Who agrees with me that David Cameron will have a tough time in opposition against Gordon Brown during PM Q?

Question

Who agrees with me that David Cameron will have a tough time in opposition against Gordon Brown during PM Q?

Answer 1

agreed brown is surly next PM, besides i want to see him as PM myself :)

Answer 2

Who cares how clever or witty they are, or how many times they manage to put each other down on Q time.The fact is all politicians are all the same and they are only in it to line there own pockets.

Answer 3

i DO NOT THINK HE WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME IF BROWN'S ANYTHING LIKE TONY (LIAR) BLAIR AND AS FOR THE PRAISE YOU GAVE BROWN THEY SAID THAT ABOUT (LIAR) BLAIR BEFORE HE WAS PRIME MINISTER

Answer 4

Who cares about their hot air?

Answer 5

I very much hope that upper class twit Cameron has a hard time of it up against Gordon. You could write the entire Tory manifesto on the back of a postage stamp.

It's funny how much people bang on about Blair being a liar, conveniently forgetting the number of lies that the old battle axe Thatcher told in her time.

Answer 6

I think Cameron will give a good as he gets - plus you have to consider one thing - Brown hasn't been voted into office by the Public - so he will only really be a puppet PM

Answer 7

Strange how no one ever attacked Tony Blair over his privileged background as he also went to private school and his parents certainly weren't short of money. Also Labour's first PM Clement Attlee went to a prep school so also from a privileged background Why is it only the winging Labour lefties that now think that Cameron's upbringing actually matters in how well he can do the job?

Answer 8

rown handled himself extremely well the one time I saw in on PM questions. The out party always has an advantage since they can take the offensive, especially these days when the last time the Conservatives where in was so very long ago. An attack on Thatcher-Major is becoming less and less relevant.



The one thing Cameron has going for him is the growing unpopularity of the Labor Party and Blair. When he says something negative about the incumbents, less will be demanded of him by the audience in the way of credible evidence. To counteract this, I'm sure Labor will try to act as if a new "party" has taken over.



Cameron is more personable than Brown and may be able to take advantage of the dour Scotsman when it comes to the gut reactions of the television audience.

Answer 9

It should be more of the usual only now the alliance will have to test each other for the astonishment/amusement of the crowd. Does the consensus really need to be told, has it not always been the case that Parliament is selling the next/future generation assurances to all their worries.

Answer 10

Not really - Brown might answer the questions at PM's question time. That'll make a change !



Any way he's got all this to ask about:



1997

1. Mortgage interest relief cut

2. Pensions tax (payable tax credits abolished)

3. Health insurance taxed (income tax relief abolished)

4. Health insurance taxed again (IPT)

5. Fuel tax escalator up

6. Vehicle Excise Duty up

7. Tobacco duty escalator up

8. Stamp duty up for properties over £250,000

9. Limit carry back of trading losses to one year

10. Dividends on trading assets

11. Taxation of finance leasing

12. New Windfall Tax on utilities

13. Futures and options

14. VAT: cash accounting scheme



1998

15. Married couple’s allowance cut

16. Tax on travel insurance up

17. Tax on casinos and gaming machines up

18. Fuel tax escalator brought forward

19. Tax on company cars up

20. Tax relief for foreign earnings abolished

21. Tax concession for certain professions abolished

22. Capital Gains Tax imposed on certain non-residents

23. Reinvestment relief restricted

24. Corporation Tax payments brought forward and ACT abolished

25. Higher stamp duty rates up

26. Some hydrocarbon duties up

27. Additional diesel duties

28. Landfill Tax up

29. Exceptional increase in tobacco and alcohol duties

30. Amendments to offshore trusts

31. VAT: fuel scale charges



1999

32. NIC earnings limit raised

33. NICs for self-employed up

34. Married Couple’s Allowance abolished

35. Mortgage tax relief abolished

36. IR35: Taxation of personal services companies

37. Company car business mileage allowances restricted

38. Tobacco duty escalator brought forward

39. Insurance Premium Tax up

40. Vocational Training Relief abolished

41. Employer NICs extended to all benefits in kind

42. VAT on some banking services up

43. Premiums paid to tenants by landlords taxed

44. Duty on minor oils up

45. Vehicle Excise Duties for lorries up

46. Landfill tax escalator introduced

47. Higher rates of stamp duty up again

48. Capital gains on sale of companies

49. Controlled Foreign Companies: taxation of dividends



2000

50. Tobacco duties up

51. Higher rates of stamp duty up again

52. Extra taxation of life assurance companies

53. Rules on Controlled Foreign Companies extended

54. Aggregates levy increased

55. Changes to double taxation relief

56. Rent factoring

57. Capital gains tax: use of trusts and offshore companies

58. VAT: capital asset disposals



2001

59. Controlled foreign companies regime



2002

60. Personal allowances frozen

61. National Insurance threshold frozen

62. NICs for employers up

63. NICs for employees up

64. NICs for self-employed up

65. North Sea taxation up

66. Tax on some alcoholic drinks up

67. New stamp duty regime

68. New rules on loan relationships

69. Taxation of foreign company UK branches



2003

70. VAT on electronically supplied services

71. IR35 applied to domestic workers

72. Betting duty change

73. Tax on red diesel and fuel oil up

74. Controlled Foreign Companies measures on Ireland

75. Vehicle excise duty up

76. VAT: on continuous supplies

77. VAT: on privately operated tolls

78. Treatment of options for the purposes of tax on chargeable gains

79. Landfill tax increased



2004

80. Minimum 19% tax rate on distributed profits

81. Transfer pricing and thin capitalisation

82. Increase in rate of tax on trusts

83. Increase in tax on red diesel fuel

84. Increase in tax on other road fuels (including LPG)

85. VAT: transfers of going concern

86. Insurance premium tax: Changes to GAP insurance

87. Taxation of life companies

88. Foreign earnings deduction for seafarers

89. Construction industry scheme



2005

90. Stamp duty land tax: ending commercial disadvantaged areas relief

91. Increase in North Sea corporation tax

92. Further increase in tax on red diesel

93. Increase in taxation of leasing

94. Company car tax up



2006

95. Further changes to oil valuation for tax purposes

96. Stamp duty land tax: ending relief for initial transfers into unit trusts

97. Removal of income tax exemption for loaned computers

98. North Sea Oil tax increased

99. Air Passenger Duty doubled







(Source: Budgets and Pre-Budget Reports)

Answer 11

Another whim.......One can only hope that William Hague will stand again as a canditate for Tory leader. Though I would be the first to admit he made a right pigs ear last time round he has learnt a great deal since his last term in office and I feel would make a good tory leader.



I'm afraid to say that the same cannot be said for David Cameron and he is in danger of looking like a right prat up against Gordon Brown after all he was taught by the biggest Bliar of all times. However, hope springs eternal that Gordon will put away childish things and become a man my son.

Answer 12

But his voice is so annoying! (Gordon Brown that is!) He does speak with Conviction, I agree, but David Cameroon can give as good as he gets! It will def. make politics a lot more interesting! And he has been doing reasonably well so far against him!



You have a very persuasive arguement, maybe you should be an MP!

Answer 13

We shall see - hope so though!



Lorne



Don’t you think continually posting your list of so called tax rises is now getting a bit boring?



And just to prove that you don’t simply reel off parrot fashion anything the Tory Party tells you, perhaps you could explain the following points to us all:



14.VAT: cash accounting scheme – what exactly was the tax change?



20.Tax relief for foreign earnings abolished – Why do you consider this to be a bad thing?



22.Capital Gains Tax imposed on certain non-residents – Why do you consider this to be a bad thing?



30.Amendments to offshore trusts - Why do you consider this to be a bad thing?



I could go on, but you get the drift. Please provide this further information to back up your complaints about the above.

Answer 14

Brown has alot more experience that Cameron, he has been second in command for a long time, and will have a lot more contacts, etc which would come into hand.



Brown should win, but they are playing tricks to damage his chances.

Answer 15

yes i agree but i still don't want to see him in no 10 when we have a proper vote/// his expression wants me want to emigrate and his "heckled" speech today Sunday tells us it will some of the same only the name will change brown from blair

Answer 16

No. Cameron will rip Brown to pieces at PMQs. It'll be on the same level as Hague destroying Blair.

Answer 17

What happened to cool englishmen like henry the 8th...........there was a guy not afraid to put some heads in a basket!!!!!! Wonder what he would have done to those terrorist trying to bomb london............

Answer 18

okay i agree.anything you say gurl