Mr. Osborne must have been reading Modern History – part 2 where I bragged about my non-domicile status prospects. Damn! Now he wants a piece of me – the £25,000 piece, greedy man! Me and my Russian and Greek magnate colleagues will start a rebellion then. Expect some fireworks from us around the Guy Fawkes day! We won’t go down without a fight! There will be a diplomatic stalemate of international proportions, believe me! Especially when some of the Russian activists, who all happen to be millionaires enriched on post Soviet privatisations and live happily ever after in the British tax haven, are forced to repatriate to Russia to save themselves the £25,000 pocket money. Mr. Putin has a Welcome Committee waiting at the Moscow airport.
But well done, Tories! It’s high time the idle government dug into the coffers of those who scavenge of this country without spending as much as a penny for the public toilet!
Have the Tories got one over Labour? They will most certainly appeal to first time home buyers who normally being young, angry and radical would vote Labour.
The Tories will also attract legions of middle class oldies who, while standing over their graves, are wondering whether their offspring will be able to pay the inheritance tax to keep the family home in the family. Let’s just hope that those oldies live long enough to be able to give their vote in the next elections – it doesn’t look like Gordon will call them now in a hurry in a suicidal attempt to end his brief prime ministerial career. So the oldies may have to hang on to their life support machines and put off dying for a while yet.
Personally, I am not attracted to the Tory offering. I am not a first home buyer anymore and in my vengeful, petty mind I begrudge the stamp duty I had to pay last year and will have to pay each time I move house as I will never again be a first home buyer. Of course, I could just stick with my present home until I die in hope that my daughter escapes the 40% inheritance tax. That’s assuming of course that by the time I die, some old people’s home where I will no doubt be placed before dying, won’t appropriate my home in order to cover my accommodation and medical bills.
Having dealt with the property market (expect the prices to rise again when and if the Tories do abolish stamp duty for first home buyers because people like me will then incorporate the stamp tax we have to pay on our next home into the price of the house we’re selling – it’s a vicious circle) I would like to hear more about Tories’ foreign policy plans and things that matter on a grander scale than my own backyard. Over to you Mr. Cameron?
