tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post7179907961010398241..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Deliberately Misleading?TheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-41909524257182625602012-02-15T13:46:31.674+00:002012-02-15T13:46:31.674+00:00@Edward Spalton I couldn't put it better...@Edward Spalton I couldn't put it better...TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-77962124616638917572012-02-15T13:23:39.215+00:002012-02-15T13:23:39.215+00:00I remember the parliamentary debate so well with L...I remember the parliamentary debate so well with Labour accusing the evil Tories of wanting to freeze the pensioners to death and the front bench promising to remove the tax (which they must have known was an impossibility under EU law)<br /><br />The tax was originally at 7.5% and the best they could do in office was reduce it to 5%<br /><br />My former (Labour) MP now works for an energy charity and made the same suggestion. He must have known that it was an impossibility too. It was deliberate deceit of the public which seems to come as second nature for politicians - even ex MPs.Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.com