How to wrong foot the Tories

Simon Heffer has obviously come to the conclusion that his message of two weeks ago didn't get though, so he repeats it again:

There is one money-saving move Mr Darling could take in the Budget that would cut the Tory party off at the knees: and that would be to announce that he will not after all levy taxes at 50 per cent on the so-called rich. He would have perfectly sound fiscal reasons for doing this, aside from the political devastation this would cause to the credibility of a Tory party that cannot dare to promise such a thing.

Let’s call it one of Brown’s rabbits.