He said council tax rises were a "kick in the teeth for hard-working, decent taxpayers".

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Others described it as a "step backwards", "the wrong decision", "a shocking decision" and a "kick in the teeth".

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Last year's general election was widely, if inaccurately, seen as a kick in the teeth for liberalising reforms from the poor rural majority.

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Lord Jones, a former CBI chief and trade minister in Gordon Brown's government, said Mr Miliband's speech had been "divisive and a kick in the teeth" for business.

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The decision to allow the wind farm works to proceed caused political concern last year, with Tory MSP Alex Fergusson calling it a "kick in the teeth" for democracy.

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The independent Cornwall councillor for Porthleven and Helston South, Andrew Wallis, said BIH's decision was a "kick in the teeth" for the communities of the islands and west Cornwall.

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The Orange Grand Master, Robert Saulters, said he believes the commission is biased against Protestants: "Last year we did it the quiet way and what thanks did we get for it, we got no thanks at all, this is what we're getting for it, a kick in the teeth", he said.

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Never mind that the entitlement cuts in the sequester none of which were well thought out as the sequester was never intended to actually go into effect will kick seniors hard in the teeth despite their years of paying into the programs that they now rely upon.

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