VIDEO: Nick Clegg – “An extra £60 in your wages each month”
Nick Clegg on the Liberal Democrat approach to taxes (notice the references both to the “super rich” and also to what is being done, not just what is being wished for):
It is a good short film, though it is a bit of a missed opportunity not to follow-up on the Simon Hughes email, such as by having the closing caption urging people to go sign the petition.
Funnily enough, before I saw this, I did a post this morning talking about how people don't necessarily feel that they've had extra money, the £200 we've already delivered, and I think we should be maybe talking about it in terms of what it's bought for them – a month's council tax, or 5 tankf uls of petrol, or a couple of month's electricity, that sort of thing.