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Over several years now The Telegraph has been steadily alienating its core Tory readers. You need only see comments on conservativehome to see evidence of that.
It did a good job on expenses exposing abuses (though in some cases they did get it wrong and went too far). That gained them more readership and a fair amount of credability.
Then they went for Laws, not without good reason and we must not blame the messenger for what happened.
Then, today, they have gone after Danny Alexander.
Now I hold no brief for Alexander, a LibDem, and would have no problem if a real abuse was exposed but that is not the case.
Alexander is accused of dodging CGT on a second home. But this is a case in which CGT was not liable.
I personally, as will many other normal people, have taken advantage of what Alexander did.
When I bought my present home with Alison, I still owned my previous home, sellling it some time later. You are not liable to Capital Gains Tax in such circumstances if the property is sold within 3 years (I think it was 2 years when I did it, raised to 3 years by Labour).
Alexander was within the CGT free period, hence no liability, nothing done wrong at all.
By going for Alexander like that the Telegraph has simply damaged its own credability and its traditional readership will be further alienated. Very silly and very sad to see what was once one of the great newspapers reduced to this level.
