Budget reaction: Labour writes off the West Country

The Labour Party, aware that in the South West the General Election is a battle between the Liberal Democrats and the Tories, have decided to write off that part of the country in the coming campaign. Well, how else do you explain the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, singling out cider for a 10% rise in duty?

There are reports that, in doing so he as upset The Wurzels, who have issued a statement;

“We are all very upset that scrumpy cider, being one of the few pleasures that we cherish down here on the farm in the West Country, is being hit by such a tax rise.”

This content was originally posted on my old Strange Thoughts blog.