I apologise for the breach in netiquette in blogging twice in one day, but this is an important story.
In David Cameron's excellent Budget reply, he said at one point (I paraphrase):
"Under Labour, Britain is more taxed than at any point in its history".
On the front bench, Ed Balls - The Man Who Would Be King (part II) heckled:
"So what?'
This astounding statement was met with hoots of shock and disdain from the Tory benches and surprised Cameron sufficiently for him to come back: "So what, says the minister for children. I know he wants to be Chancellor so badly it hurts. I have to tell him another Budget like the one we have just heard and he won't have to wait very long."
So there you have it, ladies and gentleman. Taxed up to the eyeballs? Labour says "So what."
re you an NHS nurse who now pays 20% instead of 10%? Labour says "So what". (Brown sneered without reply when Cameron raised the tax con abolition of the 10p rate).
Are you fed up with stealth taxes and council tax rises because the government won't fund your town, just as it won't fund Corby? Labour says "So what."
Are you one of the thousands of British girls forced into a marriage that Labour won't stop because it cosies up to 'community leaders'? Labour says "So what".
Are you a small business trying to create jobs hit with a swingeing tax rise? Labour says "So what."
Brown treated the people "like fools" . Now Balls treats them with utter contempt from the front bench. Call an election Gordon. We'll show you, and Ed Balls, 'so what'.
