If you've got £1m+ to drop, it seems a little petty to moan about the 4.4% purchasing tax.
Edit: and as someone who recently had to pay a large (not that ^ large admittedly) chunk of stamp duty, it seems to me to be a reasonable way to raise revenue.
Dramatic_Hammer
@Dammit
Well, yes - this is the owning your own home in a first world country (mainly) thread.