I do wonder just how many Tories would prefer a society where the poor waited on their doorstep, and they threw a few coins from the car window as they drove out on the way to the theatre.Last Saturday's Guardian:
Trailing out of Selfridges with the unmistakable yellow bag dangling from the crook of her arm, Rita Waters, 66, welcomed Kwarteng’s mini-budget. While the VAT tax change won’t alter her shopping habits as a British citizen, she felt positive about the decision to scrap the additional tax on those whose annual income was more than £150,000.
“And it will filter down,” said Waters, who is retired. “It will filter down to the people who don’t pay tax but maybe they have more money in their pocket than the Treasury.”
As a lifelong Conservative voter, she said the budget will give her more to spend and give to food banks. “And hope the other people will as well,” she added.
‘Tourists want to spend’: shoppers in London share views on the mini-budget
High-end shopping districts could benefit from duty-free shopping and the scrapping of the 45% tax bandwww.theguardian.com
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She sounds like a ****
Add to that the number of children living in poverty and the fact some older people will freeze to death this winter due to fuel poverty. As you said it’s a disgrace.
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Why? People in Hartlepool were thankful that the Tories had opened so many food banks. Labour didn’t when they were in power.
I'm guessing this is satire?
Rita is a shameless ****Last Saturday's Guardian:
Trailing out of Selfridges with the unmistakable yellow bag dangling from the crook of her arm, Rita Waters, 66, welcomed Kwarteng’s mini-budget. While the VAT tax change won’t alter her shopping habits as a British citizen, she felt positive about the decision to scrap the additional tax on those whose annual income was more than £150,000.
“And it will filter down,” said Waters, who is retired. “It will filter down to the people who don’t pay tax but maybe they have more money in their pocket than the Treasury.”
As a lifelong Conservative voter, she said the budget will give her more to spend and give to food banks. “And hope the other people will as well,” she added.
‘Tourists want to spend’: shoppers in London share views on the mini-budget
High-end shopping districts could benefit from duty-free shopping and the scrapping of the 45% tax band
Good of her to speak to the Guardian though and give them her plans for the food banks.
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Sadly not, it was said in an interview by random monkey hangers on the BBC before the by-election there.(which the Tories won)
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Explains it all really.
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It used to, but we have too many turkeys willing to vote for Xmas these days.