You're damn
right. Oh... the irony. The party of the people, the champagne
socialists... cash for peerages....
Basically the biggest sleaze merchants known to man. Seriously, it
makes my blood boil even though I'm in another country. Still, our
country in its
infinite wisdom elected them back in.
And don't get me started on the "oops I had no idea £400K was
washing through our personal bank accounts, I just re-mortgage my
house when I feel like it". It makes the cash for questions debacle
look positively tame. If you're that incompetent in your own home,
how can you keep a handle on a country? But still, Blair's a mate of
Berlusconi (oh yeah... that guy with the fascist connections, mafia
links, and the ability to ruin the Italian economy whilst
encouraging corruption and bribes - very New Labour). Still,
Berlusconi will probably escape the charges because of the "after 10
years you're not guilty anymore" law, which he instigated. He is on
record as saying bribes and corruption are a way of life here - we
all do it etc etc. Nice. Still, he'll probably get back in next
month, in the manner of Blair and Bush.
NHS spiralling out of control, but ministers are refusing to take
the
blame... you and I recognise the difference between investment and
spending, sadly, the Labour Party do not.
And how come all the Labour ministers seem to be seriously minted?
Power corrupts etc. etc. Prezzer doesn't have to bother paying
council tax on any of his three houses, lucky him. But some 80 year
old pensioner gets stuck in jail for refusing to pay his.
Get this for irony: BBC news, 29th Sept 2003
John Prescott has told the Labour Party conference he is prepared to
cap council tax levels if local authorities propose big increases.
The deputy prime minister said it was a "cheek" that voters
experienced a hike in council tax when central government had
already provided big increases in funding.
Sunday Times, Dec 18th 2005
Last week the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) admitted
that he was not paying council tax on his grace-and-favour apartment
in Whitehall.
The council tax on his official country residence, Dorneywood in
Buckinghamshire, is paid by a charitable trust.
The Sunday Times has also established that Prescott is entitled to
claim
back the council tax on his home in Hull on parliamentary expenses.
It means he is under no obligation to pay any council tax bills on
his three homes out of his own pocket.....
.....When Labour came to power, council tax on the average band D
home in England was £688. It has risen to £1,214, an increase of
76%.
Still, lucky inflation's at an all time low under Labour.
And a gem from The Daily Reckoning yesterday:
- So New Labour won the election by spending money it didn't have to
con people who should've known better with promises it couldn't
keep.
- "Inflation the lowest in 40 years...More people in work than ever
before...The longest unbroken growth in 200 years...Life peerages
for all
big-money friends..."
Finally, pensions. Yes we all know it's our responsibility to save
for them.
So, here's how I see it:
- We pay NI to fund other people's pensions
- We pay 43% of GDP in tax, a historically huge tax burden - but
we'd better keep doing that, to pay for all those state workers with
cushy pension deals, which labour employed with our money to keep
the figures looking good
- We pay for spiralling energy and council tax
- So.... where do I find this money to save for my pension?
Leesie comments: Normally I add
something to my reader's submissions. I fear I'd only be taking away
from this here pearler. God bless you, sister!
