Daily Archives: September 20, 2010

THE OSBORNE IDENTITY PART XVVIII

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Gideon

George Osborne reckons benefit claimants make a “lifestyle” choice… Really? No doubt then it was a ‘lifestyle’ choice when the Chancellor decided to avoid capital gains tax when he ‘flipped’ and then sold his London home in 2006 for a … Continue reading →

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“There are those who will condem us…”

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dan

Never a truer word spoken. Not from Clegg at least. No less than six years after entering the  house as an MP  Nick Clegg today made his first conference speech from a position of previously unimaginable power. Not simply leader … Continue reading →

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Rich ‘just as bad’ as poor

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dan

Another nice snippet from Cleggs’ new centre-cleft school of British politics: “We all read the headlines about benefit fraud. We all agree it’s wrong when people help themselves to benefits they shouldn’t get. But when the richest people in the … Continue reading →

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