9 thoughts on “Ruh Roh! Trouble In Paradise! (UK Tax Edition)”
Cliff Notes:
UK Conservative Party wins a majority in General Election.
Without any troublesome Liberal Democrat coalition partner to point out when they're doing something dumb, they immediately start pushing through with barely-thought-out scheme to cut Family Tax Credits.
Low Income conservative voters are shocked, SHOCKED, they tell you, to find that yet again they are fucked by the Old Etonian maths wizards.
Fortunately, the unelected (don't ask) second chamber of Parliament, aka The House Of Lords grow a pair of balls and say "nah, maybe this isn't a good idea" even though, by convention – as the UK doesn't have a written Constitution (like I said, don't ask) – they're not 'supposed' to interfere with Finance Bills (okay, look, just don't ask!)
Cue chaos, as everyone realises that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Osborne, has fucked yet another budget.
Somehow, Osborne – the genius behind the extreme 'austerity measures' that will somehow kickstart the comatose UK Economy – has not yet been asked to resign for being a moron.
sw19womble checks his calendar and thinks of ways of speeding up his permanent emigration plans.
OK, Osborne's lost the Spectator. That article is hilarious. "Oh dear, he's breaking his promise to the hard-working, virtuous poor." Why does anyone, anywhere, ever buy the "compassionate conservative" nonsense?
There are "One Nation" Tories out there. Osborne is definitely not one of them.
Without the Liberal Democrats to tether them to the centre, it's nasty little fuckwads like Osborne and Theresa May who are now free to engage in whatever McCarthyist/Monetarist batshit ideologies they care to try out on an unsuspecting public.
Cliff Notes:
UK Conservative Party wins a majority in General Election.
Without any troublesome Liberal Democrat coalition partner to point out when they're doing something dumb, they immediately start pushing through with barely-thought-out scheme to cut Family Tax Credits.
Low Income conservative voters are shocked, SHOCKED, they tell you, to find that yet again they are fucked by the Old Etonian maths wizards.
Fortunately, the unelected (don't ask) second chamber of Parliament, aka The House Of Lords grow a pair of balls and say "nah, maybe this isn't a good idea" even though, by convention – as the UK doesn't have a written Constitution (like I said, don't ask) – they're not 'supposed' to interfere with Finance Bills (okay, look, just don't ask!)
Cue chaos, as everyone realises that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Osborne, has fucked yet another budget.
Somehow, Osborne – the genius behind the extreme 'austerity measures' that will somehow kickstart the comatose UK Economy – has not yet been asked to resign for being a moron.
sw19womble checks his calendar and thinks of ways of speeding up his permanent emigration plans.
The End.
I knew those guys were going to trip over their dicks, but I had no idea it would be right out of the starting gate.
I'm going to need a lot more popcorn.
Okay, but I suggest salted popcorn, as there's currently a groundswell for the government to impose some sort of 'sugar tax'.
Watching the difference between the UK and Canada over the next few years could be quite interesting.
Wait, the House of Lords did A Thing?
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I love Jeremy Hardy. Glad to see he's still going strong!
OK, Osborne's lost the Spectator. That article is hilarious. "Oh dear, he's breaking his promise to the hard-working, virtuous poor." Why does anyone, anywhere, ever buy the "compassionate conservative" nonsense?
There are "One Nation" Tories out there. Osborne is definitely not one of them.
Without the Liberal Democrats to tether them to the centre, it's nasty little fuckwads like Osborne and Theresa May who are now free to engage in whatever McCarthyist/Monetarist batshit ideologies they care to try out on an unsuspecting public.