So what can we learn from Alistair Darling's first Budget today?
As tax has gone up on drink and also on driving, I suppose we can surmise that he is against drink driving. (Indeed I wonder if many people will be able to afford to do both again.)
I guess it's the same principle of putting up the taxes on cigarettes and (eventually) petrol.
You may have been bored watching it, but at least you can say it wasn't an explosive Budget like it could have been without those important changes. :-/
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(Photo Source: Antonio Cruz/ABr, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:AlistairDarlingABr.JPG)
