The Anonymous Widower

Can We Trust Anything Nick Clegg Says?

Did Nick Clegg know the hornet’s nest he’d stir up by his temporary tax on the rich?

If he didn’t then he must be rather stupid and can we trust anything else he says?

But then politicians in this country, are often pilloried for simple statements.  Remember, Norman Tebbit and getting on your bike and Harold Wilson on the pound in your pocket.

If we need to raise more money there are other ways to do it.

For instance, you could put a black box in every car and charge per mile.  The Dutch government proposed this and promptly lost an election.

The only true statement is that from Dieter Helm, who said “Ministers who try to pick winners should remember that losers tend to pick governments.”

I wonder how many bright brains and successful companies are rethinking their future because of Nick Clegg’s statements.

Let’s say you are a small hi-tech Internet-based company, writing say apps for smart-phones. You can do this anywhere in the world, so perhaps if you fancied working in say Barbados, you might go.

If Nick Clegg had kept quiet, he wouldn’t have given anybody the idea to go.

Politicians seem to forget that most of our successful developments could be done from anywhere.  They should make sure that they don’t encourage people to relocate. Except of course to the UK.

August 29, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News | Nick Clegg, Politics, Technology