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Not weird at all from where I stand: taxes cut to the rich, raised for the poor. Standard policy for Mr Osbourne.

Yep. I'm as depressed as I expected to be by this budget. And I'm lucky enough to fall into the "personally benefits from these policies" group, can only imagine how much more I would fucking hate that man if his evil policies directly affected me. Urgh.

The sugar tax money doesn't go into general taxation, it is ring-fenced as extra funding for school sports.

But is it really? CA puts lottery money into the school fund. But then, every year, they vote to reduce the school fund by exactly the amount the lottery covers. So the lottery balance ends up in the general fund instead.

Fuel duty frozen for a 6th year running. The Conservative's "green crap" [1] is all but dead...

[1] - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/21/david-cam...