Pastytax
At the end of May, Chancellor George Osborne announced a surprise policy u-turn by abandoning plans to charge VAT on some types of hot pasties, pies and sausage rolls.
The Sun welcomed the news with the headline 'Pasty la vista taxman.'
Meanwhile, opponents of the pasty tax celebrated by posting tweets on the social networking site Twitter. Here's a selection of their most telling tweets:
- "Never underestimate the power of a good local issue-based campaign." RoperCarl
- "MPs see climbdown on #CaravanTax and #Pastytax as a victory for democracy over unelected policy wonks." Iredalepolitics
- "YouGov poll #Pastytax, 1 in 2 public feel govt u-turn a shambles, but 1 in 6 feel govnt listens." Thepolyticshow
- "If only Michael Gove got the same level of upoar as George did over the #pastytax." Cait_scott
- "Pasty detector vans will enforce payment of annual pasty fee." TheDailyNewsUK
- "Could this be the first government to listen to the public and reconsider some of their unpopular policies?" PNA_TNS