Galloway and Respect
Galloway beat the Telegraph newspaper in court, he squared with a US
senate committee and exposed them as dunces*, and this morning I heard
him calling Blair and Brown the two cheeks of the same arse. In short
the man is CHAMPION!
As for RESPECT. I didn't vote last week, but I'm glad someone did vote
for them, as it turns out that they have policies with which most UK citizens
earning less than £20,000 per year could agree.
- minimum wage to be raised to £8 per hour
- universal childcare in publicly funded nurseries for the full working
day
- investment in apprenticeships with jobs on completion
- abolition of the council tax and its replacement with a progressive
local income tax
- a radical reduction in class sizes in schools
- free after school clubs and play centres
- abolition of tuition fees and student loans
- education free at point of use (from pre-school to FE)
- a big increase in funding for the arts and school sporting faciilities
- increased public investment to make homes energy efficient
- restoration of the link between the state pension and average earnings
- free transport, heating, lighting, water and electricity for all those
aged sixty or over
- abolish VAT as an indirect tax and replace it with increased direct
taxation
- raise the top rate of income tax
- a big increase in corporation tax, with an additional tax on the super-profits
of oil companies and banks
- a crack down on tax evasion by big companies and action against offshore
tax havens
- a fully proportional voting system, giving representation directly equal
to votes received
I could go on. Thank goodness for difference...
Ends | 6 May 2006 | The Leg
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