In common parlance things that are said to "rise again" generally need to have fallen, died, sunk, dropped in price or otherwise descended in some way prior to it being possible to genuinely use the phrase.Possible candidates might be: The Titanic, the sun, Jesus and record sales.
But in the subtle linguistic world of Guildford Lib Dems, things that always rise can also rise again - ignoring inflation of course.
So here we are with this week's Lib Dem, stating the bl**ding obvious headline of "Council Tax bills to RISE again." Find me a year when Council Tax bills didn't actually rise and I might accept the leaflet as fair comment.
Oh yes, Guildford Borough cut its share of Band D Council Tax from £95.32 in 1998 to £91.96 in 1999. Strange that it was also the year of Borough Council Elections at a time when the Lib Dems ran the Council. But I guess they made up for the cut in subsequent years, with the GBC Council Tax rising 31% between 1999 and 2003.
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My understanding is that Conservative controlled Elmbridge managed to get a 0% rise this year ! ( ie a cut in real terms - but the Lib Dems don't deal in real terms do they ;-) )
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