I sometimes wonder what planet the average politician lives on.
This morning I read that the Brown One is going to give military personnel who have been on tour in Iraq or Afghanistan a discount on their Council Tax.
Lets look at that statement in detail.
first there is the obvious fact that this piece of news was kept back from yesterdays Labour Conference speech because the control freaks of Labour needed a high'ish profile press release on their control matrix today just in case the reaction to Gords speech was not suitably ecstatic - so lets pretend we are giving the sqaddies something.
It is of course giving nothing. Gord has merely told the MoD to give some of their budget to the Local Authorities. so its out of one Government pocket in to another.
So here is the deal being offered to our military - in exchange for laying down your life in a futile pointless war our grateful Government will let you off £160.00 of tax - fuck off seems the most appropriate reply.
Do these political twats not realise that if the decision about going to Afghanistan or Iraq was about money then all our people would leave the British Forces and join the legions of " independent security operatives " the private armys and mercenaries that are operating without any responsibility in the war zones. Where £160.00 represents a mornings work. No our people are their because they are loyal and believe in good.
It has to be the ultimate insult to offer a discount on the Council tax for a property thats unfit for human habitation - have you seen some of the slums that this Government provides for our military? Of course the fact that Gord sold them to George Soros and now has to rent them back and also pay the maintenance is another story for another time.
Did you notice that the new look given by the spin miesters to Gord ( hey don't forget I'm British ) makes him look just like Danny Devito's portrayal of The Penguin in the Batman movies.