Andrew Dickens Afternoons

So no Capital Gains Tax.An old French philosopher once said: "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"It means the more things change the more they stay the same.  We have a Labour led coalition government that came in with a coalition partner saying that capitalism had failed.  They called themselves a transformational government and this year was the year of delivery. The spooked  the busness sector with a minimum wage rise and a halt to future oil and gas exploration and gave beneficiaries a payrise and then……Nothing.Labour law reform stymied.  Immigration is back on the rise. Teachers pay dispute deadlocked.  The Zero Carbon Bill marooned in a rising tide of scepticism.  Vulnerable children on the rise.  Mental Health and State Care Abuse reports still eons away. Quietly this week Grant Robertson reiterated the Budget Responsibility Rules so there will be no spending greater than revenue.I am now finding it hard to find any concrete evidence that this government is fundamentally differing from the previo