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Showing posts with label Suella Braverman. Show all posts

Friday, November 17, 2023

Masters Of The Game: Britain Plucks Cameron To Regain Balance

 By Owei Lakemfa

The British are known masters of diplomacy and politics. This is exemplified in the quote by its former Prime Minister Winston Churchill who said: “’Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

*Sunak and Cameron 

That was how Britain, an island in the North Atlantic Ocean ruled the waves and the world before its sun began to set from the injuries of the Second World War. Britain and its allies won that war, but it lost its position as the world power.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

The Fall Of Liz Truss

 By Abdu Rafiu

For the ringside observers the fall of Mary Elizabeth Truss was dramatic and too soon. For financial experts and economic gurus it was seen coming and with speed. It all had to do with her tax reforms. What had hitherto prevailed was to tax corporations and companies heavily. The generality of people would clap for that everywhere. 

Liz Truss

Taking from the rich for the poor or the society as a whole is considered normal and the argument for it unassailable. What the wealthy have is usually regarded as common patrimony from which a handful out of smartness cornered a huge chunk. But to finance public bills, there are other forms of taxes. VAT is one of them. Whether one is endowed materially or one is in the middle class or is poor, VAT does not discriminate: VAT is VAT.