oh dear: Rise in UK income tax receipts not enough to keep Osborne plan on track

[AtW]

The strongest opposition to his austerity plan comes from Conservative MPs.

The real problem is that Conservative is silent on his totally non-Conservative policies of higher taxation, in my book it means that they are all guilty.

[clearedforlanding]

Whenever I see him raking the coins out of the wishing well, I approach the small business owner with a white envelope and offer him a deal: the envelope for the coins and his vote. Usually, there’s an increased tax bill in the envelope, but a deal’s a deal!

George Osborne

On fiscal policy.

[ZARDOZ]

Here's an idea scrap HS2. He's wasted over a billion on the plans and wages for the quango alone. A further 80 billion plus is needed. That's a lot of tax or cuts to something. Not to mention they have no idea where the energy to eun it will come from.

[AtW]

Here's an idea scrap HS2. He's wasted over a billion on the plans and wages for the quango alone. A further 80 billion plus is needed. That's a lot of tax or cuts to something. Not to mention they have no idea where the energy to eun it will come from.

I reckon he'll delay it. It's supposed to start actual work in 2017, yet not much is heard of it - delay means big paper wins for him, and why not, it's due to finish way past his own pathetic polical lifespan?

What he should have done is to get BoE to fund it via "funny money" - that would reduce load on budget and also get some real stuff done with all that funny money given to banks