{"id":114230,"date":"2020-02-13T00:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/holding-out-hope-for-the-windy-symbol-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T01:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:07:29","slug":"holding-out-hope-for-the-windy-symbol-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/holding-out-hope-for-the-windy-symbol-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding out hope for the windy symbol | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMansion tax | Boris Johnson | Nietzsche | Weather | MarmaladeIn attributing the \u00a32bn mansion tax to Ed Miliband, and therefore Labour (The Tories say they are for the left-behind: we\u2019ll soon see, 11 February), Polly Toynbee does us Liberal Democrats a disservice. The concept of a special annual tax on expensive houses, dubbed \u201cmansions\u201d, was introduced into UK politics by the Lib Dems in 2009, and is widely associated with our then Treasury spokesperson, Vince Cable. Peter WrigleyBirstall, Yorkshire\u2022 Boris Johnson was born in New York and brought to the UK as a child. Is the prime minister at risk of deportation (No 10 dismisses \u2018Westminster bubble\u2019 concerns over deportations, 12 February)?Dr John DohertyVienna, Austria Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2020\/feb\/12\/holding-out-hope-for-the-windy-symbol\" target=\"_blank\">Holding out hope for the windy symbol | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Mansion tax | Boris Johnson | Nietzsche | Weather | MarmaladeIn attributing the \u00a32bn 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