tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post5845757409212946186..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Quote of the day...on the sugar taxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-510781117034951902018-08-20T11:59:09.367+01:002018-08-20T11:59:09.367+01:00Smoking has gone down from 20% to 15% in the last ...Smoking has gone down from 20% to 15% in the last 6 years - a 25% drop in excise duty, which amounts to around £2.5 billion a year. That's a big chunk of tax to claw back and every little helps.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-53353830688524148502018-08-19T18:40:54.977+01:002018-08-19T18:40:54.977+01:00They'd make far more in Yorkshire by bringing ...They'd make far more in Yorkshire by bringing in a car-washing licence, the fools.Etunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-28017503197596359782018-08-19T00:12:01.483+01:002018-08-19T00:12:01.483+01:00Oh, but it does do what they secretly want it to d...Oh, but it does do what they secretly want it to do - which is raise more revenue. Just another way to raise taxes trying to disguise the fact they just want more tax from people, so they try to make people feel good about something that is of no value to anyone, except to the tax collector and the treasury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com