You gotta laugh.

StevieJ

Tories having a go at Labour for trying to cut public spending

Local Government Minister Bob Neill said he wanted to "reverse the legacy of Labour's savage cutbacks to weekly rubbish collections"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12111749

Graham_Devon

Have you noticed labour laying into the coalition again today, over the VAT rises?

Also noticed they still decline to answer what they would do? Still? Months and months has gone by.

StevieJ

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Have you noticed labour laying into the coalition again today, over the VAT rises?

Also noticed they still decline to answer what they would do? Still? Months and months has gone by.

You expect detailed plans? I take it you don't see the irony in that article?

Graham_Devon

StevieJ wrote: »

You expect detailed plans? I take it you don't see the irony in that article?

No, I don't expect detailed plans. No government would give that.

But at least some direction towards what they would do when they are asked over and over would be nice.

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Graham_Devon wrote: »

Have you noticed labour laying into the coalition again today, over the VAT rises?

Also noticed they still decline to answer what they would do? Still? Months and months has gone by.

to be expected due to the saddleworth by-election,they are fighting off a lib dem challenge and are reminding the voters that the lib dems were AGAINST any vat rise at the general election,I expect labour will delight in reminding the voters in saddleworth of all the lib dem U turns over the next 8 days,after all there`s plenty to go at.

labour have made it clear that they wouldnt have cut as far or as fast,and thats all they have to do atm other than stand back and watch the coalition make a mess of it all

Graham_Devon

woodbine wrote: »

to be expected due to the saddleworth by-election,they are fighting off a lib dem challenge and are reminding the voters that the lib dems were AGAINST any vat rise at the general election,I expect labour will delight in reminding the voters in saddleworth of all the lib dem U turns over the next 8 days,after all there`s plenty to go at.

labour have made it clear that they wouldnt have cut as far or as fast,and thats all they have to do atm other than stand back and watch the coalition make a mess of it all

It was in labours plans, at least internally, to raise VAT to 20% anyway. So I really don't see why they are banging on about it now.

Watched the news earlier, and even the BBC are saying that labour really need to answer questions now if they want to continue down this path (of attacking).

System

StevieJ wrote: »

Tories having a go at Labour for trying to cut public spending

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12111749

They are becoming as much of a laughing stock as labour, not quite up to libdem levels yet though.

purch

It was in labours plans, at least internally, to raise VAT to 20% anyway. So I really don't see why they are banging on about it now.

Maybe it's because the Government HAS raised it to 20%, whilst Labour havn't.

That's how Politics works, in case you hadn't noticed :eek:

Thrugelmir

purch wrote: »

Maybe it's because the Government HAS raised it to 20%, whilst Labour havn't.

That's how Politics works, in case you hadn't noticed :eek:

Labour didn't do anything that's the real irony.

Except for burying tax increases in the small print. Hence why VAT is their only line of attack..........

mbga9pgf

Who cares? Its poor people that are getting nailed by the VAT rise. All those trainers and designer clothes they are paying 2% more on... My heart bleeds.

I looked at my most recent shopping bill.

2 Items of 60 incurred VAT.

StevieJ

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Labour didn't do anything that's the real irony.

Except for burying tax increases in the small print. Hence why VAT is their only line of attack..........

They tried to make refuse collections more efficient