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It's an odd day when I'm in agreement with the Taxpayers' Alliance, but they agree with me so fair enough.
"July it was revealed that it cost the taxpayer 62p per person to keep the Royal Family.
The total cost of keeping the monarchy was £38.2m during the 2009-10 financial year, a drop of 7.9% (£3.3m) on the previous year."
That's a lot. Too much.
Showing posts with label taxpayers alliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxpayers alliance. Show all posts
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Monday, 23 August 2010
Taxpayers' Alliance chief to head off electoral reform
as someone who
1) Will be unemployed this time next week
2) Has an interest in social policy
3) Has a heart
I’m dismayed that DWP policy-making will be advised by someone from TPA, who are a bunch of bastards
1) Will be unemployed this time next week
2) Has an interest in social policy
3) Has a heart
I’m dismayed that DWP policy-making will be advised by someone from TPA, who are a bunch of bastards
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Public sector unions are living in fantasy land | Matthew Elliott | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Public sector unions are living in fantasy land
Agreed. Please let's not go the way of Greece, they are retarded. They should probably never have been allowed into the Euro in the first place, and the strikes and riots against the necessary medicine aren't helping.
I disagree that the problem has been the state spending too much, but rather that it was spending more than it was raking in through tax. He then says tax isn't the way to raise the money, which I disagree with. I do, however, agree that a VAT rise will hit the poorest hardest and we should be wary of going down that route.
But when he says "In a report with the Institute of Directors last September we set out how to save £50 billion", it all makes sense. the Institute of Directors are a right bunch of bastards who look after the interests of the richest and most powerful, so anything they or their mates say should be looked at in that light. The author is chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance. Wankers. They are the ones who don't believe in any government, so they can fuck right off.
Agreed. Please let's not go the way of Greece, they are retarded. They should probably never have been allowed into the Euro in the first place, and the strikes and riots against the necessary medicine aren't helping.
I disagree that the problem has been the state spending too much, but rather that it was spending more than it was raking in through tax. He then says tax isn't the way to raise the money, which I disagree with. I do, however, agree that a VAT rise will hit the poorest hardest and we should be wary of going down that route.
But when he says "In a report with the Institute of Directors last September we set out how to save £50 billion", it all makes sense. the Institute of Directors are a right bunch of bastards who look after the interests of the richest and most powerful, so anything they or their mates say should be looked at in that light. The author is chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance. Wankers. They are the ones who don't believe in any government, so they can fuck right off.
Monday, 29 March 2010
Budget 2010: Darling and rivals must get serious on cuts | Matthew Sinclair | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
I thought this guy was a bit odd in his analysis, then I came across the following and it makes sense:
" In the TPA's new book How to Cut Public Spending (and Still Win an Election) we update a plan for £50bn of cuts from our earlier report with the Institute of Directors"
TPA = Tax Payers Alliance = a bunch of right-wing nut jobs who believe any and all taxes are bad.
Which means most of the 'analysis' here is rhetoric and empty waft
" In the TPA's new book How to Cut Public Spending (and Still Win an Election) we update a plan for £50bn of cuts from our earlier report with the Institute of Directors"
TPA = Tax Payers Alliance = a bunch of right-wing nut jobs who believe any and all taxes are bad.
Which means most of the 'analysis' here is rhetoric and empty waft
Monday, 12 October 2009
Taxpayers' Alliance
The Taxpayers' Alliance, of whom i'm not fan, are in a bit of bother, which i do like.
Their director doesn't pay UK tax, so that kinda goes against their thing of getting a better deal for UK taxpayers'
They're a bunch of bastards anyway
Their director doesn't pay UK tax, so that kinda goes against their thing of getting a better deal for UK taxpayers'
They're a bunch of bastards anyway
Friday, 18 September 2009
misleading media?
Left Foot Forward, who are not impartial, are alleging that the Daily Mail are spouting rubbish. That in itself is a pretty fair suggestion. The specifics cover this article on quangos "The cost of quango Britain hits £170bn - a seven-fold rise since Labour came to power".
The Left Foot Forward article here alleges that the Mail use Taxpayer Alliance figures which are "not a like-for-like comparison". With statistics, precision is everything and the odd thing here or there makes all the difference. In this case, not comparing like-for-like allows the latter figure to be overblown in order to give the effect they are after.
Bloody Daily Mail
Bloody Taxpayers' Alliance, a real nasty lot
The Left Foot Forward article here alleges that the Mail use Taxpayer Alliance figures which are "not a like-for-like comparison". With statistics, precision is everything and the odd thing here or there makes all the difference. In this case, not comparing like-for-like allows the latter figure to be overblown in order to give the effect they are after.
Bloody Daily Mail
Bloody Taxpayers' Alliance, a real nasty lot
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Big spending cuts
According to Thursday's Guardian, the Taxpayers' Alliance and Institute of Directors plans discussed in the previous post involve cutting things such as:
"The Taxpayers' Alliance and the Institute of Directors propose abolishing Surestart and child benefit, and imposing a one-year freeze on the basic state pension and on all public-sector pay except for the army."
Their usual rubbish
"The Taxpayers' Alliance and the Institute of Directors propose abolishing Surestart and child benefit, and imposing a one-year freeze on the basic state pension and on all public-sector pay except for the army."
Their usual rubbish
Big spending cuts
The Taxplayers' Alliance and the Institute of Directors came out with their usual rubbish about how great slashing public spending is.
Left Foot forward attacks their claims, and I agree with the lefties, no surprises there.
They think they can cut money without it impacting front line services. They're wrong, and they don't much care what I think. But they can fuck off.
I could go into detail, but it just seems such rubbish i get angry. To say that they can reduce staff and pay without impacting front-line services is pants. How can you pay people less and expect the same service?
They attacked Sure Start Centres, which says it all really. They claim they would get rid of them. But replace them? Hmm? Not that the TPA or IoD care about poor people
Left Foot forward attacks their claims, and I agree with the lefties, no surprises there.
They think they can cut money without it impacting front line services. They're wrong, and they don't much care what I think. But they can fuck off.
I could go into detail, but it just seems such rubbish i get angry. To say that they can reduce staff and pay without impacting front-line services is pants. How can you pay people less and expect the same service?
They attacked Sure Start Centres, which says it all really. They claim they would get rid of them. But replace them? Hmm? Not that the TPA or IoD care about poor people
Friday, 11 September 2009
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Taxpayers alliance
I'm not a fan of the taxpayers alliance.
the taxpayers’ alliance is a collection of very nasty pieces of work who are only interested in reducing their tax bills as the expense of the poor, who they very rarely have any contact with.
anything that helps to highlight their agenda, and how over represented they are.
Good work here.
"The Other Taxpayers’ Alliance has come up with an indispensable guidelines for the media on whether they should be using the TaxPayers’ Alliance as rent-a-quotes.
The guidelines feature essential top 5 reporting tips and a handy flowchart to help them plan their story. It also features examples of bad research by the TPA.
The top 5 tips
1. Give context
The TaxPayers’ Alliance is a right-wing pressure group – and so should be described as a ‘right-wing pressure group’. Additional adjectives may be used at your discretion.
2. Use initiative
When presented with a TPA press release, aim to rewrite at least half of it. Try getting a second opinion. Or failing that, Google.
3. Add perspective
The TPA calls itself a ‘grassroots alliance’ of ‘ordinary taxpayers’. But it doesn’t have a membership – just a free-to-join mailing list of 20,000, which represents 0.04% of taxpayers. This compares with, say, the 1.3 million taxpayers who are members of the public sector trade union, Unison.
4. Name names
‘Ordinary taxpayers’ who support the TPA include: Sir Tom Cowie (Life President, Arriva), Sir Rocco Forte (Chairman, Rocco Forte Hotels), Peter Hargreaves (CEO, Hargreaves Lansdown), Malcolm H.D. McAlpine, (Director, Sir Robert McAlpine), Stuart Wheeler (Chairman, IG Group), and Lords Salisbury, Pearson, Derwent, Hodgson, Chadlington, Kalms and Vinson.
5. Investigate
Who funds the TaxPayers’ Alliance? Why won’t it tell us – or even reveal its income?"
the taxpayers’ alliance is a collection of very nasty pieces of work who are only interested in reducing their tax bills as the expense of the poor, who they very rarely have any contact with.
anything that helps to highlight their agenda, and how over represented they are.
Good work here.
"The Other Taxpayers’ Alliance has come up with an indispensable guidelines for the media on whether they should be using the TaxPayers’ Alliance as rent-a-quotes.
The guidelines feature essential top 5 reporting tips and a handy flowchart to help them plan their story. It also features examples of bad research by the TPA.
The top 5 tips
1. Give context
The TaxPayers’ Alliance is a right-wing pressure group – and so should be described as a ‘right-wing pressure group’. Additional adjectives may be used at your discretion.
2. Use initiative
When presented with a TPA press release, aim to rewrite at least half of it. Try getting a second opinion. Or failing that, Google.
3. Add perspective
The TPA calls itself a ‘grassroots alliance’ of ‘ordinary taxpayers’. But it doesn’t have a membership – just a free-to-join mailing list of 20,000, which represents 0.04% of taxpayers. This compares with, say, the 1.3 million taxpayers who are members of the public sector trade union, Unison.
4. Name names
‘Ordinary taxpayers’ who support the TPA include: Sir Tom Cowie (Life President, Arriva), Sir Rocco Forte (Chairman, Rocco Forte Hotels), Peter Hargreaves (CEO, Hargreaves Lansdown), Malcolm H.D. McAlpine, (Director, Sir Robert McAlpine), Stuart Wheeler (Chairman, IG Group), and Lords Salisbury, Pearson, Derwent, Hodgson, Chadlington, Kalms and Vinson.
5. Investigate
Who funds the TaxPayers’ Alliance? Why won’t it tell us – or even reveal its income?"
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