Reduction in VAT

The government are putting up tax to grab the difference.

In article , valeofbelvoirdrinker writes

Those same pygmies in Westminster don't visit pubs, either (well, only when campaigning to show how much in touch with the 'common man' they are) - they have the taxpayer-subsidised HoC bar to go to, where they won't encounter riff-raff who want to pick a bone about the latest insane Govt policy.

So how do you explain the VAT fiasco as exposed in various papers this morning? The real people making the decisions are the civil servants - you know, those people who don't get elected, who have jobs for life because they know if they foul up then someone who has been elected will be sacked or resign instead of the real culprit.