spines and u-turns ahead.
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Gordon Brown, Ten Percent Tax Rate and Poverty (and a U-Turn)

Here’s the animation on the 10p tax rate and Labour’s woes.

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Abolition of the Ten Percent Tax Rate

Please see the next post for the animation.

Hopefully a short animation a little later on Wednesday morning on the abolition of the ten percent tax rate and the disconnect between the government and traditional voters.
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New Labour, New Logo

What with Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown’s tax the poor policy, maybe it’s time for a new logo.
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Northern Rock - Nationalised Lottery

Yesterday’s image for Channel 4 News.
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This is a commissioned piece of work, so not for use on any site or blog, thank you.

Northern Rock - The Nationalised Lottery

New image for Channel 4 News here.