If you think that is the reason the Government wanted to introduce ID cards and the associated database then I have a bridge to sell you. (View Post)

VAT shoukd never have been levied on energy bills in the first place. VAT was supposed to be on non essential items. Hence the exemptions for energy, food, children's clothes and books. As with … (View Post)

Says history and the Government at the time. VAT was brought in in 1973 to replace Purchase Tax which was levied on luxury goods. Hence the reason when it was introduced that essential items were exc… (View Post)

But do you not think it right that the elected Government should be able to remove VAT on energy bills if they want to even if you don't personally agree they should do so? This is something the… (View Post)

We simply don't have the understanding of how these things can and should be done. And we bounce back and forth between privatisation and nationalisation with each side looking for the purist an… (View Post)