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9:51pm Tue 20 Mar 12

jayman says...

*** 50p tax rate slashed ***
** tobacco and alcohol duty rises**
*** 50p tax rate slashed *** ** tobacco and alcohol duty rises** jayman

5:16pm Wed 21 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory!
Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory! jacklumber1

6:46pm Wed 21 Mar 12

EEK A HOUSE says...

jacklumber1 wrote:
Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory!
Will voting labour be better? And if so for whom?
[quote][p][bold]jacklumber1[/bold] wrote: Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory![/p][/quote]Will voting labour be better? And if so for whom? EEK A HOUSE

7:26pm Wed 21 Mar 12

6079 Smith W says...

jacklumber1 wrote:
Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory!
Jack - You're simply not 'on message', are you? To make the poor work harder, you pay them less. To make the rich work harder, you pay them more. Simple, Tory, logic...
[quote][p][bold]jacklumber1[/bold] wrote: Pensioners hit again! Osbourne introduces his 'Granny tax' and reduces the tax for £Millionaires! As usual the Tory Nasty Party and their Lackey Lib Dems have looked after themselves and sold pensioners up the river! Wake uo Essex stop voting Tory![/p][/quote]Jack - You're simply not 'on message', are you? To make the poor work harder, you pay them less. To make the rich work harder, you pay them more. Simple, Tory, logic... 6079 Smith W

7:36pm Wed 21 Mar 12

upandaterm says...

The Lib-con voters got them in! They have more money now to buy up the NHS!!
How will own up to voting them in now.
The Lib-con voters got them in! They have more money now to buy up the NHS!! How will own up to voting them in now. upandaterm

10:16pm Wed 21 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

Well if the 'Doctors Party' do field 250 condidates as MPs we may just have a fourth option? Competition just may sharpen some minds!
Well if the 'Doctors Party' do field 250 condidates as MPs we may just have a fourth option? Competition just may sharpen some minds! jacklumber1

10:19pm Wed 21 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

6079 Smith I can't work any harder than I do now! I have already done my 44 yrs plus and expected my pension to be safe guarded like most other pensioners!
6079 Smith I can't work any harder than I do now! I have already done my 44 yrs plus and expected my pension to be safe guarded like most other pensioners! jacklumber1

10:33pm Wed 21 Mar 12

6079 Smith W says...

jacklumber1 wrote:
6079 Smith I can't work any harder than I do now! I have already done my 44 yrs plus and expected my pension to be safe guarded like most other pensioners!
Yeah, but you're not a magic wealth creator like Freddie Godwin...
[quote][p][bold]jacklumber1[/bold] wrote: 6079 Smith I can't work any harder than I do now! I have already done my 44 yrs plus and expected my pension to be safe guarded like most other pensioners![/p][/quote]Yeah, but you're not a magic wealth creator like Freddie Godwin... 6079 Smith W

11:01pm Wed 21 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

Smithy I haven't just lost my knighthood either - because I never had one! But according to Paxman on 'newsnight' talking to Danny Alexander there are 4.14 million pensioners going to lose out!Maybe not you? Because you may have had your 50p tax rate reduced to 45p! I am sorry your overseas tax avoidance is being stopped!
Smithy I haven't just lost my knighthood either - because I never had one! But according to Paxman on 'newsnight' talking to Danny Alexander there are 4.14 million pensioners going to lose out!Maybe not you? Because you may have had your 50p tax rate reduced to 45p! I am sorry your overseas tax avoidance is being stopped! jacklumber1

12:09am Thu 22 Mar 12

6079 Smith W says...

jacklumber1 wrote:
Smithy I haven't just lost my knighthood either - because I never had one! But according to Paxman on 'newsnight' talking to Danny Alexander there are 4.14 million pensioners going to lose out!Maybe not you? Because you may have had your 50p tax rate reduced to 45p! I am sorry your overseas tax avoidance is being stopped!
Nah, not me, but I know me place, guvnor. That George and that Dave 'ave got a plan, and they knows best. They went to the best school and best university, and so did all their wealth creating mates, and have brains far larger than the likes of us can imagine. So be a good pleb like me and learn to love the Tories (and especially our leading local Tory, Sir Bob).
[quote][p][bold]jacklumber1[/bold] wrote: Smithy I haven't just lost my knighthood either - because I never had one! But according to Paxman on 'newsnight' talking to Danny Alexander there are 4.14 million pensioners going to lose out!Maybe not you? Because you may have had your 50p tax rate reduced to 45p! I am sorry your overseas tax avoidance is being stopped![/p][/quote]Nah, not me, but I know me place, guvnor. That George and that Dave 'ave got a plan, and they knows best. They went to the best school and best university, and so did all their wealth creating mates, and have brains far larger than the likes of us can imagine. So be a good pleb like me and learn to love the Tories (and especially our leading local Tory, Sir Bob). 6079 Smith W

12:25am Thu 22 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

Smithy I'm a revolting peasant pensioner who just doesn't like to touch my forelock. I just can't love any politicians! But listening to Newsnight the comment was made by Sir Martin Sorrell that the 'Granny tax' may prove a very bad move.Because pensioners do vote and they will resent the reduction in their pensions while the Multimillionaire Ministers in the Govt, and their mates, have all had big pay rises! Pensioner Power that's what we want!
Smithy I'm a revolting peasant pensioner who just doesn't like to touch my forelock. I just can't love any politicians! But listening to Newsnight the comment was made by Sir Martin Sorrell that the 'Granny tax' may prove a very bad move.Because pensioners do vote and they will resent the reduction in their pensions while the Multimillionaire Ministers in the Govt, and their mates, have all had big pay rises! Pensioner Power that's what we want! jacklumber1

6:26am Thu 22 Mar 12

jacklumber1 says...

I hope everyone saw Ed Milliband ask the Govt front bench how many of them will benefit from their tax reduction!
£17K a year tax reduction for a £millionaire. But the 'Granny tax' will cost every pensioner £83pa in lost income. Add to the the reports of elderly abuse and we can see how this Coalition Govt led by the Tory Nasty Party have placed their priorities! We now know exactly what Camerons 'all in this together' means - total HYPOCRACY loss of democracy!
I hope everyone saw Ed Milliband ask the Govt front bench how many of them will benefit from their tax reduction! £17K a year tax reduction for a £millionaire. But the 'Granny tax' will cost every pensioner £83pa in lost income. Add to the the reports of elderly abuse and we can see how this Coalition Govt led by the Tory Nasty Party have placed their priorities! We now know exactly what Camerons 'all in this together' means - total HYPOCRACY loss of democracy! jacklumber1

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