As the rich holidaying Tories start to return home, will we see their YouGov ratings start to improve? They really need to be within 2% of Labour tonight and tomorrow to repair the damage inflicted by ICM, etc on Black Monday.
Today's earnings figures also lead me to think George Osborne, whose own rank unpopularity has been laid bare by MORI, knows he has to try and give something back in his pre-election Budget. I still think the 40p threshold will be raised sharply to drag people in key marginals out of higher rate taxation.
That said, I don't mind the longer hours and I can just about tolerate the depressed wages but to be told my rail fares (a not insignificant part of my salary) will rise another 5.6% in January is for this earner a real kick in the teeth.
I distantly recall that what did for the Conservatives in February 1974 was a loss of support in commuter areas around London on the back of big fare increases.
Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.
Voters don't tend to be that grateful for tax cut bribes though, ask Osborne's role model, Gordon Brown.
Today's earnings figures also lead me to think George Osborne, whose own rank unpopularity has been laid bare by MORI, knows he has to try and give something back in his pre-election Budget. I still think the 40p threshold will be raised sharply to drag people in key marginals out of higher rate taxation.
That said, I don't mind the longer hours and I can just about tolerate the depressed wages but to be told my rail fares (a not insignificant part of my salary) will rise another 5.6% in January is for this earner a real kick in the teeth.
I distantly recall that what did for the Conservatives in February 1974 was a loss of support in commuter areas around London on the back of big fare increases.
Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.
Voters don't tend to be that grateful for tax cut bribes though, ask Osborne's role model, Gordon Brown.
I hate paying 40% tax rate,and I turn down work rather than increase my income and pay 40%,suspect I am not alone. I used the pension system for many years to keep my tax down but you have to spend it whilst you can. I wonder what benefit we would get from lower taxes ,high taxes turn me off,I was what could be called an entrepreneur,and employed over 100 people,but now prefer to keep my income down,and not create any jobs.
Today's earnings figures also lead me to think George Osborne, whose own rank unpopularity has been laid bare by MORI, knows he has to try and give something back in his pre-election Budget. I still think the 40p threshold will be raised sharply to drag people in key marginals out of higher rate taxation.
That said, I don't mind the longer hours and I can just about tolerate the depressed wages but to be told my rail fares (a not insignificant part of my salary) will rise another 5.6% in January is for this earner a real kick in the teeth.
I distantly recall that what did for the Conservatives in February 1974 was a loss of support in commuter areas around London on the back of big fare increases.
Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.
Voters don't tend to be that grateful for tax cut bribes though, ask Osborne's role model, Gordon Brown.
I hate paying 40% tax rate,and I turn down work rather than increase my income and pay 40%,suspect I am not alone. I used the pension system for many years to keep my tax down but you have to spend it whilst you can. I wonder what benefit we would get from lower taxes ,high taxes turn me off,I was what could be called an entrepreneur,and employed over 100 people,but now prefer to keep my income down,and not create any jobs.
We should apply the same logic that the Tories and IDS do to the poor and unemployed and make you even poorer to give you a kick up your lazy backside.
What's quite impressive, and apologies if anyone had mentioned this already, is that Boris takes votes from Labour, the Lib Dems and UKIP simultaneously, compared to the benchmark. That's what you call an all rounder.
We should apply the same logic that the Tories and IDS do to the poor and unemployed and make you even poorer to give you a kick up your lazy backside.
Disagree, jayfdee is entitled to enjoy his gulch, he's not obliged to act as anyone's employer. Sounds like a lucky escape for 100 people anyhow...
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
Of course it wasn't. Brown was spending to stave off recession. Keynes and all that.
He handed a growing economy to the Tories as a result. Osborne and Cameron killed it, three lost years, one of the reasons Balls and Miliband will inherit such a basket case economy. I feel sorry for them.
Brown might go down in history as the only Prime Minister never to receive an honour(one assumes all previous PM's have been honoured???. He certainly doesn't deserve one. He ought to have been locked up.
Brown might go down in history as the only Prime Minister never to receive an honour(one assumes all previous PM's have been honoured???. He certainly doesn't deserve one. He ought to have been locked up.
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
Of course it wasn't. Brown was spending to stave off recession. Keynes and all that.
He handed a growing economy to the Tories as a result. Osborne and Cameron killed it, three lost years, one of the reasons Balls and Miliband will inherit such a basket case economy. I feel sorry for them.
tim, wherever you are, please please please come back.
All we have at the moment is sub-CiF lefty student union politics courtesy of, for example, @Hugh.
Come on, tim, there's plenty to get your teeth into, what with events, and so forth.
Brown might go down in history as the only Prime Minister never to receive an honour(one assumes all previous PM's have been honoured???. He certainly doesn't deserve one. He ought to have been locked up.
Like David Cameron's friend Andy Coulson?
No tim, we are talking about a Prime Minister who ruined the economy. I don't think Coulson was ever Prime Minister.
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
Of course it wasn't. Brown was spending to stave off recession. Keynes and all that.
He handed a growing economy to the Tories as a result. Osborne and Cameron killed it, three lost years, one of the reasons Balls and Miliband will inherit such a basket case economy. I feel sorry for them.
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
Of course it wasn't. Brown was spending to stave off recession. Keynes and all that.
He handed a growing economy to the Tories as a result. Osborne and Cameron killed it, three lost years, one of the reasons Balls and Miliband will inherit such a basket case economy. I feel sorry for them.
Parody surely???
tim cannot accept that Osborne called it right and that idiot Balls called it the only way he could in opposition. Balls had to hope Osborne was wrong. He wasn't , end of.
Anyone who thinks you can turn round a basket case economy in seconds is barking mad.
Looking at the last two polls and ignoring the ICM because it doesn't "seeem right/not what I am hearing on the streets/ Dan Hodges ghost poll tells a different story" I have put the figures in my Election calculator and it gives the following results*:
Applying the Lambert & Butler model (Pony Juice derivitives)-
(Super electric genrator with added sleigh bells forecast)
Con vote lead 27% (increase from 19% last time) Con seat lead 276 seats
(17981 Clacton on Sea simulations)
Chance of Tory vote lead: 4,596.0% (Up from 2,578% last time) Chance of a Tory seat lead: 3,786% (Up from 2,163% last time)
Chance of a Hung Parliament: 0.0004% Chance of a Tory majority: 3,098% Chance of a Labour majority: -4,765% Chance of Labour most votes 0.00000000000000001%
DC for PM nailed on!
* I reserve the right to change the figures very close to the election and make some fantastic excuse along the lines that I have tinkered with the formulation so it looks identical to what the result ends up and declare my calculator a complete success.
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
Of course it wasn't. Brown was spending to stave off recession. Keynes and all that.
He handed a growing economy to the Tories as a result. Osborne and Cameron killed it, three lost years, one of the reasons Balls and Miliband will inherit such a basket case economy. I feel sorry for them.
I know there's a new thread but for the record you are talking cobblers. All they left was a dead cat bounce paid for by unsustainable spending. Plus the Eurozone crisis caused another recession in Europe.
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They really need to be within 2% of Labour tonight and tomorrow to repair the damage inflicted by ICM, etc on Black Monday.
I used the pension system for many years to keep my tax down but you have to spend it whilst you can.
I wonder what benefit we would get from lower taxes ,high taxes turn me off,I was what could be called an entrepreneur,and employed over 100 people,but now prefer to keep my income down,and not create any jobs.
'Well Gidders has now borrowed far more than Labour did in 13 years, so he might as well give splurge on unfunded bribes.'
Brown's refusal to make any cuts before the GE, despite the worst crash since the 30's was definitely not a bribe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28779813
(Although, at the risk of being patronised by @NickPalmer, those philosophies aren't too different)
All we have at the moment is sub-CiF lefty student union politics courtesy of, for example, @Hugh.
Come on, tim, there's plenty to get your teeth into, what with events, and so forth.
Anyone who thinks you can turn round a basket case economy in seconds is barking mad.
EICIPM
Applying the Lambert & Butler model (Pony Juice derivitives)-
(Super electric genrator with added sleigh bells forecast)
Con vote lead 27% (increase from 19% last time)
Con seat lead 276 seats
(17981 Clacton on Sea simulations)
Chance of Tory vote lead: 4,596.0% (Up from 2,578% last time)
Chance of a Tory seat lead: 3,786% (Up from 2,163% last time)
Chance of a Hung Parliament: 0.0004%
Chance of a Tory majority: 3,098%
Chance of a Labour majority: -4,765%
Chance of Labour most votes 0.00000000000000001%
DC for PM nailed on!
* I reserve the right to change the figures very close to the election and make some fantastic excuse along the lines that I have tinkered with the formulation so it looks identical to what the result ends up and declare my calculator a complete success.