Admittedly, they are straight from the department of the bleedin’ obvious, but in the same week that Gordon Brown pointed out that…

…each household could save £420 a year by not throwing away edible food. Approximately 4.1 million tonnes of food which could be eaten are disposed of each year, the government estimates.

David Cameron said:

…that some people who are poor, fat or addicted to alcohol or drugs have only themselves to blame.

He said that society had been too sensitive in failing to judge the behaviour of others as good or bad, right or wrong, and that it was time for him to speak out against “moral neutrality”.

“We talk about people being ‘at risk of obesity’ instead of talking about people who eat too much and take too little exercise,” he said. “We talk about people being at risk of poverty, or social exclusion: it’s as if these things — obesity, alcohol abuse, drug addiction — are purely external events like a plague or bad weather.

“Of course, circumstances — where you are born, your neighbourhood, your school and the choices your parents make — have a huge impact. But social problems are often the consequence of the choices people make.”

Blimey. Personal responsibility? Whatever next?! Not sure a country infantalised by ZaNu Labour is ready for this kind of thing….

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According to The Telegraph:

The latest edition of Tolley’s Tax Handbook contains more than twice as many pages on direct taxation as it did when Gordon Brown became Chancellor.

It’s OK though, ‘cos according to a Treasury spokesman:

“The Government takes the issue of complexity very seriously and has a good record on measures to simplify the tax system: since 1997, the Government has modernised and simplified many areas, creating a more coherent tax regime”

In case that didn’t cheer you up, another article points out that:

Homebuyers paid more than £1bn in tax during the three months to June, 30pc more than in the quarter before, despite the starting point for stamp duty being raised in March.

Remember, Gordon tells us that taxes such as these only affect the super rich, which must be why:

“Only about a quarter of sales across Britain are below the stamp duty starting point and the proportion falls to 10pc in London.”

So, when Tony goes, we’ll be rid of the man who can’t stop lying about the war, the health service, immigration etc, and be taken over by a man who wants to push the 70%+ he takes from the average earner, even higher.

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