It's funny how politicians change. When the Chancellor announced in the budget that he had lied(*) about not taxing vehicles retrospectively and that he was going to double the Road Tax on some people's cars (not the Gorse Fox, thank goodness)... the budget was voted through.
Now that many Labour MPs are in fear for their seats (and their salaries and expenses) they are beginning to stand up for their constituents. It looks like there will be a back bench rebellion demanding that this is not enforced retrospectively. It's remarkable how they remember who they work for as their tenure becomes less stable and hoe survival starts to take precedence over party unity.
Good thing too.
(*) Correction: he did not lie. "It was there, if obscured in the detail, and obfuscated by references to a 'Showroom Tax' on new vehicles". The Gorse Fox would like to than GeoffH for this clarification.
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