Office of National Statistics findings suggest the total tax burden has risen from 35.6% of GDP in the second quarter of 1997 - when Labour was elected - to 37.7% in the second quarter this year.

Heres the truth behind Blair - remember the anagram for Tony Blair MP is I'm Tory plan B.

Scots voting for Blair may as well empty their pockets and send the cash to London, they'll never see it back to help their families anyway under the rigged Barnett formula.