End this bleating.

I must say that I’m becoming increasingly irritated by the constant bleating on behalf of the taxpayer about the £25 billion needed to save Northern Rock. Let’s face it, most ‘taxpayers’ – and I use the term advisedly as under Gordon Brown our levels of taxation are some of the lowest in the world – are quite happy to fritter away their cash on such junk as flat-screen TVs, Burberry caps and tacky holidays abroad. Yet when it comes to putting money to good use and saving our Government from potential embarrassment and preserving the reputation for economic brilliance of our Prime Minister then there’s all manner of snivelling and sniping. People need to get their priorities right. And another thing, if it wasn’t for the full employment Gordon Brown created most people wouldn’t have a job and so wouldn’t be paying tax anyway.