General Election June 8th

[hilts]

Britain Elects @britainelects
On who 'have the best policies for people like me and my family': May and the Tories: 37% Corbyn and Labour: 42% (via @ComRes)

So labour will win then?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Did anyone see Diane Abbott on Marr holy shit that woman needs fucking off seriously she's thick as pig shit

 

[bluethrunthru]

That would be easier if one of the parties didn't change their policies every time the wind blows.
Though is it just me that thinks rudd is auditioning for tory party leader after the shambles may is making of an election campaign she called?

if so it wouldn't be the Tories trading up in my opinion - sideways at best

 

[stonerblue]

You miss my graphs.

Always.

 

[BlueHammer85]

So labour will win then?

Who knows - Brexit was never going to win neither was Trump.

 

[hilts]

Did anyone see Diane Abbott on Marr holy shit that woman needs fucking off seriously she's thick as pig shit

Racist

 

[Blue Maverick]

Racist

And sexist

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

There's no need to read propaganda - the Labour party's policies are totally unaffordable and unrealistic, as they ALWAYS are. Same old, same old. The only Labour leader who ever broke from that tradition is the one you hate: Tony Blair. Other than him we could just rename Labour the "wreck the economy party". Blair did too btw, it just took him longer.

Not unaffordable in the slightest, they'll just have to raise taxes to do it.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Britain Elects @britainelects
On who 'have the best policies for people like me and my family': May and the Tories: 37% Corbyn and Labour: 42% (via @ComRes)

As I say, luckily most people think Corbyn is a tool. Labour policies are in my view idiotic (by and large) but that's irrelevant. A majority does not want Corbyn as their PM.

 

[hilts]

And sexist

True I always forget she is a woman

 

[worsleyweb]

Not unaffordable in the slightest, they'll just have to raise taxes to do it.

Which will end up with less tax being received as big businesses will just fuck off!

 

[Chippy_boy]

Not unaffordable in the slightest, they'll just have to raise taxes to do it.

Which of course is not even slightly detrimental to the economy is it??!?! Of course it is. Which is what Labour don't understand and have never understood. It's why tax receipts GO UP when you cut tax rates. We're raising more in corporation tax at 19% than we ever did when the rates were higher. We raise more income tax at the highest rate now it's 45% compared to when it was 50% Raising taxes, fucks up the economy and ultimately fails.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

There's no need to read propaganda - the Labour party's policies are totally unaffordable

A Conservative government will involve more cuts to the NHS, schools, the police, council budgets, welfare etc. Can we afford that?

 

[worsleyweb]

A Conservative government will involve more cuts to the NHS, schools, the police, council budgets, welfare etc. Can we afford that?

Can we afford not too?

 

[bluethrunthru]

A Conservative government will involve more cuts to the NHS, schools, the police, council budgets, welfare etc. Can we afford that?

its not can WE afford that its can YOU afford the privatised replacement services put in their place for you and your family.

 

[Cheesy]

http://press.labour.org.uk/post/115103489714/labour-will-prioritise-tax-cuts-for-small-firms

http://www.newstatesman.com/politic...-election-manifesto-winners-and-losers-glance

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/16/labou...y-policies-for-general-election-2017-6628153/

https://www.tax.org.uk/media-centre...on-2017-corporation-tax-and-income-tax-higher

Maybe you have been too busy reading the right wing propaganda to study the facts and missed this part of the fully costed Labour Manifesto

You've proper fucked up here!

First link is to a policy announcement by Ed Balls :-D Apprently he's the Shadow Chancellor although (and again, I may have missed something here) I thought that nowadays he was a ballroom dancer.

Then you show a complete lack of understanding of the subject. Labour plan to reintroduce a small profits corporation tax rate. Which is nice. However, this will be set at 20% rising to 21% in 2020-21 which is higher than they pay now & is a damn sight higher than under Tory plans.

Take a look at this from the IFS...



Maybe you have been too busy reading The Guardian and The Socialist Worker to study the facts and you've missed the fact that the Labour Manifesto is nowhere near fully costed.

I'm looking forward to your reply on this matter :-)

 

[BlueHammer85]

As I say, luckily most people think Corbyn is a tool. Labour policies are in my view idiotic (by and large) but that's irrelevant. A majority does not want Corbyn as their PM.

Well, I like the guy, seems down to earth and honest for me - could have a nice pint with him I reckon

 

[bluethrunthru]

Can we afford not too?

most other economies shattered by the 2008 crash are on the mend..... The USA has been growing for several years yet somehow after years of austerity - the finish date for which has been put further back yet again - the country owes more on a national and personal level and it looks like austerity cuts will get worse. Its an ideology not an economic necessity that is driving the Tories on - they get back in - which they will - and we will reap the whirlwind.

 

[Chippy_boy]

A Conservative government will involve more cuts to the NHS, schools, the police, council budgets, welfare etc. Can we afford that?

It's painful but necessary. Hopefully a majority will understand this come June 8th, as they did in 2015.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Can we afford not too?

Er - yes we can. Because cuts to public services stunt growth by taking money out of the economy. It involves making people redundant and stops spending on capital projects, which also (as you well know as a developer) reduces employment in the building and construction sector. So instead of people spending and adding to GDP via consumption, they're on benefits.