General Election June 8th

[MillionMilesAway]

8 days is a long time for this Tory campaign.

They have been hopeless beyond belief.

True. Maybe it will finally get rid of the odious Lynton Crosby.

If we got a balanced coalition (unlike the Con-Lib one), I'd be happy. They allow awkward decisions to be made without one party taking all the blame.

 

[blueinsa]

i just can't see that happening. i can't see conservatives switching to labour and ukip voters will go to the conservatives. I think they very reliant on young people voting for them, but most wont bother to vote. these polls are getting ridiculous, only 2 days ago ( i think) the tories were 12 points ahead.

The youth has been mobilised and will make a hell of a difference imo.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

It's not about the gap or what the gap means, it's about the speed in which it's closing and all the momentum is with Corbyn.

True. I assume it is time for Dacre and Murdoch to deploy the heaviest artillery. Maybe someone will announce an investigation into some emails!

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

The youth has been mobilised and will make a hell of a difference imo.

it wont imo. the vast majority of young people dont give a shit about politics.

 

[the god Gerry Gow]

The elephant in the room is where Labour goes after being elected.
There is no doubt that some of the more batshit crazies are being kept in the background.
Whether they would be able to be controlled in power is doubtful

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

8 days is a long time for this Tory campaign.

They have been hopeless beyond belief.

Well let's hope that one or the other hit the after burners or this country's going to hell in a handcart if we have a hung parliament.

 

[blueinsa]

it wont imo. the vast majority of young people dont give a shit about politics.

Pre brexit, absolutely but post?

Like him or not, Corbyn has the core of his party behind him and he appeals to the youth.

We will soon find out.

 

[arbabarshad]

What do Labour, the greens and whoever else think raising corporation tax will actually achieve I do not know. We are seeing the highest corporation tax receipts at this current rate, what do they not understand by this. It sounds good, slapping increased tax rates on big business but it in fact will have a negative effect on the economy. One of the main reasons I will vote Conservative. They will make this country competitive post-brexit. Whereas under labour we will not be an attractive destination for large corporations.

A lot of people are looking at corporation tax increase in isolation. From a business point of view, tariff free access to EU market is way more attractive than the increase in corporation tax. Another point people keep missing is large organisations only generate limited amount of profits in UK (thanks to complex legal entity structures and transfer pricing practices) and therefore an increase in corp tax rates would not impact on such a large scale.

The reason current government is offering a low tax haven in he first place is because they know they are taking a big incentive of tariff free access away from business and low corp tax is an incentive to compensate for taking away the big incentive.

I have never voted Tory or labour but I know which policy is better for my business.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html
Current Prediction: Conservative majority 88
Party 2015 Votes 2015 Seats Pred Votes Pred Seats
CON 37.8% 331 46.0% 369
LAB 31.2% 232 33.4% 207
LIB 8.1% 8 7.9% 3
UKIP 12.9% 1 4.4% 0
Green 3.8% 1 2.4% 1
SNP 4.9% 56 4.2% 50
PlaidC 0.6% 3 0.6% 2
Minor 0.8% 0 1.1% 0
N.Ire 18 18
Prediction based on opinion polls from 12 May 2017 to 29 May 2017, sampling 12,319 people.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Who was there for the SNP?

She couldn't see over the lectern tbf