The Conservative Party

[mackenzie]

I've tried before to get help and I don't qualify. I don't meet the criteria

Neither do I, as my income is deemed to be too high.
However, in the main it's a much fairer system than the one Thatcher wanted. I know its a big bill when you live in your own but even those on benefits now have to pay something towards it. And much of what we pay for is something we don't always "see" but it's something everyone in any community needs at some point.

 

[Vic]

Neither do I, as my income is deemed to be too high.
However, in the main it's a much fairer system than the one Thatcher wanted. I know its a big bill when you live in your own but even those on benefits now have to pay something towards it. And much of what we pay for is something we don't always "see" but it's something everyone in any community needs at some point.

Thatcher was faced with an overdue review of rateable values that would have affected rich voters the most, so she looked for an alternative. "Something must be done," she said. A civil servant said, "A poll tax is something," and Thatcher said, "Then that's what must be done".

Major ousted her, and brought in the council tax, then won the election saying "we are the party who abolished the council tax".

Gaslighting the gullible even then.

And the landed gentry pay a fraction of what they would have under the rates for their occupation of vast estates (and everyone with multiple homes gets a vote for the local council in each place).

 

[mackenzie]

Thatcher was faced with an overdue review of rateable values that would have affected rich voters the most, so she looked for an alternative. "Something must be done," she said. A civil servant said, "A poll tax is something," and Thatcher said, "Then that's what must be done".

Major ousted her, and brought in the council tax, then won the election saying "we are the party who abolished the council tax".

Gaslighting the gullible even then.

And the other bonus of the suggested reform was that it would lead to traditional labour voters of the time, who were more likely to not register so as to avoid the massive increase, to not have the ability to vote.

 

[Vic]

And the other bonus of the suggested reform was that it would lead to traditional labour voters of the time, who were more likely to not register so as to avoid the massive increase, to not have the ability to vote.

I don't bet, but (as a political statement) I did ask William Hill for odds that the 1991 census would show a drop in population (against all the evidence). 20 to 1 against I'd have got. The government in the end had to adjust the figures to account for people "disappearing" to avoid the poll tax.

 

[Gabriel]

 

[BayernMan]

 

[Gabriel]

 

[woody1968]

I wonder if Rees Smug will comment on the initial Priv. Com.( made up of a majority of Tories ) findings that Liar Liar Johnson - mislead and continued to mislead parliament - c’mon Jacob speak up, don’t go all shy on us

 

[Gabriel]

 

[Gabriel]