Well folks the LibConmen have given us their first budget. After spending their time since election informing the nation of the perilous nature of the country's economy I guess we all new what to expect. Or did we.... was their some faint hope that "we're not going to allow a North South divide to reappear", certainly that would have been your conclusion if you were taken in by Mr Clegg. Oh those poor people of Sheffield.
Alas in the run up to the budget Sheffield Forgemasters lost the promised loan from the goverment that would have allowed them to invest in jobs and manufacturing here in the UK. Jobs which will now go abroad. Hartlepool lost it's new Hospital as Mr Cameron stated to Andrew Marr "no cuts to front line services". Clearly the front line for Cameron and Mr Osbourne is the tuck shop at Eton.
Of course as our leaders say the finances are in such a mess that cuts are necessary and we all must pay. A little news item which slipped under the radar is that our new administrators have since the election spent £17698 of our cash on wine. That's £48.75 for each coalition MP. You see they are clearly sharing the burden, they are so worried about how the cuts may affect us ordinary folk that they need a stiff drink of an evening. Also of interest news that those in charge of the top ftse 100 companies saw their pay rise by 20%. Employers were let off the National Insurance rise while the workers unfortunately had to burden this rise. Sharing the load indeed.
And so to the budget. Benefit cuts for the poorest non dom tax status for the wealthy.
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Hi Phil,
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I was hoping that the outcomes of the budget that the Lib Dem's had, prior to the election, firmly set themselves against e.g increase in VAT, changes to child benefit, would had led to some (even if minor) degree of insurrection amongst the LD MPs but no, their backsides are firmly glued to government seats, and no amount of moral analysis of the budget will unseat them!
You would have thought that Clegg might have considered the implications of the Foremasters decision on his seat, but I assume that Hallam (although not literally) is a million miles away from that constituency.
It all does mean though, that, so long as we logically and consistently attack all government policy, and in particular the Lib Dem weakness in the coalition, we can concertedly undermine their vote come the next general election: vote Lib Dem get Tory.
The really big push for the moment is the numbers on incapacity benefit. The Tories have always hated this benefit and see it as a malingerer's charter. I have no doubt that a proportion of claimants could work, even on a part-time basis. My position on this however, has always been that the real issue, in relation to those in receipt of this benefit and fall under the Disability Discrimination Act in relation to the disability/condition, is the unwillingness of employers to hire anyone with any form of limiting disability.
The introduction of a quota, or some other form of compulsion on the part of the employers is long overdue. Labour refuse dpoint blank to do it, and there is no way that this lot will.
It is not surprising then that some of the disability charities are warning of an impending crisis where those who can't work are told they must, and those that can employ don't.
Not good.
I look forward to future blog dialogue brother!
Ian