Autumn Statement - Blame Game

[RasputinDude]

Was it just me, or did we escape not too badly out of all that?

+1

[shaunbhoy]

OK, I'll go easy on him then.

That should come naturally enough for you.

[Vallah]

"Hundreds of millions of pounds of tax loopholes are being closed with immediate effect, and we are investigating abusive use of partnerships."

No details as yet but could be interesting.

(just listening to Ed Balls - blimey he's a numpty)

Plus draft GAAR legislation and guidance later this month

There are details at http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/autumn...2_complete.pdf but they're not very interesting. Or the slightest bit concerning, which is nice.

[LatteLiberal]

From what I heard of the response from the shadow chancellor he lived up to his name.

[darmstadt]

No. That's what WE were saying on these forums. The rest of my post stated that the government DIDN'T say that.

Whoops, sorry. Got a headache, a cough, achy breaky bones and snot keeps dopping onto my keyboard so concentration lapses now and then.

[The Spartan]

From what I heard of the response from the shadow chancellor he lived up to his name.

Lots of comments on the Grauniad about this, I must admit I have reading the comments on there

[lilelvis2000]

we've gone from a government of numpties taking care of their electorate and themselves to a government of knobs trying to care for their electorate and themselves.

[lilelvis2000]

From what I heard of the response from the shadow chancellor he lived up to his name.

He could have got and said "I'm okay with all that" but as he is in opposition he has to grind an axe on something. There really wasn't much to complain about really.

[Lockhouse]

I watched the speech live. I didn't think Osborne did a bad job. Considering there's been virtually no growth and he didn't have much to work with I thought he did OK. The bit about tax avoidance is unsettling as we are always the (unfair) target but nearly all the rest made sense to me.

Ed Balls' response was terrible.

[SupremeSpod]

I watched the speech live. I didn't think Osborne did a bad job. Considering there's been virtually no growth and he didn't have much to work with I thought he did OK. The bit about tax avoidance is unsettling as we are always the (unfair) target but nearly all the rest made sense to me.

Ed Balls' response was terrible.

Balls was terrible.

Osborne won a few points regarding petrol prices.