I’ve just been sent this email by Nick Clegg.

Fairer tax. There’s two words that rarely appear together. Too often it feels like there are  two sets of rules when it comes to tax in Britain. One rule for the richest. Another for the average worker.

I want to change this. It’s time for fairer tax.

It means cutting the tax bill of average workers. It means making the very rich pay their fair share.

I want the super-rich to pay their fair share, through policies like our mansion tax.

If you support this, please add your name to the campaign now.

Make no mistake – if this was a majority Liberal Democrat Government, we would introduce this tax tomorrow.

But we can already see that opposition to this tax will be strong from those that want to protect the status quo. That’s why I need your support.

Back the campaign today and help make sure the richest pay their fair share.

Together we can deliver fairer tax in Britain.

Meanwhile this is how the Guardian reported on Clegg’s last attempt at tax fairness on 17 Mar 2012:

Nick Clegg faces a growing mutiny within his own party before this week’s budget as Liberal Democrat MPs, peers and grassroots activists accuse him of caving in to the Tories and failing to stand up for low earners.

The Lib Dem leader is struggling to maintain discipline after it emerged that the chancellor, George Osborne, is poised to announce a cut in the 50p rate of income tax for higher earners – without meeting the Lib Dems’ key demand for a “mansion tax” or other property tax on the wealthy in return.

 

The word ‘incompetent’ doesn’t do this fiasco justice.