{"id":827,"date":"2010-05-17T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=827"},"modified":"2010-05-17T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:06:35","slug":"ding_dong_the_arse_is_gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/ding_dong_the_arse_is_gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ding Dong the Arse is gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s the British spelling of course. Because now that Gordon Brown is gone<\/a>, my vow not to visit the UK is over.
\nI took this vow a few years back when shortly after taking office, Brown imposed an \u00a380 airport tax for people who fly in “premium” cabins and a \u00a340 tax for those in economy. Either way, it’s an outrageous tax that was supposed to be “for the environment”. Except after the first year of the tax, forensic accountants found out that the money collected went to the general fund, instead of the “environment”. As a result, I vowed not to visit the UK until Brown was tossed out.
\nExcept now we have Cameron, allegedly a Tory that sounds more like a limousine liberal. If he’s truly a Conservative, how about repealing all those airport taxes imposed during his predecessor’s regime?
\nIf he doesn’t pan out, maybe they can draft Jeremy Clarkson for PM? It’s not like if it hasn’t been tried before<\/a>. His manifesto reads a bit libertarian to me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s the British spelling of course. Because now that Gordon Brown is gone, my vow not to visit the UK is over. I took this vow a few years back when shortly after taking office, Brown imposed an \u00a380 airport tax for people who fly in “premium” cabins and a \u00a340 tax for those in … <\/p>\n

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