Friday, April 03, 2009

Brown's housing boom and bust illustrated in tax receipts

Gordon Brown infamously said in 1997, "I will not allow house prices to get out of control". The strange thing is, he didn't even need to look at the market, he just needed to look at the stamp duty tax receipts to see what was happening.

Via Hansard, graph done graciously for me by Croydonian
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5 comments:

  1. Oldrightie3 Apr 2009, 14:12:00

    These matters are for little people to worry about, not World Statesmen, like as wot I is.

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  2. Demetrius3 Apr 2009, 16:32:00

    Iain Dale has posted an item referring to a Youtube post of Brown clutching his knees, and he wonders why. I have referred him to the old song:

    There came a girl from France
    Who didn't know how to dance
    The only thing that she could do
    Was knees up Mother Brown


    Refrain:
    Oh, knees up Mother Brown
    Knees up Mother Brown
    Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,
    Knees up Mother Brown


    Oh, hopping on one foot
    Hopping on one foot
    Hopping, hopping, never stopping
    Hopping on one foot


    Refrain.


    Oh, prancing up and down
    Prancing up and down
    Prancing, prancing, never dancing
    Prancing up and down


    Refrain.

    And whirling round and round
    Whirling round and round
    Whirling, whirling, never twirling
    Whirling round and round


    Refrain.
    Refrain.

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  3. Anonymous3 Apr 2009, 17:44:00

    the man is deluded,could not run a market stall.i do beleive it was all down to the brown v blair tit for tot that as caused the underlining problem.

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  4. Not a sheep4 Apr 2009, 09:21:00

    Damn good spot, I wish I had thought to look at that measure.

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  5. Mitch4 Apr 2009, 13:12:00

    They didn't get out of control they went exactly where he wanted them.

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