LDVideo: Clegg – “the Coalition is calling time on our unfair and out-of-whack tax system”

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LDVideo: Clegg – “the Coalition is calling time on our unfair and out-of-whack tax system”

By Stephen Tall | Fri 27th January 2012 - 7:45 am

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Nick Clegg’s tax cut speech dominated the political headlines yesterday — you can watch a 4-minute snippet below:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Here’s what my LibDemVoice colleagues had to say about Nick’s call for lower taxes:

Clegg’s call for income tax cuts for the low paid is welcome, but will the Tories back him? by Nick Thornsby

Nick Clegg returns to income tax by Mark Pack

And here’s how the rest of the Lib Dem blogosphere reacted:

How will Nick Clegg’s call for more tax cuts be received by his fellow Liberal Demcrats? by Jonathan Calder;

An interesting world when Lib Dem policy launch is the lead new story by Jonathan Wallace;

Day 4043: Yes to Help for Low Earners, But We NEED to Help the No-Earners Too! by Millennium Elephant;

Nick Clegg rightly calls for the tax system to be made fairer by Social Liberal Forum;

Another fine liberal moment for Clegg by Daniel Furr;

Nick Clegg makes the case for lower taxes for lower paid by Alex Folkes;

Lib Dems push for more money back in your pocket by Iain Roberts;

Yes Labour, we do have a cheek and so do you by Lisa Harding;

Let’s start with an apology to @charlotteahenry… by Richard Morris;

A Mixed Bag from Clegg by Peter Wrigley;

Letter from Vince Cable – LibDem leadership go big on tax cuts by Paul Walter;

LibDems pushing for more tax cuts to help low-paid by Frank Little.

All in all, a good day’s work for Nick — advancing a policy which is not only right in principle, but which is also popular, AND differentiates the Lib Dems from both the Tories and Labour.

* Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat Voice from 2007 to 2015, and writes at The Collected Stephen Tall.

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