Express Sees Budget Backlash
Massive headline on the front of today’s Daily Express: Now The Big Tax Backlash. Not great news for Gordon - he’s gone from hero to zero in a matter of days. The cheers from the Labour benches on Wednesday as he announced his 2p tax cut now a distant memory, and replaced by the jeers and groans of the media and public at large over his con attempt gone wrong. Exposed as a liar and a spinner, robbing from the poor to give to the rich, all in a desperate attempt to win a few lousy votes.
Instead of a tax giveaway, taxes will go up by the equivalent of £100 a year for every household in Britain.
As the backlash began against the Chancellor’s blatant deception, experts poring over the Budget small print discovered that Mr Brown is raising taxation by £2billion a year by 2010. And at least one in five families will be worse off as a result.
Mr Brown posed as a tax cutter. But as the Daily Express made clear yesterday, his 2p reduction in income tax was more than offset by other tax rises.
The deception led some to question whether the Chancellor had made the biggest blunder of his career and is losing his political grip.
Surely there can no longer be any question - whatever “grip” Gordon may have had at some point has long since deserted him. Since it has become clear that he is unable to work with others due to his numerous mental defects and attitude problems, who knows how long he can last in number 10?
