“Most MPs have more than one house so I assume that they will also expect to pay this 'mansion tax' Remember that people with sufficient money to buy one of these "mansions" have already paid tax on the money they earned, in order to buy this mansion. It costs the owners and arm and a leg to pay the expense of living in a "mansion" so Clegg wants to tax them more. He is just jealous. The tax income of his proposal is peanuts and collecting it would coast almost as much as it brings in. If he wants to drag everyone down to his level he should tax the obscene incomes paid to footballers and bankers. Introduce a 99p in the pound tax on income over £100,000 and catch all of the 'fat cats'”

“The rich should pay more, they can afford it.”