Just when the conroversy starts to die down,Jack Straw makes a ground entrance and aplogises for the 10p tax controversy.
Jon Craig describes how
On a radio phone-in, I'm All Right Jack, touted by some MPs as a caretaker leader in the event of a Labour meltdown on Thursday, said: "Government is not perfect. I'm sorry that this has happened."
And he told one caller: "I'm sorry that you have been placed in this position and it shouldn't have happened."
Meanwhile this morning's papers are full of more bad polls for the government.The Independent shows a 14 point lead in its latest poll,double that of the last
The latest ComRes survey for The Independent, taken between Friday and Sunday, puts the Tories on 40 per cent (up two points since last month), Labour on 26 per cent (down five points), the Liberal Democrats on 20 per cent (up three points) and other parties on 14 per cent (unchanged).
The Guardian predicts
Gordon Brown is heading for crushing reverses on Thursday night and will see Ken Livingstone swept from the London mayoralty, according to two final polls before the local elections published yesterday.
The projections would mean Labour would lose more than 200 council seats in England and Wales.
And on top of all that the Telegraph is claiming
Up to seven million savers will see their pension pots shrink from this month as a result of Gordon Brown's cut in income tax.Millions of letters have been sent out by the country's leading pension providers over the past few weeks telling clients they need to contribute more to their monthly pension schemes because of the change in income tax from 22 per cent to 20 per cent
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