Petrol Duty

Big play is being made of the 'huge' saving of 2p petrol duty being scrapped.

WOW!

That's 2p in 500p and represents a 'massive' saving of just 0.4%, yet since it is before any further additions, it excludes the VAT (another tax). It is a cynical description to imagine such a tax is cancelled. Deferred or delayed or postponed until a more politically appropriate moment, but not scapped or cancelled. Maybe until tomorrow. And tomorrow does come (always) when government taxes are involved.

But never, ever scrapped or cancelled. That means removed FOREVER.

It's crude child-level psychology that is being attempted and assisted by the newspapers. They use these descriptions.

Conditioning to accept the argument.

Stay focused.