LibDems to drop commitment to high taxes
Charles Kennedy has announced that the Liberal Democrats no longer wish to be 'those crazy guys who don't think we pay enough tax'.
In a statement to the Guardian, he said "err Iraq, taxes, Iraq, George Bush, err, Iraq". This move comes after the LibDems publicly dropped their crazy local income tax idea at the party conference earlier this autumn.
Kennedy's announcement is contrary to the very core of his party's unelectablity. However, it does show that the party is moving with the times. A recent survey for www.morrisdancing.org revealed that the price of sandals has rocketed in recent months.
Sandals: a bit pricey nowadays
If duty on sandals can be reduced, in tandem with a reduction in taxes allowing people more disposal income, then simple economics says that sandals sales will go up. The more sandal wearers there are, the more LibDem voters there are. This must be the most transparently logical LibDem policy ever.
In a statement to the Guardian, he said "err Iraq, taxes, Iraq, George Bush, err, Iraq". This move comes after the LibDems publicly dropped their crazy local income tax idea at the party conference earlier this autumn.
Kennedy's announcement is contrary to the very core of his party's unelectablity. However, it does show that the party is moving with the times. A recent survey for www.morrisdancing.org revealed that the price of sandals has rocketed in recent months.
Sandals: a bit pricey nowadays
If duty on sandals can be reduced, in tandem with a reduction in taxes allowing people more disposal income, then simple economics says that sandals sales will go up. The more sandal wearers there are, the more LibDem voters there are. This must be the most transparently logical LibDem policy ever.
couldn't you do the same story with the Conservatives and hunting pinks, Old labour and pitchforks, New labour and Mondeos, the Green party and lentils, the Monster Raving Loony party and whoopee cushions, the BNP and bedsheets/flaming torches, the Liberal Party and big signs that say 'The Liberal Party - subtly different from the Liberal Democrats', the Communist Party and cabbages, UKIP and castles, Veritas and fake tan... etc really.
I guess it's an indication of the lack of substance in the LibDem quarters that the sandals are the most noteworthy thing you have to say about them. Plus this means all three parties are trying to be as boring as possible in order to win the same votes - which means anyone with any actual views or enthusiasm for the betterment of the country will no longer have a say. Blair's boring, Cameron's boring (I figure you want Davis to win, on those grounds alone) and now Kennedy is making a specific effort to be boring (probably not needed).
I repeat my pub/manifesto invitation.
Posted by
Matt |
Tue Nov 22, 12:53:00 pm
you're so on.
:-)
Posted by
Ben |
Tue Nov 22, 01:25:00 pm