Hapless Hogan leads Charge of Light (weight) Brigade

IT will go down in the annals of political disaster as the (Household) Charge of the Light(weight) Brigade.

Ironically, the Crimean War massacre of a similar name which was immortalised in verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson has dark echoes of the Coalition’s tax attack.

History informs us the massive own goal was: “the result of a miscommunication in such a way that those in command attempted a much more difficult objective than intended — and as such the charge produced no decisive gains and resulted in very high casualties.”