“We cannot afford it” – Cameron on raising income tax threshold to £10k. In 2010.
by Stephen Tall on May 1, 2013
With a hat-tip to Ed Stradling, here’s a reminder of what David Cameron told Nick Clegg about raising the income tax threshold in the first leaders’ debate:
Cameron 2010: “I would love to take everyone out of their first £10,000 of income tax, Nick…We cannot afford it” youtube.com/watch?v=rk5HvJ…
— Lib Dem Press Office (@LibDemPress) May 1, 2013
I think it’s fair to say the Tories have since had a change of heart. Apparently it was their idea all the time:
And yes, before the inevitable below-the-line comments start: tuition fees, tuition fees, tuition fees, repeat ad infinitum. There, saved you the trouble. Which gives us enough time to remember what the top Lib Dem priority in 2010 was…
* Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, a Research Associate for the liberal think-tank CentreForum, and also writes at his own site, The Collected Stephen Tall.