Crack On Please!

The Chancellor is widely reported as considering cancelling the one penny a litre tax increase on petrol scheduled to come into force in April. He is also said to be thinking of reforming the fuel tax system through a stabiliser of some sort.

Very good. Anything helps the cash-strapped motorist as well as those using oil to heat their homes.

But enough of the dithering. Let him crack on and announce something soon!
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A Distraction

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Trying to concentrate on what Chancellor Alistair Darling had to say in the Commons this afternoon about his pre-Budget report, I was constantly distracted by Harriet Harman, Leader of the House, who was continually nodding at what he had to say.

It was like having your attention drawn to one of those irritating nodding model dogs that you sometimes see in the back of cars.

Whether or not Ms Harman actually agreed with what Darling had to say or whether this was some sort of front-bench tactic to distract the opposition seniors, I do not know.

But it was about as irritating and utterly meaningless as those wretched nodding dogs!
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