OK, it's not strictly 'local news' but FromUnderTheStone was delighted to receive another missive from Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Donald Worsley with his reaction to Mr. Darling's pre-budget announcement.This also caught FromUnderTheStone's eye as it represents Mr Worsley agreeing with the party line. Mr Worsley notably slammed his own party over the decision not to consider Dungeness as a site for a new nuclear power station.
Letter in full:
The Chancellor’s tax on Bankers Bonuses is long overdue but spot on.
Long seen by themselves as “Masters of the Universe” this bunch of shysters with their over inflated egos and short term memories have at last been brought to book.
Not content with leading the country to the edge of financial meltdown, a year on , led by the board of The Royal Bank of Scotland, they still have the nerve to threaten to resign en bloc if their Christmas Hampers are not stuffed with gold bars and caviar from Harrods.
Alistair Darling has now served notice on these 10,000 plus mercenaries in the City of London that henceforth they have a simple choice. Pay up and shut up or ship out to Dubai, the Cayman Islands or whatever other tax archipelago will tolerate their arrogance until a second financial Tsunami sweeps them away as some overpaid flotsam and jetsam.
Never again can we allow Bankers or their like to hold the Government or the Country to ransom to bail them out.
Northern Rock, The Halifax and RBS may go down in history as financial failures of the 1st order but nevertheless thanks to Alistair’s courageous decisions their customers still retain their savings, despite their directors best efforts to gamble them away on the stock market.
The Chancellor may not be The City’s favourite person after his budget but by emphasising that Bankers should have more in common with Captain Mainwaring than Sir Fred Goodwin he is most certainly the Peoples Chancellor.
His tax on bonuses may only raise £500m but it brings home a very clear message; greed and avarice have no place in our society when millions are out of work and millions more fear for the future of their homes, jobs and families.
It’s money nevertheless that will go a long way towards helping our 16 -17 year olds in Shepway remain in full time education or training and may just possibly help unemployed bankers find their way back to work with a social conscience.
Donald Worsley
Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone & Hythe.
9th December 2009
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