Comments on: VAT Fraud And A Tax Bomb http://www.anorak.co.uk/196044/money/vat-fraud-and-a-tax-bomb.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Chenier http://www.anorak.co.uk/196044/money/vat-fraud-and-a-tax-bomb.html/comment-page-1#comment-400222 Chenier Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:47:17 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/?p=196044#comment-400222 I really do feel sorry for Cameron's Georgie in some ways; the poor sod has to leap to his feet in the Commons trying to pretend that a typo in the Budget Press releases constitutes a secret plan to raise VAT, knowing full well that Ken Clarke, bless his little cotton socks, has the unfortunate habit of being truthful. And if anyone asks Ken Clarke whether he had multiple options costed up by the Treasury for all of his Budgets, he will truthfully reply Yes, and Georgie will look like a Day Release Student who hasn't done his homework. Admittedly he always looks like a Day Release Student who hasn't done his homework, but the only way to outflank the Government is to ask why England's Darling isn't following Ben Bernanke's lead and ordering the Bank of England to print money and drop it by helicopter.... I really do feel sorry for Cameron’s Georgie in some ways; the poor sod has to leap to his feet in the Commons trying to pretend that a typo in the Budget Press releases constitutes a secret plan to raise VAT, knowing full well that Ken Clarke, bless his little cotton socks, has the unfortunate habit of being truthful.

And if anyone asks Ken Clarke whether he had multiple options costed up by the Treasury for all of his Budgets, he will truthfully reply Yes, and Georgie will look like a Day Release Student who hasn’t done his homework.

Admittedly he always looks like a Day Release Student who hasn’t done his homework, but the only way to outflank the Government is to ask why England’s Darling isn’t following Ben Bernanke’s lead and ordering the Bank of England to print money and drop it by helicopter….

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