Letters – A new year, but there’s nothing new about Labour’s hypocrisy
Dear Editor,
We’ve seen and heard a host of smears on UKIP in recent weeks, which
presumably, are set to increase further in the coming months as we get closer to
the General Election. The latest has come from Richard Bulmer in Sheffield, who
suggests UKIP are out to protect big business.
If he takes a look at ‘Policies for People’, freely available for all to
see at ukip.org, it clearly states ‘UKIP will set
up a Treasury Commission to design a turnover tax to ensure big businesses pay a
minimum floor rate of tax as a proportion of their UK turnover’. Ultimately,
this would work as a back stop for the tax system and ensure that every big
company pays a fair share of tax.
Only last July it was revealed that one of Labour’s biggest donors had
poured millions of pounds into banks and energy companies that Ed Miliband had
publicly condemned. Back in October, Labour’s biggest individual donor, John
Mills, was criticised for donating in shares rather than cash, since they can be
gifted on a tax-free basis.
If Labour wants to cosy up to big business then that is their
prerogative. But they can’t do that, and at the same time invent false attacks
on UKIP claiming that we’re doing the same.
The saying ‘people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones’
springs to mind. It may be a new year, but there’s nothing new about Labour’s
hypocrisy.
Jonathan Arnott MEP
UKIP, North East.
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