The General Election Thread

[SWP's back]

You have missed the boat. They are back to old labour again.

that i will believe if after the election they get serious about tax evasion and set about to properly fund public services, and start to return services to public ownership (like the railways for instance)

If he was remotely bothered about tax evasion, beyond the sound bite level, why does he never take his party's own tax evaders to task?

What good cause did he spend the inheritance tax he himself didn't pay on his father's estate? Obviously, being so anti-evasion he must have been forced into not paying it against his will, so I'm sure he put the money to worthwhile use instad of just spending it on himself. Didn't he?

*avoidance not evasion.

One is legal. The other isn't.

 

[Gabriel]

The more I listened to Miliband this morning, the harder it became to differentiate Labour and LibDem policies.

 

[Chancy Termites]

that i will believe if after the election they get serious about tax evasion and set about to properly fund public services, and start to return services to public ownership (like the railways for instance)

If he was remotely bothered about tax evasion, beyond the sound bite level, why does he never take his party's own tax evaders to task?

What good cause did he spend the inheritance tax he himself didn't pay on his father's estate? Obviously, being so anti-evasion he must have been forced into not paying it against his will, so I'm sure he put the money to worthwhile use instad of just spending it on himself. Didn't he?

*avoidance not evasion.

One is legal. The other isn't.

I know. Look at what Labour politicians say about tax avoidance to get the point I'm making.

Edit: I see I did write evasion when I meant avoidance. You got me bang to rights there. I have no evidence on Labour MPs evading tax, but i stand by the point I'm making which is that many of them, very senior ones at that, avoid tax in ways that you have to be able to pay a lot of fees to get a specialist to help you with, and in ways that the average man on the street would consider to be 'wrong'. I absolutely stand by that point.

 

[hilts]

that i will believe if after the election they get serious about tax evasion and set about to properly fund public services, and start to return services to public ownership (like the railways for instance)

If he was remotely bothered about tax evasion, beyond the sound bite level, why does he never take his party's own tax evaders to task?

What good cause did he spend the inheritance tax he himself didn't pay on his father's estate? Obviously, being so anti-evasion he must have been forced into not paying it against his will, so I'm sure he put the money to worthwhile use instad of just spending it on himself. Didn't he?

*avoidance not evasion.

One is legal. The other isn't.

The problem politicians have is that if they spout outrage at companies such as Vodaphone and Amazon they really need to make sure their own affairs are in order, can't really justify avoiding tax themselves

What i find bizarre is that supposedly clever people don't think the actions they take to save a bit of money won't make them look a bit bloody hypocritical down the line, should we vote for someone who seems to lack any common sense?

 

[Len Rum]

Labour has no respect for other peoples money.

All the MPs convicted for fiddling expenses are Labour MPs.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10462871/Its-no-coincidence-the-MPs-found-guilty-of-fiddling-are-all-Labour.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... abour.html</a>

Take a day off mate.

 

[urmston]

Labour has no respect for other peoples money.

All the MPs convicted for fiddling expenses are Labour MPs.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10462871/Its-no-coincidence-the-MPs-found-guilty-of-fiddling-are-all-Labour.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... abour.html</a>

Take a day off mate.

Says a person who has written 4250 posts in just over 2 years compared to my 3396 posts in eight and a half years.

You are as profligate with your opinions as Labour is with other peoples money.

 

[law74]

Labour has no respect for other peoples money.

All the MPs convicted for fiddling expenses are Labour MPs.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10462871/Its-no-coincidence-the-MPs-found-guilty-of-fiddling-are-all-Labour.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... abour.html</a>

Take a day off mate.

Says a person who has written 4250 posts in just over 2 years compared to my 3396 posts in eight and a half years.

You are as profligate with your opinions as Labour is with other peoples money.

Just glad all these attacks on our services have been worthwhile and the deficit has been wiped out and not a whiff of any ministers taking directorships with companies that benefited from contracts awarded by committees they might have sat on

 

[Len Rum]

Labour has no respect for other peoples money.

All the MPs convicted for fiddling expenses are Labour MPs.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10462871/Its-no-coincidence-the-MPs-found-guilty-of-fiddling-are-all-Labour.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... abour.html</a>

Take a day off mate.

Says a person who has written 4250 posts in just over 2 years compared to my 3396 posts in eight and a half years.

You are as profligate with your opinions as Labour is with other peoples money.

Shame that 'Jeffrey' has profligately racked up a national debt of 1.5 trillion to artificially manufacture a 'recovery' which all of us now have to pay for as the hammer falls and we return to the thirties with Captain 'running scared of electoral debates' Dave and first officer 'Jeffrey' at the helm.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Take a day off mate.

Says a person who has written 4250 posts in just over 2 years compared to my 3396 posts in eight and a half years.

You are as profligate with your opinions as Labour is with other peoples money.

Shame that 'Jeffrey' has profligately racked up a national debt of 1.5 trillion to artificially manufacture a 'recovery' which all of us now have to pay for as the hammer falls and we return to the thirties with Captain 'running scared of electoral debates' Dave and first officer 'Jeffrey' at the helm.

Your delusion knows no bounds, its breathtaking in fact.

 

[BlueHammer85]

i honestly have no idea who to vote for...