| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills 08:47 - Jul 21 with 2940 views | homer_123 |
funded by scrapping Dig ID.
A half decent start.... |  |
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| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 18:33 - Jul 21 with 462 views | backwaywhen |
Rearranging the deck chairs on Titanic or ….Spratt to catch a mackerel …..sound bites . |  | | |
| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 19:15 - Jul 21 with 418 views | Mullet |
| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 18:33 - Jul 21 by backwaywhen |
Rearranging the deck chairs on Titanic or ….Spratt to catch a mackerel …..sound bites . |
Which is ironic given your post.
Can you explain why? |  |
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| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 21:42 - Jul 21 with 345 views | brazil1982 |
I look forward to my approximate £45 off my bill this year. MASSIVE. |  | | |
| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 07:39 - Jul 22 with 306 views | You_Bloo_Right |
This seemed a reasonable summary of the problems Burnham (or perhaps any PM) faces given both our system and people's expectations:
"The new leader needs a united party if he is going to revive wilted confidence that Labour is capable of fulfilling people’s everyday aspirations. Harder still, he has to restore flagging faith in democratic politics as the method. He needs to generate patience in an intemperate age. He has to stretch his meagre ration of goodwill, the honeymoon portion granted to a new prime minister, and make it cover a long period when things will not feel much better. In the era of politics as relentless campaign mania, when attention spans are short and incumbents are an easy target, Burnham must somehow earn voters’ trust and hold their gaze while deferring their gratification. Does he have the rare political talent to pull that off?" |  |
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| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 11:55 - Jul 22 with 243 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Scrapping VAT on domestic electricity bills on 07:39 - Jul 22 by You_Bloo_Right |
This seemed a reasonable summary of the problems Burnham (or perhaps any PM) faces given both our system and people's expectations:
"The new leader needs a united party if he is going to revive wilted confidence that Labour is capable of fulfilling people’s everyday aspirations. Harder still, he has to restore flagging faith in democratic politics as the method. He needs to generate patience in an intemperate age. He has to stretch his meagre ration of goodwill, the honeymoon portion granted to a new prime minister, and make it cover a long period when things will not feel much better. In the era of politics as relentless campaign mania, when attention spans are short and incumbents are an easy target, Burnham must somehow earn voters’ trust and hold their gaze while deferring their gratification. Does he have the rare political talent to pull that off?" |
I suspect that’s why he’s done this now as it’s easy win to make a difference, albeit a small one. But it does show that they are aware of the problem and are keen to do something. Yes it’s mostly optics, yet it does save people a little bit of money and buys the government a bit of good will and time. Or it should do if people weren’t so tribal and addicted to whinging.
It also seems to have become a bit of a Schrödinger's Tax Pause to the right wing media and supporters: it’s simultaneously bad for both being not a big enough giveaway and also being unaffordable. There’s been quite a bizarre reaction to it. I’ll happily take people’s 5% saving if they don’t want it. |  |
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