Come on, come off it!

Joe Middleton · Come on, come off it!

[Got in but was severely chopped]

Letter to the Editor
The Scotsman

10/12/2007

Sir,

I know Peter MacMahon is an ex-Labour party spin doctor but his latest attempt to spin Labour out of difficulty beggars belief 'SNP in no position to claim moral high ground' Scotsman 04/12.

MacMahon attempts to compare the illegal donation to Wendy Alexander's leadership campaign with the Scotsman's research that some council tax payers might lose pennies on their benefits if the SNP's council tax freeze goes ahead.

If there are no increases in Council Tax then common sense indicates that all tax payers will be better off than if there had been an increase. If your council tax is currently paid by benefits agencies then you will see no difference in your income whatsoever.

If the Government pays out slightly less Council Tax relief then this is a saving of pennies for the Government not a serious hit on the incomes of low earners and it is quite frankly an insult to suggest otherwise.

Mr MacMahon's new found concern about the pennies of the under classes is as unconvincing as Ms Alexander's explanations that she didn't know her donor was off shore despite writing to him at his home address!

Yours faithfully,

Joe Middleton

will live from Glasgow

it is a bit silly,if he wanted to say the SNP cant claim the moral highground hed have pointed out that they're policy towards re-regulating buses changed once they accepted a legal donation of £500,000 from Mr Souter. At least go after them for something they have done.

sgmillerton

an interesting view. so when the cooncil tax is raised and 1000 new polie officers are not recruited...............

George