The official "Budget 2014" thread

[SueEllen]

Any changes to stamp duty or inheritance tax yet?

You don't have to pay inheritance tax if you are in the armed forces.

[AtW]

You don't have to pay inheritance tax if you are in the armed forces.

You get a higher chance of being killed early also!!!

[SueEllen]

That all seemed a bit quick. Doesn't he normally waffle on for much longer?

It depends on how close the General Election is.

[AtW]

It depends on how close the General Election is.

Well, that was agreed to be fixed now in 2015.

Miliband looks pathetic and his verbal skills are poor.

Why isn't it Ed Balls who makes the statement?

[SueEllen]

Well, that was agreed to be fixed now in 2015.

Before the General Election they try and screw the next party if they think they get in.

After the General Election they have to do loads of measures to change the cr*p the last party put in.

In between they try and do as little as possible.

Miliband looks pathetic and his verbal skills are poor.

Why isn't it Ed Balls who makes the statement?

Don't know. It's very odd.

[Platypus]

Milliband is such a liar, but there's enough sound bites there for the BBC and the Mirror

[AtW]

Before the General Election they try and screw the next party if they think they get in.

Cons will screw them by extending cuts and Labour will screw taxpayers

[SueEllen]

Milliband is such a liar, but there's enough sound bites there for the BBC and the Mirror

He's a politician.

Like agents everything that comes out of their mouths is a lie.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Millipede really is useless, isn't he?

At least having a coalition means we don't have to listen to a lib dem response being shouted down by Lab and Cons.

Pension changes are the big news - expect a boom in spivvy advisers.

[Platypus]

expect a boom in spivvy advisers.

Yeah, I'm thinking about a career change !