Comments on: Who’s fighting for the hard-working Road Sweeper?

By: Peter Ferrey

Peter Ferrey — Thu, 05 May 2005 11:16:12 +0000

Thank you, Melissa, for your response yesterday.
I have posted my final comment on http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge05.htm

I could have written Roger Johnson’s contribution
earlier this morning myself! Good luck to both you other two. You bring colour to an otherwise drab scene.

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By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 05 May 2005 09:14:14 +0000

You are right Roger – and a namesake

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By: Roger Johnson

Roger Johnson — Thu, 05 May 2005 08:57:12 +0000

I have been following your blog and your father’s. Both of you are so right for your constituencies.
I look forward to the day when you, William Hague and those of that ilk come to power at the head of a real Tory government, not just a product of an underhand palace putsch.

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By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:44:12 +0000

Stick to Blue, Peter – I can assure you the Conservatives will do everything possible to stop the raid on pensions and look after the elderly so their savings are protected and there would not be a need to sell homes to pay for long term care.

Of course, an individual case such as yours would have to be taken up with your own MP.

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By: Peter Ferrey

Peter Ferrey — Wed, 04 May 2005 15:35:36 +0000

Sorry, correction! The value to “D” is

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By: Peter Ferrey

Peter Ferrey — Wed, 04 May 2005 15:24:22 +0000

I spent the whole of last year corresponding, (direct and via my M.P.) with the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo, over an aspect of Gordon Brown’s raid on pensions.
The replies I got were pure circumlocution and double talk, nowadays referred to as spin.
On 23rd February, after the Conservatives established their Election Office, I posted an enquiry to Mr Howard on the web site and confirmed it by letter, with a copy to my M.P.
The next day I received the following reply:

“Michael Howard has asked me to thank you so much for your recent letter and reply on his behalf. He appreciates you bringing the information you wrote of in your e-mail to his attention and has carefully noted your comments. Thank you for writing on this important issue. Best wishes, Ian Philps, Office of the Leader of the Opposition”

Last Monday, 2nd May, I e-mailed Mr Philps asking for a reply to my question, but have received no response.

The following is an edited version of my posting and confirming letter:

Dear Mr. Howard,

Have the Conservatives any plans to remove an injustice that has, since April, 1999, affected the less well off in any age group [not just pensioners], who happen to have some of their savings invested in shares?

Imagine four people in different income groups holding the same block of shares.

A : Gross income, including value of tax credit, is below personal allowance. Should pay no tax.
B : Gross income above allowances is subject to tax at 10%.
C : Gross income, after allowances, reaches basic rate (22%).
D : Is liable to tax at 40% on top slice of income.

Each investor has a nett dividend of ?160 and receives a tax credit certificate worth ?17.77.

How does each benefit?

A : Does not! The tax credit cannot be reclaimed!
B : Can set the credit against liability for tax at 10%
C : Sets the credit against liability for tax at 22%, making it worth ?39.10.
D : Is only liable for tax on the dividend at 32.5%, making the certificate worth ?39.10.

Yours etc.

Tomorrow is election day. How shall I vote, dear reader?

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By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 03 May 2005 20:37:47 +0000

If you’re not prepared to address REAL issues of REAL people who have REAL votes that are currently being abused by their Registered Social Landlords, I am hardly likely to vote for your political party if you are not prepared to help me.

Seems like you appear to live in another world?

Why are you not prepared to speak out against the abuse of tenants by major management of Registered Social Landlords that should act weith concern if very many tenants, translating as very many votes, make wriitten complaints aghainst the abuse of their landlords?

HOUSING for VOTES!

Asylum seekers seem to get maximinm priority in the Housing Register stakes but indigenous people do not get a look in the Housing Register housing application stakes, even though they have several children.

Is this not discriminatory?

Is this right?

Is this fair?

Is this reasonable?

Perhaps you don’t care?

If this is your attitude, you are most unlikely to win this general election.

Caring does not appear to be your strong point.

If you do not addres this MAJOR issue you will NOT and you CANNOT win thisgeneral election!

GENUINE CARING is the ONLY ISSUE that is ever likely to set this GENERAL ELECTION on FIRE!

WAKE UP – PLEASE!

DO NOT LET ME SAY I TOLD YOU SO!

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By: Macarnie

Macarnie — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:00:00 +0000

Justin, in the possibly oh-so -forgettable words,, of that one time popular magician,Paul Daniels, as an answer to Ken Clarke’s possible remark about Europe being good for something : ” Not a lot”.

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By: justin

justin — Tue, 03 May 2005 17:18:44 +0000

Wouldnt be ever-so-ironic , that the Conservatives (or even the UKIP) may well have to go to the European Court, if the postal vote fiasco doesn’t get resolved at High Court level (in the event of challenges occuring to vote results in key marginals)

One has visions of Ken Clarke going “see? the EU is good for something , isnt it?”

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By: mark

mark — Mon, 02 May 2005 22:04:09 +0000

I think it’s sickening the tactics labour are orchestrating through their placemen, cronies and puppets.

Thank goodness for people like jenny and martina who are doing a fantastic job of exposing the reality of what we have to pay for and put up with.

These important issues never seem to appear in the media. Why?

Is it because the Blair Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is controlled by a very good friend of Tony (Michael Grade)? [As with the last chairman (Gavyn Davies) who was a major labour party donor.]

Tony B.liar thinks we are complete mugs to pay for his voting scams through ‘social housing’ that do not benefit the people who should benefit, instead there is a policy of providing priority housing for the ‘undeserving’ immediately, whilst postal voting was put in place so it can be and it is being so very easily rigged, with little or no repercussions for committing fraud on a widespread basis.

Is this the sort of democratic system we really want in this country?

A system that would discredit a banana republic?

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