Mendacious Miliband and a Duplictious, Deceitful, Bout of Disembling by Omission

      He's not really that good at it is he - trying to pull off a con trick that is.   He and Ed Balls tried to do just that last Thursday in Bedford, but failed miserably.   He should take lessons from that Snake Oil Salesman in Chief - Tony Blair.  My God, Teflon Tony would have pulled if off with a smooth sleight of hand, a flourish, followed by a big smile, saying Trust Me!   By comparison Mendacious Milly has a sleight of hand that could graciously be called, agricultural, and his flourish of deflection is somewhat telegraphed.   Must do better young Sir, must do better.

      The previous day at PMQs in the House, the Prime Minister produced and invitation to Miliband's most significant economic policy announcement yet. - the statement was to contain no new policy announcements. The young fellow m'lad was mocked severely for this.   On the day of his grand non-announcement, his Shadow Business Secretary, @ChukaAmunna,was busy being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, stating that it was too early in the life of the parliament to make economic, fiscal, or tax policy.  So good old reliable  Chuka was on message at least - or was he?

The two Ed's -Smugness Personified

      Cameron, during PMOs let it be known that a reintroduction of a 10p tax band was under consideration.   Lo and behold, the next day in Bedford, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee , the two Ed's that is (judge for yourself who 'Dum' is!) apologised for Gordon Brown's decision to abolish the 10p tax rate and that he and and Ed would bring it back.  To pay for it they would introduce a mansion Tax, so beloved of the Fib, sorry @LibDems, for mansions, this time, on or above £2m pounds in value.  The band range 'could', that's right only 'could' range up to £1000 depending on the income expected - didn't really know.    This 'would' be worth £100pa to the working people.   The 40p tax band personal limit would be reduced by the equivalent, to ensure the middle class wouldn't benefit, just the working people - seems like Ed think's the middle class don't work, and so much for the slogan of One Nation!  Milk it for all it's worth, TV cameras ate there, smile, receive raucous applause, sit down, smug expression of satisfaction - job done.   Oh no it's not laddie.

      If ever a policy was drawn up quickly on the back of an envelope this was it - didn't even have time to tell poor old Chuka on Radio 5 Live as he was spouting away the old policy from yesterday afternoon.   The policy that there were no policies - yes that one.

      In 2008, mendacious Miliband  imperiously defended Brown's abolition of the 10p tax band, insisting that some would lose out but overall it would make the tax system more fair, as it is all about fairness, and Labour are the party of fairness.   Note that now it is just Brown's decision, nothing to do with Ed and Ed, who just happened to work for him in various economic capacities.   Sloping shoulders syndrome there boys, passing on the blame, very edifying - not!

David Miliband's 'Mansion' worth more than £2mil

      Those previously in the 10p tax band are now out of that range due to the increases in the personal allowances to £9440, so says the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).   Further, in order to raise the amount required to pay for such a low tax band would require each of the property owners of the 70k 'mansions' worth over £2m would be £30k pa.   A whole new round of property evaluation would be required - at the top end at least.  

      This 'policy' would suck more people into the higher 40p rate tax band.  These people work too Mr Miliband, but there are apparently so poor that he was championing, these 'non workers' only a few weeks ago to be allowed to keep their child benefit - really - suddenly they are rich and idle rich at that.  All this, to give those creeping into the 10p band, not a £100 relief as he said, but only 67p a week when other benefits are taken into consideration - a mere £34pa - dearie me!

The IFS said that the 'proposal would 'complicate' the income tax system and achieve nothing that could not be better achieved in other ways.'   The pointed out that governments of both parties had not only introduced such bands previously, but quickly got rid of them and  'to propose the same thing again suggests a remarkable failure to learn from history' - ( or from your previous mistakes Messrs Ed and  Ed.)

      Of course bringing up the question of a 'Mansion Tax' Miliband knows he will have the coalition partners waring between themselves - an obvious political ploy, with Labour cynically putting party before people, working or otherwise.

      What he didn't say during the speech was that the 'policy' would not be in the election manifesto - this 'fact' had to be dragged out of them later through questioning.   So, there we have it, mendacity at it's best, with smoke and mirrors that didn't mask the obvious deliberate, deceitful duplicity of this pair of charlatans .  No intention of bringing in this 'policy' at all, good stuff for the cameras - a non-policy.  The TV companies should be more careful in the future, they were set-up and 'used' good and proper.   Just a pure political stunt full of stale fetid hot air - in other words a first class fug.   The boy Ed needs to do a bit more learning at the feet of Teflon Tony methinks.

      No wonder I feel disenfranchised, and that our leading politicians are not worthy of my or you the readers vote.  I am as mad as hell, and I'm not putting up with it any more!   Be warned!

Sam