To paraphrase Winston Churchill — never in the field of budget conflict has so much been extracted by so few at the expense of so many.
While the rest of us face a horror budget where we are told to keep calm and carry on, the miners are walking away puffing a cigar and doing the “Victory” sign.
The miners get a tax cut while the rest of us get services cut.
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