I was pondering this on my blog...Did blair engineer the 10p tax fiasco, knowing fine well that Brown would have to deal with it and would probably bugger it up?

Frank Field MP and many others throughout the Party almost got the job done, as thankfully Gordon Brown finally had the sense to promise to compensate those poorest people losing out from the abolition of the 10p tax rate. Time will tell if they get anywhere near adequately compensating the lowest earners. People are right to be sceptical and we must be vigilant after this catastrophe.