Ced2: Quite right. you did not mention 90% & 10%, you mentioned 27/30 council wards and 3/30 council wards. The idea that each ward is roughly equal in the number of voters it includes allows me to translate this as percentages.
I was not suggesting that taking from the poor to give to the rich was good, merely that redistribution of wealth by means of biased taxation is not necessarily a good thing.
If argument fails descend to a slanging match! Good ploy that.

Guest,Kimberlin: VAT is not a good example of a flat fee taxation system. VAT is charged at standardised rates on most items (and at its top rate on luxury goods). However, it is charged at a percentage rate, thus the more you spend (or can afford to spend) the greater will be your payment in taxation. Clearly not a 'flat fee'

Nigel