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The media and parliament has been deceived by the so-called Taxpayers' Alliance. They are widely quoted as an independent voice. To our shame the Select Committee on which I serve PASC called one of their spokespeople as a witness.The Guardian reveals today that one of their directors does not pay any UK tax.Paul Flynn MPWhere to start?1. The Guardian isn't in a position to moralise, despite being a UK newspaper it doesn't pay tax on its £300m profits.2. For an MP who charged the taxpayer £10,000 for legal expenses on a case

Dave Cameron's Blueprint For Britain
Here's a brief list of David Cameron's 'Blueprint for Britain' in The Sun. It's much like Gordon Brown's promises at the Labour Party conference, a mixed bag.1. Freeze council tax for two yearsFair enough. Not exactly groundbreaking.2. Reassess 2.6m people on Incapacity Benefit.Something has to be done about the current benefit system and at least the Tories are talking about it. However, are they the right party to spearhead such change? A lot of the problems in the benefits system now were caused by past Tory governments. Will Cameron's (if he wins obviously) be any better?3. Replacing th

The Death Of A Party
Gordon's 'new ideas' are something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.1. Compulsory ID cards for 'Britons' will be abandoned.About bloody time, although this isn't a 'new' idea as it was revealed in June that the government were suspending the scheme for non-migrants.2. The end of hereditary peers.Didn't this get voted for in 2007?3. The Post Office as a new People's Bank.Hardly a new idea and one fraught with problems.4. A National Care Service to oversee care for the elderly.Again a green paper from June. This scheme sounds great but quite how a government that's on it's kne

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This is a week to remind the country of the successes of stealth socialism.Paul Flynn MPPerhaps the local Conservatives in Newport had a point. I wonder what the politburo is planning next? PS Paul, some of New Labour's socialism has been as stealthy as bright pink elephant....and about as successful at running a country as one.

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On May 1st 2008 the people of Newport chose to reject the Stalinist policies of Gordon BrownIntouch Leaflet (Newport Conservatives).I agree, people of Newport were really pissed off when he invaded Finland, invented the Jewish Doctors plot and pushed forward with the liquidation of the kulaks as a class.