Posts Tagged “Tax”

New image later.

I must say that I really admire (and am very envious of) most of the cartoonists in the national press, but Dave Brown’s work in The Independent is consistently outstanding.
His latest in today’s paper is another prime example.
See it here - this is a link to The Indie’s latest cartoon.
When the link is out of date, page through his cartoons to find the canoe image dated 1st October and on the way take in his most recent work (and after, page through all his past work.)
You still have time to see Dave Brown’s cartoons at The Political Cartoon Gallery in London which are part of an exhibition entitled ‘An Independent Line’ which also features work by Peter Schrank and Tim Sanders.
The exhibition ends on the 18th October.
The Political Cartoon Gallery is open 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 11.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday.
Phone 0207 580 1114 for further details.

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.