Gordon Brown yesterday told MPs in Parliament that, ‘tax rises for small firms were needed to counter East European scams’. He claimed that East European workers were being encouraged to register themselves as companies to avoid paying income tax when they arrived in the UK.

That is, quite possibly, the most ridiculous excuse since ‘the dog ate my homework’. To punish all small businesses with a tax rise for the misdemeanours of a few seems completely unfair. The Federation of Small Business rightly accused Mr Brown of being ‘disingenuous’ and commented:

Why did he not close that particular loophole, rather than increasing tax on small firms, the vast majority of whom don’t incorporate as a tax dodge.

In truth, Gordon Brown is an archaic socialist who hates enterprise, freedom, personal effort and self-furtherment. He desperately wishes to curb such behaviour by stifling everyone and everything through ever increasing levels of taxation, regulation and bureaucracy. These were the reasons for the small business tax increase; nothing to do with Eastern European immigrants.

Such a deceitful man does not deserve to leader this country as Prime Minister. So far it would appear that there is no challenge to the seeming inevitability of Brown’s Labour leadership victory. David Miliband waits in the wings – though he too is equally as bad a prospect, being another Blairite clone who has never had a real job in his life. Future British prospects seem bleak.

News reaches us that Tony Blair’s top Downing Street aide, Ruth Turner, has been arrested yet again in the police investigation over the alleged sale of Peerages for Loans. She is currently under the suspicion of perverting the course of justice and colluding to sell House of Lords peerages to Labour party donors.

Miss Turner, Labour’s chief fund-raiser Lord Levy and Tony Blair must be becoming quite familiar with their local constabulary. These three core suspects are however not the only people that should be having sleepless nights. The ongoing investigation will undoubtedly have implications for Gordon Brown as Primeministerial heir apparent. Had there been any misdoings, it is highly unlikely that Chancellor would have been out of the frame and completely uninformed – he has extended his tentacles and all-seeing-eye into most other operations, so why not the illegal sale of peerages?

As most now know, Tony Blair’s chief of staff in Downing Street, Ruth Turner, was arrested early on the morning of Friday the 19th by police and taken for questioning in relation to the loans for peerages scandal.

After just over a week it has certainly been interesting to observe the immediate reaction of those in the Labour party and their political allies in the papers and media. The Editor of the Guardian, Michael White, took to the stage on BBC News 24 to give a particularly cringing analysis on the character of Ruth Turner, whom he apparently once met and duly described as a “kind, innocent girl” who seemed to “giggle a lot.” And? What was his point exactly? That Miss Turner being a young “innocent” woman makes her somehow incapable of attempting to pervert the course of justice? What Michael White was actually attempting was to register a vote of sympathy with the viewing general public – if those watching somehow believed Miss Turner to have been unfairly and extremely treated then they would be far less critical of the Labour party as a whole. Of course, Michael White would have us believe that he and others were only being defensive on the grounds of being naturally protective towards such an “innocent girl.” Rubbish. Not that surprisingly I, like many, believe otherwise.

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