Why are essential services collapsing even as your tax bill rises? Well, apart from the cost of Brown's Army of 600,0000 extra town hall parasites, the £billions wasted on building and policing the political class's wonderful multi-cult society, and the £1.3 million it costs every hour for Britain to be part of the EU, here's another key factor: The total cost of the Iraq war has soared to £6.6 billion - making it the most costly conflict since the Second World War.

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