How to sow a bumper crop of discontent

16th Nov 2006, 17:11 GMT

Cheeky fellow, that Finance Minister. The day after a third of a million serfs on his biggest tax farm resoundingly re-elected David Miller as their champion, loudly and clearly demanding the right to keep a few more crumbs from the bumper harvests they reliably deliver to his overflowing granaries, Jim Flaherty told them to eat mud. (Globe Insider subscribers only)