This story is now more than a week old, but when I saw it I had to post it here:
One in five Britons — nearly 10m adults — is considering leaving the country amid growing disillusionment over the failure of political parties to deliver tax cuts, according to a new poll.
The extensive survey conducted by ICM, the polling company, shows that — contrary to the current approach of both Labour and the Tories — an overwhelming majority of voters do want to see cuts in income and inheritance tax.
The results will raise alarm in both political camps, but particularly for David Cameron, who has yet to solidify the Conservatives’ lead over Labour in the opinion polls.
The Tory leader, who has ditched his party’s long-standing commitment to tax cuts in favour of “economic stability”, has maintained a solid lead over Labour since May in most of the polls, but is still well short of securing a majority.
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The results suggest that Cameron could be missing an “open goal” by failing to capitalise on the desire for tax cuts.
These results are indeed startling, and seem to show a wide gap between the feelings of most Britons and the political class -- especially the Tory party.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 8:04 AM
