Vince Cable stokes the debate on a separate tax rate for Northern Ireland

Vince Cable discussed a 12.5% corporation tax rate for Northern ireland on the Stephen Nolan show this morning. Listen here.

He made two claims. The first was that the 12.5% tax rate in Ireland led to its bankruptcy.

And he said variable tax rates could lead to the unravelling of the UK.

Both entirely fair points.

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Howard Reed says:

June 20 2013 at 6:20 pm

The frustrating thing about Vince is that he has the potential to be a genuinely progressive politician – that’s why it’s heartbreaking to find him propping up these hard-right ConDems…