09-12-2009, 02:44 PM
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Pre-Budget report
Mr Darling has just delivered one of the finest reports I've heard in years.There'll be no tax increases as the Tories predicted.
There'll be no cuts in public spending and services as the Tories predicted.
More children from poor families will qualify for free school meals.
The banks will be taken to task if they don't curb their excessive payments to the greedy ones.
Mr Brown did very well just before the chancellor took the floor too, he went into great detail of the mess the country was in when Labour took over in 1997.
There are 2.5 million more in employment today than in 1997 under the Tories.
He compared, on an international comparison, the financial state the UK is in and we came out way above America, France, Germany and even Japan.
After Mr Darling, (who spoke after Mr Brown) sat down, the Cameron clan's chancellor leapt to his feet shouting and gesticulating like a looney, (Cameron himself sat stoney faced), the shadow chancellor went on to say it was the most outrageous pre-election speech he'd ever heard and not a Pre-Budget one he'd expected.
One Tory MP had to be asked by the speaker to shut up during Mr Darling's delivery of the pre-budget speech, he said . . "you have been commenting loudly sir, please be quiet, . . we,. . and the whole country do not wish to hear your comments".
Oh yes, . . the Tories have all of a sudden got panicky.
09-12-2009, 02:52 PM
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Re: Pre-Budget report
Originally Posted by dinahsmum
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I don't think Osborne is an electoral asset. Is it his voice? There's something about him which I find quite off-putting
Mr Brown sat through most of it with a wry smile on his face, . . methinks I've done him an injustice the last few weeks coz they seem to be getting into overdrive.
09-12-2009, 05:10 PM
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Another proposal from the chancellor was a scrappage scheme for heating boilers similar to the scrappage scheme for cars, . . however, you'll have to fork out £2,500 first to get a new one fitted, . . that does'nt make sense to me
The bankers hope to play a clever one by deferring their bonus payments (either cash or shares) for 2 years, . . one thing puzzles me however, it's the banks who'll pay the 50% tax not the individuals, we, the tax payer own 70% of the RBS, does this mean we're taxing ourselves.
10-12-2009, 09:52 AM
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First of all I do like the new layout of the forum. well done Azz..the Chancellor did say that we are still paying the same amount of money to to other countrys altho our national dept is rising rapidly.did I hear him say we will have to borrow £175 billion next year ? if you are broke you stop giving money away.. our money.. your money..an increase in free schhool meals. this will be to cover the increase in migrant children..
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