Now, you’ll have sussed that I’m no economist, but the 2.5% VAT cut introduced by Alaistair Darling (that will cost the Treasury £12.5 billion and retailers £300 million) will apparently have the following real world effects: Mars bar – down 1p JVC LCD television – down £12.77 Levi’s jeans – down £1.49 Next suit jacket […]
Category: politics
I’m watching the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham and it got me thinking. The attendees love the Tory party, and not because they’re crazy. They’ve benefited from their Tory-led council, they’ve been let down (with the rest of the UK) by their Labour government, and they will vote Conservative at the next general election with […]