Almost anything would be better than a UK government held to ransom by Scottish and Welsh nationalists or Northern Irish MPs. They'd demand huge amounts of money at England's expense.
Take that Gordon and his trifling council tax pre-election bribe!!! Here's a proper pre-election bribe for the grey voter
George Osborne@George_Osborne·17 mins17 minutes ago Can announce our new 65 plus pensioner bonds will pay the best available interest rates – 4% on 3 yr bonds and 2.8% on 1 yr bonds
Will this go under the welfare segment of the pie chart come my next "What your taxes are spent on" letter?
Just saw the Question Time clip of the disabled man brutally exposing Russel Brand's lies about Nigel Farage blaming the disabled. About bloody time.
To be honest, I think the whole Farage-Brand thing is going to work in Farage's favour both ways. Not only does it give Farage more of a platform, and make him look reasonable against such ludicrous rants, but the people that side with Brand are more likely to vote Green or not vote as a result.
This story about Tory councillors defecting to UKIP in Norfolk makes me wonder whether Henry Bellingham MP might be a possibility for a surprise defection to the purples.
Unfortunately, whatever you have been told by David Cameron, there was no credible financial package on offer to executive ministers to allow us to combat the austerity agenda that this government has been inflicting on us
So, the UK PM wasn't offering NI the ability to combat the UK PM's national agenda? Shocking.
If only Cameron had offered comfort letters to hundred of criminals and spent £100s of millions on an enquiry this could all have been sorted out..
Last major problem there was over a year ago. NATS are doing a good job.
They are, although maybe they could take another look at their back-up systems.
I don't understand why it takes so long to turn it off and on again.
Probably a lot of the hardware/software dates back 15 years if it's anything like the banking system's computer network.
I was appalled to hear on a recent BBC radio programme that the reason it takes so long to transfer money between banks in the UK is because they're still using systems dating back to the 1960s.
This story about Tory councillors defecting to UKIP in Norfolk makes me wonder whether Henry Bellingham MP might be a possibility for a surprise defection to the purples.
Last major problem there was over a year ago. NATS are doing a good job.
They are, although maybe they could take another look at their back-up systems.
I don't understand why it takes so long to turn it off and on again.
I'd imagine it takes a while to restore it to a state where it knows where all the aircraft currently airborne are holding, and their flight plan data. There must be few heavily sweating engineers in Hampshire.
Perhaps they were on the end of a phishing call from India?
This story about Tory councillors defecting to UKIP in Norfolk makes me wonder whether Henry Bellingham MP might be a possibility for a surprise defection to the purples.
That reads to me like a very loyalist Conservative.
Maybe, but not sure that means much. To read Carswell's recent comments on his old colleagues, you'd think he was suffering a living death remaining in the Tory party for the last few years, but you wouldn't have know that from the tone of his writings.
Last major problem there was over a year ago. NATS are doing a good job.
They are, although maybe they could take another look at their back-up systems.
I don't understand why it takes so long to turn it off and on again.
Probably a lot of the hardware/software dates back 15 years if it's anything like the banking system's computer network.
I was appalled to hear on a recent BBC radio programme that the reason it takes so long to transfer money between banks in the UK is because they're still using systems dating back to the 1960s.
In policy terms there is nothing improbable at all about a Con-Lab coalition. It would probably be more coherent than the FG-FF coalition that is favourite to emerge after the next Irish GE.
Would a FG-FF coalition be any less coherent than the FG-Labour coalition they've had?
Last major problem there was over a year ago. NATS are doing a good job.
They are, although maybe they could take another look at their back-up systems.
I don't understand why it takes so long to turn it off and on again.
Probably a lot of the hardware/software dates back 15 years if it's anything like the banking system's computer network.
I was appalled to hear on a recent BBC radio programme that the reason it takes so long to transfer money between banks in the UK is because they're still using systems dating back to the 1960s.
That's true. A large chunk of bank back-office functions are on wheezing mainframes running compiled COBOL. It works, it's robust, it's extremely hacker-proof, and contemplating an upgrade to 40 years of poorly-documented code brings every bank's IT department out in a cold sweat.
Last major problem there was over a year ago. NATS are doing a good job.
They are, although maybe they could take another look at their back-up systems.
I don't understand why it takes so long to turn it off and on again.
I'd imagine it takes a while to restore it to a state where it knows where all the aircraft currently airborne are holding, and their flight plan data. There must be few heavily sweating engineers in Hampshire.
Perhaps they were on the end of a phishing call from India?
There must be a 'disaster plan' for a complete failure. Back to paper and limited analogue systems to divert flights to functional airspace elsewhere, and everything on the ground bloody well stays there. More an economic problem than a safety problem.
EDIT: According to my colleague who used to work at Swanwick, in the worst case it would get handed off to Manchester who would pick up the whole of UK airspace. Likely that all departures would be stopped and a slew of flights returned from whence they came, but no massive safety issue. It's trained for frequently.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
Just horribly asymmetric and fudged to be advantageous to Labour.
Apart from that - brilliant.
Any Tory plan will be fudged to be advantageous to them, so I'm not expecting one to be politically fair, but which solution will be best of the poor options. We'll see what the Tories biased plan ends up being, it may end up being less bad in comparison.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
Just horribly asymmetric and fudged to be advantageous to Labour.
Apart from that - brilliant.
Any Tory plan will be fudged to be advantageous to them, so I'm not expecting one to be politically fair, but which solution will be best of the poor options. We'll see what the Tories biased plan ends up being, it may end up being less bad in comparison.
Even EVEL is still asymettric but I fail to see how it would be a fudge.
Hardly surprising. The Daily Express has gone bonkers for a few years now. I'm not saying that UKIP are bonkers, but the newspaper is on a par with the Daily Star these days. When the rest of the media report news it's Diana, Maddie, freak weather it's Dementia cures.
Freddie ate my hamster. Bet Dirty Desmond wished he had got to that one first.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
Just horribly asymmetric and fudged to be advantageous to Labour.
Apart from that - brilliant.
Any Tory plan will be fudged to be advantageous to them, so I'm not expecting one to be politically fair, but which solution will be best of the poor options. We'll see what the Tories biased plan ends up being, it may end up being less bad in comparison.
Even EVEL is still asymettric but I fail to see how it would be a fudge.
We shall see - obviously the Tories will propose a plan they see as most advantageous for them, and Labour will do likewise, so all I'm saying is I'm trying not to hold those facts against eithers' plans.
Hardly surprising. The Daily Express has gone bonkers for a few years now. I'm not saying that UKIP are bonkers, but the newspaper is on a par with the Daily Star these days. When the rest of the media report news it's Diana, Maddie, freak weather it's Dementia cures.
Freddie ate my hamster. Bet Dirty Desmond wished he had got to that one first.
Do the Kippers have an official Diana policy ? She was in favour of immigrants - well one in particular..
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
So Scotland and Wales get full legislatures and governments. We get a committee that can't actually block anything, before Scots and Welsh MPs force it through...
It's pretty clear Miliband wants to emasculate England, and this is his answer to do it. I suppose it will the tribute to his English-hating father who he said he went into politics for.
I read about Dirty Desmond giving £300k to the Kippers and then Guido featured a young blond lady getting her very ample breasts out in the Porn protest at Westminster today. Any link between the two?
I do hope we will be seeing an ELBOW soon. I assume we haven't had the ICM monthly Gold Standard yet?
Mr. kle4, an English Parliament would give Englishmen the right to decide who governs them. English votes for English laws at least allows English MPs to decide on English-only matters.
Miliband's pathetic offering would allow Scottish and Welsh MPs to vote on entirely devolved matters. So, the Scots can set their own income tax rates, and then get to vote on income tax rates affecting the English. It's completely unacceptable. It's an affront to equality, democracy and doesn't remotely resemble fairness.
Have any leading Kippers come out and claimed that today's air traffic control tower problems in London are God's punishment for allowing gay men to become airline pilots? Just asking!
Take that Gordon and his trifling council tax pre-election bribe!!! Here's a proper pre-election bribe for the grey voter
George Osborne@George_Osborne·17 mins17 minutes ago Can announce our new 65 plus pensioner bonds will pay the best available interest rates – 4% on 3 yr bonds and 2.8% on 1 yr bonds
Will this go under the welfare segment of the pie chart come my next "What your taxes are spent on" letter?
It comes under National Savings so I suppose you will find it listed next to premium bonds. You pay tax on it and the issue is limited to £10 billion.
It was in the March Budget and seems not a bad idea for old people on fixed incomes as a way to invest pension pots.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
So Scotland and Wales get full legislatures and governments. We get a committee that can't actually block anything, before Scots and Welsh MPs force it through...
It's pretty clear Miliband wants to emasculate England, and this is his answer to do it. I suppose it will the tribute to his English-hating father who he said he went into politics for.
You can be very silly from time to time. I understand you are bitter about the way Britain is being carved up but ultimately an English parliament is a no no within the UK. How could the UK last 5 minutes if you had an English parliament with significant powers? Labour have long known this which is why they only introduced devolution because the pressure became unbearable. Miliband has been left in an awkward spot by new labour (not for the first time).
'Labour said an English, or English and Welsh, committee stage would give those MPs "a key role" in considering the legislation, while MPs as a whole would have the final say.'
If they think English voters are going to accept a scam like that they are dreaming.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
So Scotland and Wales get full legislatures and governments. We get a committee that can't actually block anything, before Scots and Welsh MPs force it through...
It's pretty clear Miliband wants to emasculate England, and this is his answer to do it. I suppose it will the tribute to his English-hating father who he said he went into politics for.
You can be very silly from time to time. I understand you are bitter about the way Britain is being carved up but ultimately an English parliament is a no no within the UK. How could the UK last 5 minutes if you had an English parliament with significant powers? Labour have long known this which is why they only introduced devolution because the pressure became unbearable. Miliband has been left in an awkward spot by new labour (not for the first time).
Frank is right - Ed is between a rock and a hard place - does he go for fairness for England but disaster for his party at a national level or for narrow partisan party advantage and screws England to keep his Scottish power base ?
Tough choice - but why wasn't he thinking about it during the Indy Ref ? Clown.
"OK I will say it: the only good Tory is a dead Tory"
Nick Clegg’s Real Speech to Conference, Glasgow 2014
DPM Aldo Clegg: My name is Deputy Prime Minister Aldo Clegg .... etc ...!
Even the original strove to be remotely funny. The paraody is aimless.
Humourless so and so!
Quite possibly, but speaking as somebody who thought Pulp Fiction was a masterpiece (and thought his contribution to 'From Dusk til Dawn' more than worthy) I struggle to find much to cheer me about the rest of Quentin Tarantino's work. Sadly self indulgent. Perhaps cruelly self indulgent might suit better.
Who is Stephen Lloyd? The Labour Broadcasting Corporation is reporting he has stood down as a LibDem PPS
Eastbourne. That's a significant development because Eastbourne is an important Tory target. Caroline Ansell is the Conservative candidate, and is well-regarded locally, but even so Stephen Lloyd was going to be tough to dislodge. With no incumbency advantage, it will be harder for the LibDems to hold it (unless of course UKIP gift it to them).
Is he standing down as an MP? It seems he's just standing down as a PPS.
Mr. Flashman (deceased), my sympathy for Miliband on this is zero. Labour wanted little political fiefdoms to whence it devolved power. Common sense and basic decency demand equality for the English, instead he proposes none whatsoever. He's an opportunistic little shit.
And those claiming this would lead to a 'Tory' advantage: it would lead to England getting some measure of governance. Whoever England chose would get the advantage (of course, we really need a full Parliament, but there we are).
Who is Stephen Lloyd? The Labour Broadcasting Corporation is reporting he has stood down as a LibDem PPS
Eastbourne. That's a significant development because Eastbourne is an important Tory target. Caroline Ansell is the Conservative candidate, and is well-regarded locally, but even so Stephen Lloyd was going to be tough to dislodge. With no incumbency advantage, it will be harder for the LibDems to hold it (unless of course UKIP gift it to them).
Is he standing down as an MP? It seems he's just standing down as a PPS.
Yes, scrub that, I misunderstood Easterross' post.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
So Scotland and Wales get full legislatures and governments. We get a committee that can't actually block anything, before Scots and Welsh MPs force it through...
It's pretty clear Miliband wants to emasculate England, and this is his answer to do it. I suppose it will the tribute to his English-hating father who he said he went into politics for.
You can be very silly from time to time. I understand you are bitter about the way Britain is being carved up but ultimately an English parliament is a no no within the UK. How could the UK last 5 minutes if you had an English parliament with significant powers? Labour have long known this which is why they only introduced devolution because the pressure became unbearable. Miliband has been left in an awkward spot by new labour (not for the first time).
How could the UK last? By having economic issues and foreign policy set at the federal level? The United States lasted a very long time without having health and education policy set at central government.
I seriously don't understand the logic of this. The Welsh are going to turn round and say "Well we're perfectly happy with the current set up, but if the English have a devolved government to decide what happens to their own hospitals, I'll feel utterly subjugated and want to leave"??
On the subject of EVEL I fail to understand Labour's argument about it creating 2 categories of MPs. We have had 2 categories of MPs since 1998. We have Scottish MPs who can vote on education, planning, health, roads, law and order etc issues for England but cannot vote on these issues as they affect their own constituencies and we have English MPs who see Scottish MPs voting on issues affecting their English constituents and have to watch Scottish MPs forcing through policies they can't inflict on their own Scottish constituents.
I read about Dirty Desmond giving £300k to the Kippers and then Guido featured a young blond lady getting her very ample breasts out in the Porn protest at Westminster today. Any link between the two?
I do hope we will be seeing an ELBOW soon. I assume we haven't had the ICM monthly Gold Standard yet?
I suppose we should feel sorry for honest workers struggling to make a living, but the activities are simply being regulated by the same guidelines set out by the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) decree that DVD pornography (R18 films) must adhere to. There is a logic to this, but then again I thought it reasonable to charge the same VAT on sausage rolls as fish and chips.
If there were a Labour/Conservative grait's coalition, the key question would be who would be Prime Minister. Would that automatically go to the party with the most seats? What if the other had accumulated more votes? And might some Labour figures be privately relieved if David Cameron remained Prime Minister of a government where Labour otherwise had the balance of power in the Cabinet?
In my opinion, if a Labour government led by David Cameron was on offer, the public would jump at the chance -- Cameron in charge of negotiating with the EU/Putin/etc. and with his finger on the proverbial nuclear button, Labour in charge of all the domestic policy that affects people.
The economic nous of Milliband and Balls combined with the statesmanlike qualities of Cameron? Trolling surely. If anything it's surely the opposite. It was Milliband who wisely (if sadly temporarily) kept us out of Syria, and it's the Tories who have created enough economic confidence to postp9ne bankruptcy.
Hardly surprising. The Daily Express has gone bonkers for a few years now. I'm not saying that UKIP are bonkers, but the newspaper is on a par with the Daily Star these days. When the rest of the media report news it's Diana, Maddie, freak weather it's Dementia cures.
Freddie ate my hamster. Bet Dirty Desmond wished he had got to that one first.
You ought not to be so scathing about dementia cures, you (and all of us) may find them handy some day.
On the subject of EVEL I fail to understand Labour's argument about it creating 2 categories of MPs. We have had 2 categories of MPs since 1998. We have Scottish MPs who can vote on education, planning, health, roads, law and order etc issues for England but cannot vote on these issues as they affect their own constituencies and we have English MPs who see Scottish MPs voting on issues affecting their English constituents and have to watch Scottish MPs forcing through policies they can't inflict on their own Scottish constituents.
Correct. But really is the argument a serious one? Its really more a question of the Labour spokeman simly having to stand up and open and close their mouth like a goldfish. The content is irellevant. As long as they do not collapse into a gibbering heap then it does not matter what is actiually said. Labours interests are not served by EVEL and logic is the least of its worries in stalling the issue.
** Introducing the Putney Upside Down Indicator Guide ("PUDING Index") ** A few days ago I suggested that as a result of the two major parties winning a progressively smaller combined share of the vote, currently barely more than 65%, an alternative method of gauging which of these might win the General Election might be to compare which is leaking the higher percentage of votes to the left and right minority parties respectively. My earlier suggestion was simply to compare the UKIP vote with that of the LibDems and simply apply a margin of 5% or 7% to determine whether Labour or the Conervatives would win the main contest. I would now like to vary and indeed simplify this equation somewhat by introducing the PUDING Index, which compares the UKIP vote % (which in the main is taking votes from the Tories) with the LibDem+SNP+Greens combined vote % (which in the main is taking votes from Labour). Looking at how this works in practice, the current UKIP share of the vote is approx 17%, which compares with LibDem 7% + SNP 3% + Greens 6% = 16% combined. Consequently Labour is seen to be "leaking" a 1% lower share of the National Vote to other left leaning parties than are the Tories to UKIP. This reflects the fact that based on Sporting Index, Stephen Fisher's Projection, etc., Labour are currently marginally the favourites to win the most seats on 7 May. I do hope that PBers will embrace the PUDING Index and that it will become as essential a tool on the site as the longer established Sunil's ELBOW and JackW's ARSE. As ever, DYOR.
** Introducing the Putney Upside Down Indicator Guide ("PUDING Index") ** A few days ago I suggested that as a result of the two major parties winning a progressively smaller combined share of the vote, currently barely more than 65%, an alternative method of gauging which of these might win the General Election might be to compare which is leaking the higher percentage of votes to the left and right minority parties respectively. My earlier suggestion was simply to compare the UKIP vote with that of the LibDems and simply apply a margin of 5% or 7% to determine whether Labour or the Conervatives would win the main contest. I would now like to vary and indeed simplify this equation somewhat by introducing the PUDING Index, which compares the UKIP vote % (which in the main is taking votes from the Tories) with the LibDem+SNP+Greens combined vote % (which in the main is taking votes from Labour). Looking at how this works in practice, the current UKIP share of the vote is approx 17%, which compares with LibDem 7% + SNP 3% + Greens 6% = 16% combined. Consequently Labour is seen to be "leaking" a 1% lower share of the National Vote to other left leaning parties than are the Tories to UKIP. This reflects the fact that based on Sporting Index, Stephen Fisher's Projection, etc., Labour are currently marginally the favourites to win the most seats on 7 May. I do hope that PBers will embrace the PUDING Index and that it will become as essential a tool on the site as the longer established Sunil's ELBOW and JackW's ARSE. As ever, DYOR.
Although not useful in betting terms, the real indicator of a lack of public enthusiasm for the big two is that turnout is down and their share is down.. the last few elections have seen Lab+Con vote around 42% of population
I read about Dirty Desmond giving £300k to the Kippers and then Guido featured a young blond lady getting her very ample breasts out in the Porn protest at Westminster today. Any link between the two?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/873765.stm
To be honest, I think the whole Farage-Brand thing is going to work in Farage's favour both ways. Not only does it give Farage more of a platform, and make him look reasonable against such ludicrous rants, but the people that side with Brand are more likely to vote Green or not vote as a result.
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/breaking-news-five-west-norfolk-councillors-announce-switch-to-ukip-1-6471519?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
FPT: Mr. Flightpath, I certainly hope so.
Mr. Flashman (deceased), it seems many people find the concept of living within one's means a strange and alien notion.
I was appalled to hear on a recent BBC radio programme that the reason it takes so long to transfer money between banks in the UK is because they're still using systems dating back to the 1960s.
http://www.henrybellingham.com/campaigns/eu-referendum
That reads to me like a very loyalist Conservative.
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters.
The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK.
Nothing in it jumping out as terrible at first glance. I think.
Perhaps they were on the end of a phishing call from India?
Apart from that - brilliant.
EDIT: According to my colleague who used to work at Swanwick, in the worst case it would get handed off to Manchester who would pick up the whole of UK airspace. Likely that all departures would be stopped and a slew of flights returned from whence they came, but no massive safety issue. It's trained for frequently.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-30451640
Bristol Green Rent Seekers' Capital 2015.
http://news.sky.com/story/1390791/express-owner-desmond-hands-300k-to-ukip
Hardly surprising. The Daily Express has gone bonkers for a few years now. I'm not saying that UKIP are bonkers, but the newspaper is on a par with the Daily Star these days. When the rest of the media report news it's Diana, Maddie, freak weather it's Dementia cures.
Freddie ate my hamster. Bet Dirty Desmond wished he had got to that one first.
Revealed: Angry #bbcqt audience member who clashed with @rustyrockets is Ukip MEP's BROTHER http://mirr.im/1uvFfrQ
It's pretty clear Miliband wants to emasculate England, and this is his answer to do it. I suppose it will the tribute to his English-hating father who he said he went into politics for.
Luckily there's a solution.
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I do hope we will be seeing an ELBOW soon. I assume we haven't had the ICM monthly Gold Standard yet?
Miliband's pathetic offering would allow Scottish and Welsh MPs to vote on entirely devolved matters. So, the Scots can set their own income tax rates, and then get to vote on income tax rates affecting the English. It's completely unacceptable. It's an affront to equality, democracy and doesn't remotely resemble fairness.
It was in the March Budget and seems not a bad idea for old people on fixed incomes as a way to invest pension pots.
Why should the English electorate be second class to the Welsh and Scottish?
'Labour said an English, or English and Welsh, committee stage would give those MPs "a key role" in considering the legislation, while MPs as a whole would have the final say.'
If they think English voters are going to accept a scam like that they are dreaming.
Tough choice - but why wasn't he thinking about it during the Indy Ref ? Clown.
And those claiming this would lead to a 'Tory' advantage: it would lead to England getting some measure of governance. Whoever England chose would get the advantage (of course, we really need a full Parliament, but there we are).
I seriously don't understand the logic of this. The Welsh are going to turn round and say "Well we're perfectly happy with the current set up, but if the English have a devolved government to decide what happens to their own hospitals, I'll feel utterly subjugated and want to leave"??
There is a logic to this, but then again I thought it reasonable to charge the same VAT on sausage rolls as fish and chips.
http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2014/12/12/king-for-a-day-schmuck-for-a-lifetime/
Perhaps he should get onto Betfair and put his money down.
Labours interests are not served by EVEL and logic is the least of its worries in stalling the issue.
A few days ago I suggested that as a result of the two major parties winning a progressively smaller combined share of the vote, currently barely more than 65%, an alternative method of gauging which of these might win the General Election might be to compare which is leaking the higher percentage of votes to the left and right minority parties respectively.
My earlier suggestion was simply to compare the UKIP vote with that of the LibDems and simply apply a margin of 5% or 7% to determine whether Labour or the Conervatives would win the main contest.
I would now like to vary and indeed simplify this equation somewhat by introducing the PUDING Index, which compares the UKIP vote % (which in the main is taking votes from the Tories) with the LibDem+SNP+Greens combined vote % (which in the main is taking votes from Labour).
Looking at how this works in practice, the current UKIP share of the vote is approx 17%, which compares with LibDem 7% + SNP 3% + Greens 6% = 16% combined. Consequently Labour is seen to be "leaking" a 1% lower share of the National Vote to other left leaning parties than are the Tories to UKIP. This reflects the fact that based on Sporting Index, Stephen Fisher's Projection, etc., Labour are currently marginally the favourites to win the most seats on 7 May.
I do hope that PBers will embrace the PUDING Index and that it will become as essential a tool on the site as the longer established Sunil's ELBOW and JackW's ARSE.
As ever, DYOR.