allan tracy wrote:
> Latest opinion polls show Labour 19 points behind.
>
> But even more worrying for Labour their support in Scotland is
> imploding and party membership is being described as haemorrhaging.
>
> The recent budget would appear to be a straw that’s broken the camel’s
> back as voters reel from ever more taxation of the sort they now
> perceive to be extortionate and providing very poor value for money.
>
> The recent debate about Maths class sizes (sixty or more) was also
> very badly timed in Scotland highlighting the increasing concern of
> just what all this taxation is for if we can’t even manage decent
> class sizes?
>
> A Scottish party spokesperson said, “The taxation message is on its
> knees now, the electorate just doesn’t believe us anymore.”
>
> “The feedback we’ve been receiving in the last week or so has been
> very angry I’ve not experienced this level of anger since the poll
> tax.”
>
> “It’s notable that David Cameron has also come out of the closet on
> tax in recent days something he was previously reluctant to do but it
> shows the change in the public mood that he finally feels able to do
> so.”
>
> “I think we have probably gone too far on tax and it’s going to be
> very difficult for us to turn it around before the next election.”
It's a credit to their lying and soin that it has taken so long.
Perhaps trotting out yet another tough sound bite will no longer work.
The law of diminishing returns has taken hold. |