"John Cartmell" wrote in message
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Jonathan wrote:

And does anyone forget we've been here before? It was called window tax.
What next - extra taxes for those with watches costing more than £5 from
Argos, because yes, there was even a clock tax.
Which we look back on as being archaic and ridiculous. After all,
charging
for a view????
Labour - thinking the unthinkable!

*You're* thinking the unbelievable. I know why the Mail and the Telegraph
are
printing such outrageous twaddle - but why are you repeating it?

Oh dear. Brief history lesson, old boy:

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"31 December 1695
The window tax was imposed in Britain, which resulted in many windows being
bricked up, some of which survive to this day. It was not the only wealth
tax to be attempted in Britain. Others were the Chimney Tax, the Clock Tax,
and (everyone's favorite) the Stamp Act."
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I have no idea what "twaddle" you are referring to, as I read neither.
Please enlighten (but don't be slapping an enlightenment tax on me now!)