Quote of the day 3rd May 2015

“I think it’s a measure of his desperation, isn’t it, that yesterday we had one of the most absurd political spectacles that this country has ever seen. Not since the Tsar and Tsarina prostrated themselves and asked for economic guidance from Grigori Rasputin, has there been such a ridiculous political pilgrimages as the mission of Ed Miliband – the heir of Keir Hardie for heavens sake – to seek economic guidance from Russell Brand.”

(Bojo on Ed Miliband's meeting with Russell Brand)

Comments

Jim said…
Do you think his Policy Cenotaph was a joke from Brand that he misunderstood?
Jim said…
Yes, those are some of the daft aspirations on Eds cenotaph, though the rest is just as daft for example "bedroom tax" dont know anyone who has had to pay a penny tax in the bedroom, usually what goes on in there does not attract VAT.
Jim said…
I see on twitter its been christened "The Edstone"

Though the comment that its very very difficult to satirize such a stupid idea is common too.
Chris Whiteside said…
You are quite right, Jim.

As everyone with a fully functioning brain understands - sadly this does not include Mr or Ms "Vote Labour" - there is no tax on bedrooms in this country.

This term was invented by Labour spinners because it sounds more sinister than what actually happened, which was an attempt to relate housing benefit more closely to the accommodation needs of particular families.

They have also tried to scare people by falsely suggesting that all elderly or disabled people, or armed services members, will be affected, when this is not correct. Pensioners are not affected by the housing benefit changes and there are measures to protect both disabled people and service personnel.
Jim said…
I fully agree with it in principle. The only thing that ever did make me think twice about the idea was if there were enough 1 and 2 bedroom homes for smaller families to move into.

Not so sure on the best way to implement that though, perhaps something along the lines of "there is thia 1 or 2 bed House/FLat available for you and you can claim the rent on your housing benefit. stay where you are now and you can't claim at all"

in other words you can only claim housing benefit on suitable accommodation, unless there is no suitably sized accommodation available, so you can temporarily claim for a larger property until something more suitable is available.
Jim said…
Mind you, I would not really mind if there was a tax on bedrooms, well more the land the bedroom is on, and the living room, and kitchen, and garden.......

I am quite attached to the idea of replacing many existing taxes with a tax on the undeveloped value of land.
Jim said…
Also its quite clear to me that Mr/Ms Vote Labour, was a flying visitor.

leaving the same comment on 5 threads was more than a little telling. Also if they had been here a while they would have known that a member of the public has had to act as your main "opposition" over the last term as the official opposition party, the one they are so fond of, were too weak to even do that properly.

I thought the best bit was when they broke from the normal post to counter your point of view by telling you that you have big ears.

yup, that convinces me to vote labour........

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