So Dave rules out a VAT rise just as he did before the last election. Clearly, that kills the issue stone dead.
Tories have a fairly easy out on that...Coalition. Obviously Labour can then say, but but back in 1990's etc, but then we just descend into well when Labour said no rise in x or y and it happened.
Yes, they can try to blame the LibDems. But presumably the LibDems might clarify. Dave will be asked about this again and again. And again and again the context will be that the last two times the Tories were in government they raised VAT having said that they would not beforehand.
Well the out is still easy in terms of Lib Dems, they might say Tories pushed for VAT rise, and Tories say but Lib Dems wouldn't cut such and such.
You hope that Dave gets asked this again and again. It will just come down to do people believe him or not and also the guns will turn around and say so Ed what taxes are you going to rule out rising...You can't just throw out look look Tory tax rise and not expect to get the same back.
I would say in terms of perception, Tories are seen as the party of lower taxes in the way Labour are of the NHS....neither are true, but I don't see the advantage for Ed to focus on tax when most people perceptions are Labour are the party who will increase your taxes.
Dave will be asked again and again, and again and again he will seek to blame the LibDems. But he will be asked again and again, and that is the point. Labour needs to motivate its vote. On NI, the Tories promised to reverse the 1% employee rise introduced by Brown. When they took power they didn't.
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
Don't be so hard on yourself Roger, we know you're trying your best.
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
Dave will be asked again and again, and again and again he will seek to blame the LibDems. But he will be asked again and again, and that is the point. Labour needs to motivate its vote. On NI, the Tories promised to reverse the 1% employee rise introduced by Brown. When they took power they didn't.
It's not a question of 'blaming' the LibDems. It was a budget agreed by both parties after negotiations. That doesn't mean that a budget introduced by either of the two parties alone would have been identical. In particular, the LibDems would no doubt have pushed for the higher income-tax allowances and for changes in spending plans. As a result the difference had to be made up elsewhere.
I'm baffled as to why you are having trouble comprehending this. It's simple enough, surely.
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
Roger just go and open another bottle of champagne to calm yourself down.
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
A nice lunch in Quo Vadis will lift your spirits. They've got some excellent rum in the bar upstairs, if you fancy a good drink afterwards. Pricey, mind.
Paul Waugh @paulwaugh 3m3 minutes ago PMQs is often more about party morale than substance. But morale still matters. And after 5 yrs, EdM saved the worst til last.
1) Miliband asking for a direct answer, getting one, and then saying 'I don't believe you', is incredibly weak. In fact, pathetically so.
2) Cameron was wrong about Crossrail: the bill passed under Labour, as did the contracts for the initial enabling works. The coalition did award all the other major contracts and spend most of the money; then again, the way it is funded meant that, once the ground was broken, it would have been a very hard project to cancel.
3) It was boring enough to send my son to sleep. Could letting a nine-month old watch PMQ's be seen as some form of cruel and unusual punishment? :-)
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
I've only been there twice - first time was FAB and very boozy, the second was a birthday treat and it was FREEZING cold. WTF was going on with their AC?
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
A nice lunch in Quo Vadis will lift your spirits. They've got some excellent rum in the bar upstairs, if you fancy a good drink afterwards. Pricey, mind.
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
There's a big difference between being dependent on the support of the LibDems, who have been serious and responsible, and being dependent on a party which wants to break up the union and, whilst it's waiting to do that, wants to extract as much loot from England as possible.
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
Its politically astute though. How intellectually dishonest is it for Farage to say we can repeal the race relations act? How much of a liar is he to say UKIP are colour blind.
Dave will be asked again and again, and again and again he will seek to blame the LibDems. But he will be asked again and again, and that is the point. Labour needs to motivate its vote. On NI, the Tories promised to reverse the 1% employee rise introduced by Brown. When they took power they didn't.
It's not a question of 'blaming' the LibDems. It was a budget agreed by both parties after negotiations. That doesn't mean that a budget introduced by either of the two parties alone would have been identical. In particular, the LibDems would no doubt have pushed for the higher income-tax allowances and for changes in spending plans. As a result the difference had to be made up elsewhere.
I'm baffled as to why you are having trouble comprehending this. It's simple enough, surely.
Indeed - the Tories agreed to put up VAT having said that they wouldn't.
From the BBC feed - is it right for Labour to say they didn't go into politics to tax people?
"Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna is under pressure on the Daily Politics to categorically rule out raising national insurance contributions. "It is not our policy to increase national insurance… we haven't gone into politics to tax people. What we want to do is reduce people's taxes," he replies - without categorically ruling it out."
Sounds bleak for Ed. But I predict that no voters will care and the polls will be unmoved until we really get going.
I think Ed will be ruling out a NI tax increase very shortly, if he doesn't, then the Tory attack lines really kick up a notch.
£150k rate of tax up to 50p is Labour's plan isn't it ?
I think so.
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So tedious. I don't know how anyone can bear to come on here and just listen to Tory/Labour cheering. You don't even get to see the match. Does anyone seriously enjoy reading these whooping posts?
A nice lunch in Quo Vadis will lift your spirits. They've got some excellent rum in the bar upstairs, if you fancy a good drink afterwards. Pricey, mind.
Alex recommends pink champagne. Labour supporters had better get used to taking his advice.
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
Its politically astute though. How intellectually dishonest is it for Farage to say we can repeal the race relations act? How much of a liar is he to say UKIP are colour blind.
Dear lord you are obsessed with Ukip ting tong
It isn't intellectually dishonest for farage to say that can be repealed and he isn't a liar to say Ukip are colour blind
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
An interesting theory - PPrune is both excellent and infuriating in these sort of developing stories - there's a heck of a great deal of chaff, but also an occasional superb head of wheat.
If it is something like this, then it may be like the BA5320 flight, when a pilot nearly died after being sucked out of a failed window - only quick thinking by a steward saved him. ISTR it was also difficult for them to make radio mayday calls die to the wind noise.
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
There's a big difference between being dependent on the support of the LibDems, who have been serious and responsible, and being dependent on a party which wants to break up the union and, whilst it's waiting to do that, wants to extract as much loot from England as possible.
The thrust of his point was 'they can't win in their own'
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
Sounds bleak for Ed. But I predict that no voters will care and the polls will be unmoved until we really get going.
I think Ed will be ruling out a NI tax increase very shortly, if he doesn't, then the Tory attack lines really kick up a notch.
£150k rate of tax up to 50p is Labour's plan isn't it ?
I think so.
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So they could use this line of attack in 2015.
I've always found it slightly flabbergasting the way the rate of Employee NI gets cut from 12% to 2% when you move to the 40% income tax rate. It effectively means you only have a marginal 10% tax rise rather than 20% on your higher earnings.
Cameron won that easily, but I find it a bit intellectually dishonest for the prime minister of a coaltion to be taunting the opposition for them possibly being in a future coalition because 'they can't win on their own'
Its politically astute though. How intellectually dishonest is it for Farage to say we can repeal the race relations act? How much of a liar is he to say UKIP are colour blind.
As a party they are completely colour blind. Just as I would hope the Tories and Labour are.
All three parties (as well as the Lib Dems) contain small numbers of racists and homophobes. The important point is that they do not remain part of the party structure when the are exposed.
How is Ken Gregory by the way? Still happily serving as a Tory councillor in Thanet?
I would say now that the Construction Industry in the South of England is busier than at any point ever. It is really quite amazing the amount of work there is about. Wages are rising very quickly.
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
An interesting theory - PPrune is both excellent and infuriating in these sort of developing stories - there's a heck of a great deal of chaff, but also an occasional superb head of wheat.
If it is something like this, then it may be like the BA5320 flight, when a pilot nearly died after being sucked out of a failed window - only quick thinking by a steward saved him. ISTR it was also difficult for them to make radio mayday calls die to the wind noise.
Dave will be asked again and again, and again and again he will seek to blame the LibDems. But he will be asked again and again, and that is the point. Labour needs to motivate its vote. On NI, the Tories promised to reverse the 1% employee rise introduced by Brown. When they took power they didn't.
It's not a question of 'blaming' the LibDems. It was a budget agreed by both parties after negotiations. That doesn't mean that a budget introduced by either of the two parties alone would have been identical. In particular, the LibDems would no doubt have pushed for the higher income-tax allowances and for changes in spending plans. As a result the difference had to be made up elsewhere.
I'm baffled as to why you are having trouble comprehending this. It's simple enough, surely.
Indeed - the Tories agreed to put up VAT having said that they wouldn't.
No, Labour's £137bn deficit forced the coalition government to raise taxes.
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
Sounds bleak for Ed. But I predict that no voters will care and the polls will be unmoved until we really get going.
I think Ed will be ruling out a NI tax increase very shortly, if he doesn't, then the Tory attack lines really kick up a notch.
£150k rate of tax up to 50p is Labour's plan isn't it ?
I think so.
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So they could use this line of attack in 2015.
I've always found it slightly flabbergasting the way the rate of Employee NI gets cut from 12% to 2% when you move to the 40% income tax rate. It effectively means you only have a marginal 10% tax rise rather than 20% on your higher earnings.
Thats becuase it's historically linked in with making a contribution to your pension entitlement. You're pension is capped, so your NI is too (at least in principle). It was Brown which brought in the continuation of NI which was effectively a penny on higher rate tax.
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
But that doesn't include the mega YouGov?
Has it been de-embargoed??
Yes
Oh I thought you emailed me 'cos it was embargoed! OK, I stick into my ELBOW asap!
1) Miliband asking for a direct answer, getting one, and then saying 'I don't believe you', is incredibly weak. In fact, pathetically so.
2) Cameron was wrong about Crossrail: the bill passed under Labour, as did the contracts for the initial enabling works. The coalition did award all the other major contracts and spend most of the money; then again, the way it is funded meant that, once the ground was broken, it would have been a very hard project to cancel.
3) It was boring enough to send my son to sleep. Could letting a nine-month old watch PMQ's be seen as some form of cruel and unusual punishment? :-)
Labour also left the 2 giant aircraft carriers without catapults for the Tories to finish.
I hope your son did not cr@p in his pants on you like Miliband seems to have done on his party..
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him. On a different note I see the reaction on here from Tories was that it was yet another stellar peformance by Dave and I'll give you this, he's good at tub thumping and boosting morale on his own side. But succeeding in politics involves persuading the waverers not simply preaching to the converted. Dave seems to have a 35% strategy, he just doesn't realise it.
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
But that doesn't include the mega YouGov?
Has it been de-embargoed??
Yes
Oh I thought you emailed me 'cos it was embargoed! OK, I stick into my ELBOW asap!
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him. On a different note I see the reaction on here from Tories was that it was yet another stellar peformance by Dave and I'll give you this, he's good at tub thumping and boosting morale on his own side. But succeeding in politics involves persuading the waverers not simply preaching to the converted. Dave seems to have a 35% strategy, he just doesn't realise it.
Err no, Dave did answer the question, which tripped Ed up.
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him.
What a weird line of questioning by Ed. Asking a straight question and then saying "ah but nobody believes you so nahnahnahnahnah, here's another question that nobody will believe your answer to..."
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him. On a different note I see the reaction on here from Tories was that it was yet another stellar peformance by Dave and I'll give you this, he's good at tub thumping and boosting morale on his own side. But succeeding in politics involves persuading the waverers not simply preaching to the converted. Dave seems to have a 35% strategy, he just doesn't realise it.
I'm not a tory,I've posted on here when Ed as had a good PMQ's,just reporting how I saw it.
Dave will be asked again and again, and again and again he will seek to blame the LibDems. But he will be asked again and again, and that is the point. Labour needs to motivate its vote. On NI, the Tories promised to reverse the 1% employee rise introduced by Brown. When they took power they didn't.
It's not a question of 'blaming' the LibDems. It was a budget agreed by both parties after negotiations. That doesn't mean that a budget introduced by either of the two parties alone would have been identical. In particular, the LibDems would no doubt have pushed for the higher income-tax allowances and for changes in spending plans. As a result the difference had to be made up elsewhere.
I'm baffled as to why you are having trouble comprehending this. It's simple enough, surely.
Indeed - the Tories agreed to put up VAT having said that they wouldn't.
No, Labour's £137bn deficit forced the coalition government to raise taxes.
Part-ELBOW for the first FIVE polls this week (Populus, Ashcroft, ComRes and two YG) gives Labour a 0.5% lead, which is what they had for week-ending 22nd March.
But that doesn't include the mega YouGov?
Has it been de-embargoed??
Yes
Oh I thought you emailed me 'cos it was embargoed! OK, I stick into my ELBOW asap!
I sent it, because I didn't want you to miss it.
OK thanks! Chronologically with regard to fieldwork, however, it would fit in between ComRes and Monday's YG, breaking the "four in a row tied polls" meme!
What a weird line of questioning by Ed. Asking a straight question and then saying "ah but nobody believes you so nahnahnahnahnah, here's another question that nobody will believe your answer to..."
I'm a little surprised that almost everyone is ruling out a majority government.
We only require a swing of around 3-4% Lab to Con for a majority CON and majority LAB is probably within MOE of most polls.
With almost 50% of respondents recently declaring that they might change their voting intention between now and the general election, there is still lots up for grabs.
I still think most of the potential upside is with the tories (better funded campaign, inherent understating in the polls, softish UKIP vote) however it would not take much of an event against them to swing it to labour.
FWIW, I don't think there will be an overall majority for either tories or labour, but if forced to make a prediction would go tories most votes (by slightly more than polls are showing at present) and tories most seats (probably 20 more than labour at least.
James Chapman (Mail) @jameschappers 7m7 minutes ago Labour says it will continue with Tory VAT bombshell posters even though Cameron has just categorically ruled out a rise #pmqs
Sounds bleak for Ed. But I predict that no voters will care and the polls will be unmoved until we really get going.
I think Ed will be ruling out a NI tax increase very shortly, if he doesn't, then the Tory attack lines really kick up a notch.
£150k rate of tax up to 50p is Labour's plan isn't it ?
I think so.
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So they could use this line of attack in 2015.
I've always found it slightly flabbergasting the way the rate of Employee NI gets cut from 12% to 2% when you move to the 40% income tax rate. It effectively means you only have a marginal 10% tax rise rather than 20% on your higher earnings.
Thats becuase it's historically linked in with making a contribution to your pension entitlement. You're pension is capped, so your NI is too (at least in principle). It was Brown which brought in the continuation of NI which was effectively a penny on higher rate tax.
Remember, it's not a tax (TM).
Employers NI doesn't get capped of course.
You make a good point to remind people about that. That's why I think its wrong to merge NI and tax no matter how alluringly logical it might seem. It removes all together the contributory principle that should underpin welfare.
My PMQs Verdict: Well, that was worth the hype. Normally exchanges at PMQs are heated, but relatively inconsequential. But today we got a proper announcement - a surprise fiscal statement, with a significant implications for a potential Conservative government - and David Cameron deployed it with perfect timing. It is rare to see a PMQs ambush executed with more aplomb.
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him. On a different note I see the reaction on here from Tories was that it was yet another stellar peformance by Dave and I'll give you this, he's good at tub thumping and boosting morale on his own side. But succeeding in politics involves persuading the waverers not simply preaching to the converted. Dave seems to have a 35% strategy, he just doesn't realise it.
I'm not a tory,I've posted on here when Ed as had a good PMQ's,just reporting how I saw it.
Sounds bleak for Ed. But I predict that no voters will care and the polls will be unmoved until we really get going.
I think Ed will be ruling out a NI tax increase very shortly, if he doesn't, then the Tory attack lines really kick up a notch.
£150k rate of tax up to 50p is Labour's plan isn't it ?
I think so.
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So they could use this line of attack in 2015.
I've always found it slightly flabbergasting the way the rate of Employee NI gets cut from 12% to 2% when you move to the 40% income tax rate. It effectively means you only have a marginal 10% tax rise rather than 20% on your higher earnings.
James Chapman (Mail) @jameschappers 7m7 minutes ago Labour says it will continue with Tory VAT bombshell posters even though Cameron has just categorically ruled out a rise #pmqs
So continuing with their nobody-believes-the-tories meme... Are they really wanting to reduce the turnout to absolute minimum levels? Surely only the Tories will benefit from that course of action?
James Chapman (Mail) @jameschappers 7m7 minutes ago Labour says it will continue with Tory VAT bombshell posters even though Cameron has just categorically ruled out a rise #pmqs
1. they will have paid the printers.
2. they have nothing else to say instead.
3. Labour is very much at ease with itself when it comes to lying. From dodgy dossiers to dodgy posters is hardly a leap....
Didn't watch PMQs but having just checkd the reaction on the BBC it seems Cameron did his usual thing of not bothering to anwser the questions put to him. On a different note I see the reaction on here from Tories was that it was yet another stellar peformance by Dave and I'll give you this, he's good at tub thumping and boosting morale on his own side. But succeeding in politics involves persuading the waverers not simply preaching to the converted. Dave seems to have a 35% strategy, he just doesn't realise it.
I'm not a tory,I've posted on here when Ed as had a good PMQ's,just reporting how I saw it.
Indeed he is plato,but how can you not vote for this Guy.
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Whether the Tories win an OM isn't half as entertaining as watching SLAB.
I'm baffled as to why you are having trouble comprehending this. It's simple enough, surely.
*wipes tears from eyes*
PMQs is often more about party morale than substance. But morale still matters. And after 5 yrs, EdM saved the worst til last.
1) Miliband asking for a direct answer, getting one, and then saying 'I don't believe you', is incredibly weak. In fact, pathetically so.
2) Cameron was wrong about Crossrail: the bill passed under Labour, as did the contracts for the initial enabling works. The coalition did award all the other major contracts and spend most of the money; then again, the way it is funded meant that, once the ground was broken, it would have been a very hard project to cancel.
3) It was boring enough to send my son to sleep. Could letting a nine-month old watch PMQ's be seen as some form of cruel and unusual punishment? :-)
A nice lunch in Quo Vadis will lift your spirits.
Thanks! A man after my own heart.
The nation keeps its fingers crossed...
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I wanted to put on gloves and hated it.
How intellectually dishonest is it for Farage to say we can repeal the race relations act? How much of a liar is he to say UKIP are colour blind.
From the BBC feed - is it right for Labour to say they didn't go into politics to tax people?
"Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna is under pressure on the Daily Politics to categorically rule out raising national insurance contributions. "It is not our policy to increase national insurance… we haven't gone into politics to tax people. What we want to do is reduce people's taxes," he replies - without categorically ruling it out."
I read somewhere on the reasons why the Tories went along with the big increases on the personal allowance, as it made the national insurance contributions look even larger on the average payslip.
So they could use this line of attack in 2015.
Populus is the Gold Standard
It isn't intellectually dishonest for farage to say that can be repealed and he isn't a liar to say Ukip are colour blind
If it is something like this, then it may be like the BA5320 flight, when a pilot nearly died after being sucked out of a failed window - only quick thinking by a steward saved him. ISTR it was also difficult for them to make radio mayday calls die to the wind noise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390
( I know I have sucked, head and wind in this comment. Any smuttiness is purely in the mind of the reader).
Neither could he. Poor from Cameron there
Does he want to kill off EdM?
All three parties (as well as the Lib Dems) contain small numbers of racists and homophobes. The important point is that they do not remain part of the party structure when the are exposed.
How is Ken Gregory by the way? Still happily serving as a Tory councillor in Thanet?
Thanks for those links on sadiq khan you posted the other night,a very dangerous individual if he became leader of anything.
I would say now that the Construction Industry in the South of England is busier than at any point ever. It is really quite amazing the amount of work there is about. Wages are rising very quickly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522
Remember, it's not a tax (TM).
Employers NI doesn't get capped of course.
I hope your son did not cr@p in his pants on you like Miliband seems to have done on his party..
Nope...not answering the question there.
I'm guessing he got some of his lines about Ed in the reply ?
I'm hoping to question David Lammy on this later at the Matt Forde political pundit show
If a bookie had a market on him defecting to UKIP in the next 18 months, I'd be backing that to the hilt.
1) Tax corporations - which will go down like a lead balloon when people realise it's really a tax on their pensions.
2) Cuts worse than Thatcher.
Which one(s) will it be?
I've already posted it to Wikipedia!
It was an inept version of When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife.
We only require a swing of around 3-4% Lab to Con for a majority CON and majority LAB is probably within MOE of most polls.
With almost 50% of respondents recently declaring that they might change their voting intention between now and the general election, there is still lots up for grabs.
I still think most of the potential upside is with the tories (better funded campaign, inherent understating in the polls, softish UKIP vote) however it would not take much of an event against them to swing it to labour.
FWIW, I don't think there will be an overall majority for either tories or labour, but if forced to make a prediction would go tories most votes (by slightly more than polls are showing at present) and tories most seats (probably 20 more than labour at least.
Labour says it will continue with Tory VAT bombshell posters even though Cameron has just categorically ruled out a rise #pmqs
That's a feature, not a bug.
Are they really wanting to reduce the turnout to absolute minimum levels? Surely only the Tories will benefit from that course of action?
2. they have nothing else to say instead.
3. Labour is very much at ease with itself when it comes to lying. From dodgy dossiers to dodgy posters is hardly a leap....
http://www.ukip-bradford.org.uk/tags/bradford_west
I rather like Mr Pound, but he set up another one-liner there re SNP
EDIT I also loved the Richard III line - there's a great headline in the Times yesterday re his funeral "A hearse, a hearse" LOL
Could go either way