Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

Any Other Business | 26 April 2008

The Chariots of Fire moment that revealed Gordon’s 10p tax timebomb

issue 26 April 2008

The Chariots of Fire moment that revealed Gordon’s 10p tax timebomb

The abolition of the 10p starter rate of income tax in Gordon Brown’s last Budget has a special significance in recent Spectator history: coming only a month after our move from Doughty Street in Bloomsbury to Old Queen Street in Westminster, it was the event which made us realise how useful it is to operate within sprinting distance of the Palace of Westminster.

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