Posts Tagged “Tax”

Oops, forgot to post last week’s Channel 4 news picture.

Update
New image for Channel 4 News Politics soon ‘Gordon Brown’s Doggie Bag’ is now live here.

Update 2
Here’s a draft of an idea I was working on for Brown’s leftovers policy.
As he is currently in the land of superhero culture, I was messing about with ‘Leftover Boy’, a kind of cross between Marine Boy (oxygum and all that) and a young Broon frae Troon.

and a quickie in light of Brown’s refusal to compensate every individual who lost out due to the abolition of the 10% tax rate.

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

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.

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.