Monday 16 April 2012

Nice bit of DoubleSpeak by our PM

From the BBC:

David Cameron is to praise the record of Tory local authorities in cutting waste and delivering "best value" as he launches the party's campaign for English council elections.

He will say ministers have frozen council tax for two years, made town hall pay more open and given councils more freedom over their finances.


On the facts, it does appear that Tory run councils are slightly less wasteful than Labour-run ones, but how does he square "ministers freezing council tax" with "giving councils more freedom over their finances"?

Mr Cameron will tell party supporters that the Conservatives "run the best-value councils in the country" and have been "leading the way" - as the largest party in the coalition - in helping freeze council tax bills for the second year in a row...

More broadly, he will say the government's decision to raise personal tax allowances for more than 20 million people, increase the state pension by £5.30 a week and cut corporation tax means "every single person" has a reason to vote Conservative.


Yes, "every single person", apart from the teensy tiny insignificant minority who pay National Insurance or VAT. Or does he mean "a reason" singular as opposed to the dozens of reasons for not voting Tory?

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