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11 May 15
20:01
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A garden shop owner is tagging on ten per cent to any customer who voted Conservative in the General Election.
A blackboard outside the Woodruffs Yard in Lewes, East Sussex, explains the ‘Tory Tax’ is as a result of ‘tough decisions I need to make to balance the books’.
It also adds that those who voted Ukip not to enter.
The sign has attracted criticism and owner Matt Woodruff says he has been bombarded with hate mail.
But despite this he says the sign is here to stay.
A blackboard outside the Woodruffs Yard in Lewes, East Sussex, explains the ‘Tory Tax’ is as a result of ‘tough decisions I need to make to balance the books’.
It also adds that those who voted Ukip not to enter.
The sign has attracted criticism and owner Matt Woodruff says he has been bombarded with hate mail.
But despite this he says the sign is here to stay.
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There are plenty of other places to shop. I voted for neither Conservative or UKIP but would be turned off by such an inappropriate political statement.
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If that had been about the Labour party the lefties would burn the place down.
Left = savages in both thought and deed. Why work when the right will keep you, eh. |
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Marvellous stuff. Democracy in action. I hope when he goes broke though he doesn't grovel to the Tories for hand outs. That would be hypocrisy. Principles cost.
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he'll soon go bust, Labour voters are too lazy to do gardening or they live in squats
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Never a good idea to mix politics with your livelihood, unless politics is just that. I must say though, it's nice to know where your money is welcome. I wish I knew of more places that didn't like my politics, so I could shop elsewhere.
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That's outrageous! Only 10%? In my opininion they should have got life bans and in their case life should mean life.
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The man is clearly a Liberal Democrat
 . Lewes has just lost their long standing LD MP Norman Baker . Interesting place, Lewes, bit "raffia and sandals", home to Thomas Paine for a while, and the Bonfire Boyes (they set fire to 17 crosses every November 5th). The last Magistrate who tried to stop the "celebrations" got thrown in the River Ouse. |
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I've always wanted to go to Lewes for their bonfire night - looks great.
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Attention seeking prick.
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treetop - it worked
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Hank - Everyone should go at least once - it is pretty amazing. Don't even think about driving there though.
Here's a link for those who have never heard of it. http://www.lewesbonfirecelebrations.com/ |
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thought 10% was a labour tax rate
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Is it just me looking at that sign and wondering if DOH WAH DIDDY runs a garden centre?
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It is stupid taxing tory voters 10% just for voting tory.
Should have been 50%  |
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bloke has a sense of humour
unlike some |
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Agreed, David.
You gotta laugh really. |
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he wont be laughing at his actions when his takings are down.
as mentioned big mistake bringing politics into his business. |
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he should have thought a bit more about the demographics of his customers, the ones I see at such places with money to burn tend to be middle aged + and look at least half way affluent, not I would have thought your typical labour voter.
if it's anything like where I'm at there'll be somewhere else to go within easy reach and his takings will drop, which will obviously be the fault of those barsteward tories and not his own stupidity. |
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I'd heard labour types were anti-business but didn't guess that they targeted their own
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I think he has picked on the wrong demographic.
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..and 'they' accuse the Tories of being 'divisive' lol.
Definite leftie approach to business - that sign wont stay up for long! If I were there I'd be tempted to enter, do a BIG shop, go to the till - announce my UKIP vote and dump the goods. |
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He described the town as “pretty lefty-liberalâ€
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/10/garden-centre-owners-10-tax-for-tory-voters-sign-goes-viral might just a publicity stunt |
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when quizzed on whether he'd be offering a similar tax on supporters of sharia law in view of the current genocide, he stated he was "quite comfortable with their treatment of gays, apostates, women, and prisoners, it's more the minor tory changes to marginal tax that got his blood boiling, I'm taking a brave moral stand."
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Probably just doesn't want riff-raff in his shop.
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in which case tell those who don't say they're tory or ukip to f off cos they're not likely to have f all to spend anyway
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pawras 12 May 15 12:14
in which case tell those who don't say they're tory or ukip to f off cos they're not likely to have f all to spend So they do have money to spend? |
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maybe but I've ran a shop before, you quite logically only make money by either people coming in with plenty of money to spend and/or do a very high volume of low value items, I doubt he can make enough selling a few pansies etc
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Do labour voters get a discount?
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Do the Labour voters get gardening tokens along with their benefits?
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He's a Liberal Democrat!!! It's Lewes ffs.
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up hill gardener ?
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"up hill gardener" - I remember years ago someone explaining to me what that meant, and finding it funny.
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sausage jockey
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That'll be like "chalk jockey" will it, Spelling? i.e. new and/or not very good.
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what a sad owner, not exactly good for business is it?
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It would be interesting to find out how many staff he employs on minimum wage and zero hours contracts .
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It would be even more interesting to find out how he finds out who voted for which party.
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Also anyone who voted Liberal Democrats get a free bunch of pansies apparently.
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