Re: Hammonds u-turn on NI.
What's pathetic is any Government which rolls out a policy in a budget one week with all of the bluster and ridiculing of the opposition that you always get. It's also pathetic that the opposition has to oppose that policy just because they are supposed to do that and then it's even more pathetic that, within a week, the same Government is now saying that, although the Chancellor still believes it was the correct policy, they were wrong - so, we are all supposed to forget what they were saying last week.
As was remarked earlier in the thread, you would be having a field day if a Labour Government had behaved like this one has done in the last seven days, and when Osborn had to climb down two years ago - just because the main opposition party is rubbish, it doesn't mean that this isn't a weak and too easily swayed Government.
Re: Hammonds u-turn on NI.
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ninianclark
So Bob - people complained about the NI increase for the richest in society (that are SELF EMPLOYED), so the Govt then re commit to not increasing NI for these self employed people on 50k a year in this parliament - and then the same people complain about the Govt being weak - that's politics I guess - pathetic basically
I don't think posters are particularly critical of the theory behind Hammonds attempted change to NI.
If it had been in the manifesto, and they had been elected with it in the manifesto, it could not have attracted criticism.
But it wasn't in the election manifesto - quite the opposite.
And if it had been, they may well have not managed to secure an election victory.
It is indefensible! - yet you persist.
If it is a great idea (and on the face of things, it might be) perhaps they can 'simply' put it in their next election* manifesto.
I very much suspect that they wont - eh?! (* if we are still pretending to be a democracy by then).
Re: Hammonds u-turn on NI.
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ninianclark
The only people I heard bleating on that they did not approve of the policy was opposition MPs (as they would do anyway) and some Tory ones. I heard very very very little from anyone whop it actually effected - self employed 'consultants' on over 50k a year (I am one - and was more than happy with it).
So then - the all those that opposed it - where would you get the money from now ? , maybe he'll put income tax up or increase the tax on sugary drinks, no doubt that will be attacked as being a tax on fat people, on poor people who need full fat coke.... yawn
Have you thought about seeing a doctor?
Re: Hammonds u-turn on NI.
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ninianclark
Eric - I dont think I will ever agree with you on anything , other than you are a c unt. That I'm sure we are both agreed upon.
Have you ever thought about f ucking off back under your rock (built by the local council housing dept obviously)
Blimey, someone needs another timeout.
