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KHOODEELAAR! Tells the 'main' [as measured by the number of 'MPs' each Party or Group has in the current House of Commons in the UK Palace of Ghostsminster] Parties, especially those apparently and opportunistically and electorally exercised by the ‘need to shows competence by showing willingness to cut the UK deficits’ that by SCRAPPING the crassly conceived diversionary debts-causing Crossrail they could easily achieve a ‘saving’ of £30Billion [which will be the cost of the Big Business agenda Crossrail scam including the overruns as we predict at 02 April 2010]
[To be continued]
From the web site of the London DAILY MIRROR
Friday
02 April 2010
£22 BILLION CHASM IN TORY SPENDING
By Bob Roberts; James Lyons 2/04/2010
Fury over pledges
The election row over tax exploded yesterday with David Cameron admitting he could not fund his spending pledges.
In a day of furious argument, Mr Cameron said his plan to reverse Labour tax rises was not covered by his already published proposals for cuts.
He told the BBC: "I do accept that what we are proposing is still not enough to fill the hole. I think you have to be frank about that."
Labour produced a document saying there was a £22billion "credibility gap" between what the Tories wanted to spend and how much they planned to raise.
The party warned that the gap would have to be filled either by a VAT rise of 5% - hitting pensioners and the poor hardest - or savage public service cuts.
Business leaders had thrown their weight behind Conservative plans to reverse a 1% rise in national insurance rates.
The bosses - including M& S chief executive Sir Stuart Rose and Justin King of Sainsbury's - said the increase would be a "tax on jobs". The row put tax and spending at the heart of the election campaign.
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But entrepreneur Tim Waterstone said the Tory-supporting businessmen were wrong on national insurance. He warned: "I think, as time goes by, the Tories will be seen to have shot themselves in the foot.
The bookshop founder said it was "irresponsible" of Mr Cameron and Shadow Chancellor George Osborne to claim there were £ 12billion of efficiency savings to pay for the tax cut. accept
And he praised Labour's handling of the economy. "We are on the mend," he said. "We had the most difficult economy in Europe to get moving again and now it is moving again."
Labour says the unaffordable tax pledges will risk the recovery and mean massive cuts in crucial services. Campaign chief Lord Mandelson said a Tory government would put the UK economy "back into the emergency crisis room". Turning on Mr Osborne, he stormed: "This is a cynical deception. He's behaving like a kid in a sweet shop, believing he can take sweets from every jar without paying for them."
In a series of stumbling interviews yesterday, Mr Cameron admitted his spending pledges were not fully funded. He said: "I accept there is more that needs to be done."
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