Wait, wait, wait… The average middle-class voter who is struggling to get by is starting to turn away from the Tories and their leader’s suggestion is to reduce taxes on the wealthiest people? Not to improve services or perhaps address the issues that drove former conservative party voters to Labour. No. Cutting the taxes of the elite, further reducing funding for services that the majority of voters use or rely on is the obvious answer.
He wants to increase the threshold of where you start paying 40%. The title of this article makes it sound like it’s 45% but it’s not. Currently this threshold is at about £50k. So this would make the biggest difference to exactly the middle classes.
Wait, wait, wait… The average middle-class voter who is struggling to get by is starting to turn away from the Tories and their leader’s suggestion is to reduce taxes on the wealthiest people? Not to improve services or perhaps address the issues that drove former conservative party voters to Labour. No. Cutting the taxes of the elite, further reducing funding for services that the majority of voters use or rely on is the obvious answer.
Smash&Grab tactics with… do I smell a hint of Scorched Earth in the mix there?
Person 1: Smash n Grab with a side of Scorched Earth?
Person 2: Sounds like a recipe for destruction.
Person 1: but the heat would be so intense
Person 2: (Whispers) I’m a fire starter.
Person 1: (Laughs) I know.
The Tories are out of touch. Middle class only exists on paper anymore, and the Tories’ answer is to cut taxes for the rich?
He wants to increase the threshold of where you start paying 40%. The title of this article makes it sound like it’s 45% but it’s not. Currently this threshold is at about £50k. So this would make the biggest difference to exactly the middle classes.
It’s probably more to stave off a rebellion from Tory MPs and to keep donations flowing, not as an electoral strategy.