Darling's answers

In a flurry of old ideals Alastiar DArling is due to impose yet another tax raising budget on us this week. If you have a drink, drive or buy a new car, then you will be screwed. Petrol will go up, car tax expected to rise, another new car tax to be implemented, and alcohol duty to rise. All the easy targets yet again.

As for the sweetners that were promised in the pre-budget report, I wouldn't hold your breath. Whereas Gordon Brown failed to get his economic forecasts right from year to year, Darling's went out of the window within weeks.

Basically, in this week's budget we will all be hammer for the government's failing in controlling the economy, especially the Northern Rock crisis, and their only answer is to tax more without reforming a single thing.

Old ideas, yet again.