The copy I saw in WH Smith had a slightly different headline- it used “Stealth Tax”.
Reading the first two paragraphs made it clear this was not:
A: in any way a tax
B: some sort of “suprise” extra on your phone bill.
It’s a moan about the cost of calling mobiles from landlines and the revelation that, shock horror, the price you pay is quite a lot more than it costs the phone companies to connect the call.
But that’s not important. They’ve printed the words “Stealth tax” on the front page. Most people won’t read the story. They’ll just see the headline and mutter “typical bloody government”. Job done.
IT’s probably VAT which is paid on ALL phone calls (even Dirty Des’s 0900 numbers……..). They’re not even bothering to put NEWS in the rag anymore are they?
Don’t know what the story’s about, but I’m going to assume that it’s neither a tax nor a secret.
The copy I saw in WH Smith had a slightly different headline- it used “Stealth Tax”.
Reading the first two paragraphs made it clear this was not:
A: in any way a tax
B: some sort of “suprise” extra on your phone bill.
It’s a moan about the cost of calling mobiles from landlines and the revelation that, shock horror, the price you pay is quite a lot more than it costs the phone companies to connect the call.
But that’s not important. They’ve printed the words “Stealth tax” on the front page. Most people won’t read the story. They’ll just see the headline and mutter “typical bloody government”. Job done.
ARSEHOLES.
From that photo, I’d say Michael Jackson’s plastic surgery is really getting out of hand.
“secret tax” wtf?
IT’s probably VAT which is paid on ALL phone calls (even Dirty Des’s 0900 numbers……..). They’re not even bothering to put NEWS in the rag anymore are they?
LMAO
Moggie, thanks for a genuine ‘lol’ moment.
No news about the Gurkha Crusade.