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A conservative pressure group.the taxpayers alliance
A conservative pressure group.the taxpayers alliance
It's steeped in tory MP's and is designed as a policy making group for the tory party. It's effectively an unelected wing of the party that can float any ideas without the party having to take any flack for it and its research is pumped directly into the party.A group with several Tories, but not policy makers
Party affiliation
The TaxPayers' Alliance is not officially affiliated with any political party. It has been accused of being a Conservative Party "front" by Labour MP Jon Cruddas.[4] Polly Toynbee in The Guardian and Kevin Maguire in The Daily Mirror have also levelled this charge,[11][12] although the group's leadership has denied it.[13] All three founders, and a number of TPA staff members have associations with the Conservative Party and have strong links with the Freedom Association.[14][15][16]
When Nick Ferrari asked TPA's campaign manager Susie Squire whether she was "secretly Conservative", she rejected the accusation as "outrageous" saying the organisation was "totally independent".[17] In 2010, Squire became a special adviser to the Conservative Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.
Jeremy Hunt said:We have to proceed with these tax-credit changes because they are a very important cultural signal. My wife is Chinese. ... are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in the way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard, in the way that Americans are prepared to work hard? And that is about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success.
I think voters need to understand what sort of people they're voting for tbh.I think they need to put more effort into their speeches lol
It's not tax policy - it was specifically ruled out by the conservatives before the election (a blatant lie) - so there's no mandate for this random policy, and it's being introduced by a statutory instrument - which have been struck down by the lords on a number of occasions before. So no precedent being set either....dangerous precedent. An un-elected body dictating tax policy.
...and Labour continue to implode.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34840708
I hope they leave crashing and burning for at least 3-4 years, we want this shower of piss leading labour into the next general election if possible.
One party implodes while the other ruins the country for everyone that is not already comfortable. Great times indeed
Yet here we are coming out of recession with some of the lowest unemployment for years.
Yes there are problems...but when hasn't there been...at least now there is the opportunity to get on if you want it.