Gordon Brown and David Cameron clash over national insurance

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/07/brown-cameron-national-insurance-pmqs
by Aly

Claims that David Cameron has been "taunting" current PM Gordon Brown about national insurance have been widely circulated. Labour claimed that the Tories pressured business leaders to stop a bill that would raise national insurance. Brown says that business leaders have been deceived.

Cameron told Brown that the planned 1% tax would kill the only recently recovered economy. Cameron said: "Is the prime minister really telling us that he knows more about job creation than business leaders who employ almost a million people in this country?"

Brown says that the government needs to protect public services.

A critic of Brown said, along with mentioning that Brown has declared war on British businesses said, "This is a highly significant moment which proves that Gordon Brown is on the wrong side of British business and working people who know that Labour's jobs tax will put the recovery at risk."



Can I just say that if American politics were half this entertaining, I think the public would be a lot more interested. For real.