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WELCOME to Scotland on Sunday's online feature, Question of the Week.
Each week we ask the readers of scotlandonsunday.com for their views on a burning issue from the past seven days. The best responses may be reproduced on the Online Forum page in Sunday's print edition of the newspaper on May 18.

If you wish to appear in Scotland on Sunday, then, along with your response, please leave a first name and surname, as well as your location - eg Tom Smith, Edinburgh. We welcome all comments.

The question this week is...

Is the £2.7bn tax cut to compensate basic rate tax payers a sign of a listening Government or just cynical politics?



The full article contains 118 words and appears in Scotland On Sunday newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 15 May 2008 2:49 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
 
1

Tomdonald,

16/05/2008 10:01:04
Gordon himself is a good listener and therefore leads what is in principle a listening Government. Unfortunately he is a theoretical economist who when faced with a crisis dithers. His actions as Chancellor in his first budget were all designed to turn the screw. As I recall billions were taken in the windfall tax, and significant amounts from pensioners by the removal of dividend tax credit. Lawson and Lamont had left a very good base for Gordon to work on, but he has squandered it in the name of prudence. The Northern Rock fiasco will be the Waterloo for the "Son of the Manse" who meant well but cannot now deliver.
2

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 13:05:09
The sign of a listening government would be to halve fuel duty immediately. Since they have been in power, Brown has doubled it for no good reason. The high price of fuel is a major factor in the economic disater facing Britain. The fact that the government have built the economy on credit for the last 11 years is another major factor but that is a different story.

The high fuel prices are little to do with the rising oil prices. They are due almost entirely to fuel duty. Currently, if the price of the raw product increases by 1p per litre, the motorist pays an additional 6p per litre due to the criminally extortionate duty on fuel.

If Brown really cares about the effects of rising fuel prices, then he would immediately halve fuel duty and put it down to an experiment that did not work.
3

Suomi,

Salo,Finland 17/05/2008 16:49:31
Definately cynacal politics.He is facing electoral defeat,a revolt from his back bench MP's in London and MSP's in Edinburgh,plus low personal ratings in opinion polls.I do not think that he is a good listener since he is incapable,totally resistent to understanding the legitimate desire of people to be independent.

 

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