Alistair Darling, (the nominated UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, although some would allege it is still Prime Minister Gordon Brown who pulls the purse strings), is widely expected to attempt to kick start the economy this week by reducing the standard rate of VAT from 17.5% to 15%.
What of course goes unremarked by the europhile [...]
Posts Tagged ‘directive’
VAT – the EU elephant in the room.
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics, tagged Alistair Darling, Brussels, directive, EU, Gordon Brown, VAT on November 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
curved cucumbers & bent bananas
Posted in Civil liberties, Life, Politics, tagged bananas, cucumbers, directive, EU, European Union on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So after years of lying to us, and complaining that stories of bent bananas and curved cucumbers were wicked myths, put about by eurosceptics, the European Commission is today set to remove many of these ‘mythical’ directives from the statute book. Sadly however not all. So whilst the EU commissars are now permitting bent cucumbers [...]
