Helping the Poor

The Glorious Successor is apparently "frustrated" that his plans to subject a few million poor people to enhanced incentivisation measures are not being seen in the appropriate perspective. He claims (or "believes", as the journalistic telepath at the Guardian hath it) that "most people will either be better off or no worse off" and that the number of people who will suffer is "relatively small". A senior Government spokesbeing said that the abolition of the 10p starting rate of tax meant that "the basic rate of tax has been cut from 22p to 20p", and the Glorious Successor has "stressed his overall commitment to helping the poor", which is no doubt just as overall as his commitments to acting within the law, restoring civil liberties, keeping British troops safe, protecting those who need shelter from war or persecution, and not being just another bad imitation of Tony Blair. Another spokesbeing has said that people's concerns will be met "in the fullness of time", whenever that may be, but that "we cannot afford a quick fix on this, partly because of the complexity of it, and partly because of lack of money". That must be why the basic rate of tax has been cut from 22p to 20p.