£79,999 p.a.- bliss! 80,001 p.a. - disaster!

I imagine there will be people waking up this morning and reading the news who will be surprised to find that their "comfortable but not excessive" lifestyle now means they are part of the "rich" who are fair game (in the eyes of the Labour party at least) to be hit by tax increases.  The party has made it clear that it sees an income of £80,000 a year as the dividing line between the rich and the rest of us.  Oh, if it were only that simple...!