The Conservative Party

[The Future’s Blue!]

When they think the rules don't apply to them

The Tory donor, Soviet-born Billionaire and Fossil Fuel Interests Bankrolling British Politics

Policy Exchange, Institute for Economic Affairs, Global Warming Policy Foundation and co refuse to name their donors. But Peter Geoghegan has found recently published US tax documents that reveal important new details about who funds these secretive think tanks

bylinetimes.com

Russians, influencing UK politics … not having that ;-)

 

[bluethrunthru]

Lol

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Rumours that the abolition of inheritance tax is going to be one of the next big policy announcements.

This baffles me. It might play well with the hardcore rich Tory voters but so what? It’s the centrist suburban swing voters and working class brexit voters they need to win over. Neither of whom will like this policy.

It’s completely mental.

May election looking increasingly likely too apparently. This’ll be a laugh.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Rumours that the abolition of inheritance tax is going to be one of the next big policy announcements.

This baffles me. It might play well with the hardcore rich Tory voters but so what? It’s the centrist suburban swing voters and working class brexit voters they need to win over. Neither of whom will like this policy.

It’s completely mental.

May election looking increasingly likely too apparently. This’ll be a laugh.

Probably because it suits them in the longer term as it leaves less money for the next government to play with.

Always a case of leaving the country in a worse place than when they started and these cunts do not give a fuck about those that they are supposed to serve.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Probably because it suits them in the longer term as it leaves less money for the next government to play with.

Always a case of leaving the country in a worse place than when they started and these cunts do not give a fuck about those that they are supposed to serve.

It strikes me as a crazy policy like something from this Truss “era”. Totally out of tune with the country.

 

[Vic]

Probably because it suits them in the longer term as it leaves less money for the next government to play with.

Always a case of leaving the country in a worse place than when they started and these cunts do not give a fuck about those that they are supposed to serve.

It's so more people can afford a Coutts account to replace the odious fascist.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Rumours that the abolition of inheritance tax is going to be one of the next big policy announcements.

This baffles me. It might play well with the hardcore rich Tory voters but so what? It’s the centrist suburban swing voters and working class brexit voters they need to win over. Neither of whom will like this policy.

It’s completely mental.

May election looking increasingly likely too apparently. This’ll be a laugh.

Because working class Tory voters aspire to be in the middle and upper class. They dream of the day that they will have avoided inheritance tax because they returned a Conservative government.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Because working class Tory voters aspire to be in the middle and upper class. They dream of the day that they will have avoided inheritance tax because they returned a Conservative government.

Theres nothing with with aspiration and social mobility, it’s something I believe in and my parents experienced in the 80s (my dad went from working in a tile factory to being quite high up in a well known large insurance company).

However you are right in that most of these delusions are exactly that - but there’s not enough of these people to prop up the policy.

Surely something with mass appeal and to try and give Sunak the “relatable bloke” shtick that was successful for Johnson and Farage is a smarter move.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

It strikes me as a crazy policy like something from this Truss “era”. Totally out of tune with the country.

I thought the same. Give the richest more.
I think what was said just above is true though - easy to remove, awkward to put back in. It's just vandalism now, the Commons stops early most days because there is no business to discuss, hence they can jump on very minor things.

 

[East Level 2]

Pegging the income tax threshold at ~£12,500 for 5 years meant taxes are being paid on a higher proportion of income (assuming people received pay rises). This alone should see the Tories out of power but it received little coverage at the time from either the media or the Labour party.