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Maandag, 5 Mei, 2008
Maar de eerste minister heeft het voobijsnellen van een compensatiepakket voor de afschaffing van het 10p belastingstarief voor byelection Crewe en Nantwich op 22 Mei uitgesloten, vrezend dat het de stemming in een referendum op de kwestie zou veranderen. Hij moet ook nadenken opschortend de voorgestelde stijging van brandstofplicht in Oktober, maar heeft geen plannen om de impopulaire verhogingen van voertuigaccijns op sommige verontreinigende auto's om te keren die in de begroting van Maart worden aangekondigd. De onthulling van de essentiële elementen van fightbackplan van het Bruin kwam aangezien hij de persoonlijke verantwoordelijkheid voor de lokale debacleby verkiezingen toegevend nam dat zijn obsessie met beleidsdetail de mededeling van grote berichten kan verduisterd hebben. Hij probeerde ook om kiezers te verzekeren dat hij van hun gevoel over het toenemen voedsel en brandstofprijzen zich volledig bewust was. „ik begrijp dit en ik vind gekwetst zij voelen,“ hij vertelde BBC Andrew Marr toont. Hij ging erop aandringen dat hij niet ver van de zorgen van gewone mensen was. „U weet ik uit een vrij gewone achtergrond… wij als familie kom die onder druk wordt gevoeld toen de economie door moeilijke tijden ging. „Ik begrijp welke mensen denken en ik begrijp wat de mensen voelen. En ik geloof dat ik de juiste persoon ben om mensen door dit te leiden.“ De afgevaardigdeleider, Harriet Harman, zei de partij zijn taal moest begrijpelijker maken. Zij zei: „Wij moeten meer van een nadruk op familiefinanciën evenals op de algemene economische strategie hebben om de economiestal te houden.“ Sommige van zijn dichtste bondgenoten in het kabinet sporen Bruin aan om grotere risico's te nemen en grotere definitie te tonen door vijanden over te nemen. Ondanks wanhoop bij de prestaties van de partij, en het werpen zich van het Bruin populariteit, was er geen teken van een uitdaging aan de leiding van binnenuit het kabinet. The foreign secretary, David Miliband, said Brown was “the right man to take us forward into the next general election”, but said the electorate were seeking a greater sense of order in society, and greater power. Even the Labour leftwinger John McDonnell issued a statement insisting he was not going to act as a stalking horse candidate. But Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, said: “While Gordon Brown himself has probably a far clearer vision as to where he wants to take the country than Tony Blair had, I think Tony Blair was better in the telling of the story … Gordon has got the story, but he has lost the knack of telling it.” Brown is also on probation with parts of his cabinet over the way in which he is communicating his message. One cabinet member said: “We have been given an almighty yellow card with bright red lights flashing at the edges. It is entirely up to Gordon to decide whether it will turn fully red. He has until the end of the year to do it and he must show within the next three months that he is heading in the right direction. “That will determine whether these results turn out to be our 1991, the moment John Major recovered, or our 1995, the moment Tony Blair became undefeatable. At the moment everything is up for grabs. It could easily go either way. “The problem with these young cabinet ministers is that they don’t have teenage children who can tell them they’re sounding or looking prats. They’re at the stage with their children of just telling them to go to bed when they’re awkward. You can’t do that with the electorate”. Brown insisted he was not going to be shifted only 10 months into the job saying: “I am resolute and determined, and I’ve got convictions and ideas, and I’m not going to be put off by a few days’ headlines from the job that I’m determined to do for this country. He also touched on the possible reasons for the election debacle. “Perhaps I’ve spent too little time thinking about how we can get our arguments across to the public,” he told the Andrew Marr Show. “And now of course I think people are saying, look can you show us that you can come through these difficult situations. And I believe we will.” Downing Street hopes the plan to reinvigorate the housing market by expanding shared equity ownership schemes - so far limited to a small number of key workers - will increase the take-up by making buying easier for first-timers. The government has already announced two new Open Market HomeBuy products allowing those who sign up to buy as little as 50%of the property, with a low interest loan on the remainder. However, critics say the government has spent £350m on a scheme that has helped just 700 families. No 10 also signalled that it would reject an extension of rubbish or bin taxes when five pilots, not due to be completed in 2012, are completed. “Punitive rises in council taxes is not what we need” said one source. The third element of the plan - action on rising food prices - will comprise backing efforts from the competition commission to pressure supermarkets to restrain price rises at a time of high profits. See More:UK NewsHave Your Say: We’ve been given a yellow card - Labour Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums This entry was posted on Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 5:35 am and is filed under Political News . 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