Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 39-42% in the latest polls for the list and 44-46% for the constituencies.
SNP at 51% on Seats, 40% on List (significant SNP to Green switching). Current SNP prediction of 68 FPTP seats is pretty much spot on. That's a majority without the Green list backing.
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 44%-46% in the latest polls.
You are forgetting the Scottish system IS FPTP to start with - then fiddled by Labour under Mr Dewar to give the losers seats under the list system. Dair is pointing out that if the FPTP element does well enough, that is a long way to an absolute majority.
Nope, every gain on the FPTP is taken from the list in order to make the result approximately proportional using the D'Hond method.
Saltire Short of another Falklands invasion or a banks collapse or a huge scandal involving a party leader I can't see anything to give the 2 main parties a majority
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 39-42% in the latest polls for the list and 44-46% for the constituencies.
Agreed. Apart from dear old Willie they all had their moments and all took some incoming too. Antifrank is right that the outsider has an advantage but a background in the media clearly helps Ruth with something like this.
Jim Murphy finally remembered who he is really fighting. Better late than never.
Nicola Sturgeon is a very able debater although she was clearly unused to being challenged like that. Probably had the best closer.
You are forgetting the Scottish system IS FPTP to start with - then fiddled by Labour under Mr Dewar to give the losers seats under the list system. Dair is pointing out that if the FPTP element does well enough, that is a long way to an absolute majority.
I don't buy the argument that Labour brought in a semi-proportional system in Holyrood as a "fiddle" to advantage themselves. In 1999, Labour got 53 constituencies and 3 list seats. Dewar had no reason to believe that ratio would change significantly during his tenure.
I can only assume the reason we ended up with the fudged system that we have was as a result of Labour concessions to the Lib Dems.
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 44%-46% in the latest polls.
You are forgetting the Scottish system IS FPTP to start with - then fiddled by Labour under Mr Dewar to give the losers seats under the list system. Dair is pointing out that if the FPTP element does well enough, that is a long way to an absolute majority.
Nope, every gain on the FPTP is taken from the list in order to make the result approximately proportional using the D'Hond method.
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 44%-46% in the latest polls.
You are forgetting the Scottish system IS FPTP to start with - then fiddled by Labour under Mr Dewar to give the losers seats under the list system. Dair is pointing out that if the FPTP element does well enough, that is a long way to an absolute majority.
Nope, every gain on the FPTP is taken from the list in order to make the result approximately proportional using the D'Hond method.
I'm miles behind, great line for SNP from Ruth though "We signed up for £30 million of cuts, so did Labour, so did the Lib Dems."
Yeah, it's why she can';t win a debate like that. Sure she can be the best for poise, for relating her arguments, for all the other measures. But in Perception she will always end up backing the SNP and losing out.
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
SNP got 53 FPTP seats with 45% of the vote. They are now on 51% of the vote and will get almost all the 73 FPTP seats. They could get a majority just on FPTP seats. With the "SNP Seat, Green List" message, the Greens will get 12+ seats. Pro-Indy will have 80+ seats.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 39-42% in the latest polls for the list and 44-46% for the constituencies.
Moustache man Danny MacAfee tells @PeterAdamSmith he wore the fake moustache because politics is 'boring'. He says he doesn't know how much of a celebrity he's become.
@iainmartin1: The Nats should get Alex Salmond back. That wasn't very good from Nicola Sturgeon tonight. #ScotDebates
Winning a debate with a badly chosen audience and despite being the least likely to do well.
Yeah not good at all
Sturgeon was least likely to win the debate?
Nothing to gain, everything to lose and as the "media favourite" anything not going her way (like the opening 10 minutes) stands out far more than it will have an effect.
@iainmartin1: The Nats should get Alex Salmond back. That wasn't very good from Nicola Sturgeon tonight. #ScotDebates
Winning a debate with a badly chosen audience and despite being the least likely to do well.
Yeah not good at all
" A badly chosen audience" ...you mean one that dares to disagree with the Nats!!
No I mean an audience with more than 30 Tories and 50 Labourites in the 200 invited and less than 95 SNP. Clearly didn't reflect Scotland - and it was announced before it was deliberately gerrymandered not to by including "a reflection of the previous election".
Or you think the "undecided" voter who was "i'm totally voting for Jim Murphy I believe everything he says and I'm 100% going to vote Labour" was not a Labourite plant.
@PeteWishart: We will remember that simply as the 'Moustache Debate'. Rotten format and sagged too often. #ScotDebates
My favourite result of the Indyref was Perth...
It kind of highlights the potential for the tories here in Perth snd North Perthshire but I suspect that Mr Wishart will have an increased majority despite DavidL's best efforts in Blairgowrie over the weekend.
Bloody Hell thats a bigger whopper than 45 min claim!
The best liars are those ones that actually believe them. But there is a very thin line between believing one's own words and being a narcissistic psychopath.
Wednesday's Guardian front page: ‘We’ll end non-dom tax status’ - Miliband #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/oV5xi1nrqk
How would that even work?
Work? What on Earth makes you think Ed cares about the practicalities or has done his homework? Ed's "policies" are only meant to appeal to vaguely leftish voters not actually have good outcomes.
Itwasrigged Well the SNP have promised to back all other Labour tax increases, and SNP plans for a local income tax could well lead to cost increases
I doubt if they would back up Labours Plans for a mansion tax since I think Labour plans to nick that one from the Lib Dems. Not even those Nats who want to take revenge on those they perceived as having voted No.
@gabyhinsliff: So takehome lesson for next UK leaders' debate: Nicola Sturgeon does less well when challenged than when given totally free rein. Amazingly.
It kind of highlights the potential for the tories here in Perth snd North Perthshire but I suspect that Mr Wishart will have an increased majority despite DavidL's best efforts in Blairgowrie over the weekend.
No I mean an audience with more than 30 Tories and 50 Labourites in the 200 invited and less than 95 SNP. Clearly didn't reflect Scotland - and it was announced before it was deliberately gerrymandered not to by including "a reflection of the previous election".
Or you think the "undecided" voter who was "i'm totally voting for Jim Murphy I believe everything he says and I'm 100% going to vote Labour" was not a Labourite plant.
I agree that the audience seemed a bit "right-wing", but the ratio you describe is pretty much in line with polls. YouGov in yesterday's Sun had SNP 46%, Labour 29%, Tories 16%.
Davidson was the best tonight, poor Willie was last. Sturgeon poorer tonight but then she isn't Salmond who is more attack minded. Murphy didn't do enough, the question is can he and I don't think he can.
Will it make any difference at all to voting intentions? - None at all!
Davidson was the best tonight, poor Willie was last. Sturgeon poorer tonight but then she isn't Salmond who is more attack minded. Murphy didn't do enough, the question is can he and I don't think he can.
Will it make any difference at all to voting intentions? - None at all!
Could firm up the Tory vote, which is no bad thing at all for the SNP.
I think there is something like 120K non dom tax payers in the UK. How many of them would leave if this was brought in? How many head office of back office jobs would they take with them? Would we be ahead or behind on the change?
I instinctively dislike things like non dom and there are some fairly absurd examples of UK born non doms who have been deemed to have severed all links (apart from having their kids at school here) but this is a really complicated question that bears on the competitiveness of the City and its role as a World Centre for finance. It really isn't suitable for another sound bite off the cuff headline from Ed.
Saltire No, she ruled it out after the Westminster election but said they would draw up their manifesto for Holyrood in 2016, she also said it would depend on voters views (ie if 55%+ in the polls were voting Yes, yesterday's yougov had 47%).
Yes it depends on voters views, if voters put them in power 2016 they will know they will be voting for another indyref.
Good question, will the SNP retain their majority in Holyrood after 2016? If UKIP or the Greens get more that 5-6% in 2016 then the SNP would lose it.
Greens pro-independence, and yes, there will be several new Greens in 2016.
Currently the Holyrood polls suggest that the SNP will get around 55 seats, 10 short of a majority, while the Greens and UKIP at around 7-8 seats each, still not enough for an SNP-GRN coalition. So the SNP is facing in 2016 what Labour and the Tories are facing this year (poetic justice?), whatever happens not even a coalition will have enough seats for a majority.
You are forgetting the electoral system in scotland is not FPTP. They use an Additional Members System which is approximately proportional. Also the SNP is not on 51% but 44%-46% in the latest polls.
You are forgetting the Scottish system IS FPTP to start with - then fiddled by Labour under Mr Dewar to give the losers seats under the list system. Dair is pointing out that if the FPTP element does well enough, that is a long way to an absolute majority.
Nope, every gain on the FPTP is taken from the list in order to make the result approximately proportional using the D'Hond method.
If the SNP were to take every FPTP seat then they would have a majority regardless of the list top up for other parties.
There is little change in the polls since the 2011 Holyrood election, the results back then where on the constituency part SNP 45, LAB 32, CON 14, LD 8, the polls indicate for 2016 SNP 46, LAB 26, CON 13, LD 5. So a 3% swing from Labour to the SNP which will mean that the SNP will get some small gains in the constituency front but no way they are going to get close to 65 constituency seats, however they will lose more seats due to UKIP&GRN getting list seats.
Nicola had a pretty hard opening, got very unlucky with the "using debating tactics is horrible" audience input and missed a few opportunities. As it went on she got stronger, by far the best closer, held her own in between.
Murphy gave the most saccharin terrible opener that I really don;t think goes down as well with the public as politicians thing. The whole "crying in front of me" doesn't work. He nearly belted Davidson in the middle, he has a terrible temper (not great for a guy with a glass jaw). Most of the hits he took were from Davidson and he knew it but his bluster on the "will you vote down the Tories" will get a headline in the National. Rest of the press will ignore it and say he did well.
Davidson was the star, nearly let herself lose control in the middle but impressed an audience which wasn't properly selected. Even without the audience help she got good hits in on both Murphy and Sturgeon while Sturgeon mainly ignored her. Probably edged it in terms of "who debated best" probably edged out by Sturgeon in "audience perception".
There was some other guy there, I think. Not sure what he said.
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
It's due to the fantastic sick pay in the NHS. My wife is a nurse and normally 10-20% of the staff are off sick at anyone time. she also does bank work at the hospital and could easily work 24/7 365 days a year. Where I work there is no sick pay . Our sickness rate is less than 0.1%
@PeteWishart: We will remember that simply as the 'Moustache Debate'. Rotten format and sagged too often. #ScotDebates
My favourite result of the Indyref was Perth...
It kind of highlights the potential for the tories here in Perth snd North Perthshire but I suspect that Mr Wishart will have an increased majority despite DavidL's best efforts in Blairgowrie over the weekend.
Surely in Blairgowrie the soft fruit farmers will all be attracted to Mr Coburn?
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
It's due to the fantastic sick pay in the NHS. My wife is a nurse and normally 10-20% of the staff are off sick at anyone time. she also does bank work at the hospital and could easily work 24/7 365 days a year. Where I work there is no sick pay . Our sickness rate is less than 0.1%
Has NHS sick pay changed in the last year then or is what you are saying irrelevant.,
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
My wife is in the NHS and changing Departments-technically she is now "temporary" staff Why? Because it has taken 4 weeks to sort out her internal references and her new Dept are desperate for her to start work.
Her references are still not complete and she will be temporary staff for at least another month.
So don't believe all the stats back up your own view-the NHS is a monster of a bureaucracy that needs major reform.
@PeteWishart: We will remember that simply as the 'Moustache Debate'. Rotten format and sagged too often. #ScotDebates
My favourite result of the Indyref was Perth...
It kind of highlights the potential for the tories here in Perth snd North Perthshire but I suspect that Mr Wishart will have an increased majority despite DavidL's best efforts in Blairgowrie over the weekend.
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
It's due to the fantastic sick pay in the NHS. My wife is a nurse and normally 10-20% of the staff are off sick at anyone time. she also does bank work at the hospital and could easily work 24/7 365 days a year. Where I work there is no sick pay . Our sickness rate is less than 0.1%
Has NHS sick pay changed in the last year then or is what you are saying irrelevant.,
Davidson was the best tonight, poor Willie was last. Sturgeon poorer tonight but then she isn't Salmond who is more attack minded. Murphy didn't do enough, the question is can he and I don't think he can.
Will it make any difference at all to voting intentions? - None at all!
Could firm up the Tory vote, which is no bad thing at all for the SNP.
Tory vote doesn't need firming. The heat has dissipated and the concrete has set.
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
It's due to the fantastic sick pay in the NHS. My wife is a nurse and normally 10-20% of the staff are off sick at anyone time. she also does bank work at the hospital and could easily work 24/7 365 days a year. Where I work there is no sick pay . Our sickness rate is less than 0.1%
Has NHS sick pay changed in the last year then or is what you are saying irrelevant.,
Why is it irrelevant?
Because we are talking about change over time. If you are saying good sick pay caused the high levels of sickness absence in 2014, why were they not as high in 2013 under the same system?
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
It's due to the fantastic sick pay in the NHS. My wife is a nurse and normally 10-20% of the staff are off sick at anyone time. she also does bank work at the hospital and could easily work 24/7 365 days a year. Where I work there is no sick pay . Our sickness rate is less than 0.1%
I think the intervention of Blair today in the election will do more to alter voting intentions. It will drive off anybody who had toyed with voting for Labour, voters they need. The Project Fear style threats about withdrawal from EU will only piss folk off. I don't think the English will suffer that nonsense the way the Scots did. Oh and Blair is toxic in Scotland, he doesn't do Labour any favours entering the election.
Non-dom isn't hte tax hit the UK needs. Ex-Pat is the tax hit needed.
Any UK citizen should be required to declare tax in the UK (net of any tax paid in their residency). Just like the US does.
Have fun living in Monaco or working in Dubai. But while you're a British Citizen and your family get UK Health and Education and other services, you pay full UK tax.
@PeteWishart: We will remember that simply as the 'Moustache Debate'. Rotten format and sagged too often. #ScotDebates
My favourite result of the Indyref was Perth...
It kind of highlights the potential for the tories here in Perth snd North Perthshire but I suspect that Mr Wishart will have an increased majority despite DavidL's best efforts in Blairgowrie over the weekend.
Surely in Blairgowrie the soft fruit farmers will all be attracted to Mr Coburn?
Yes, I'm sure the policies that would lose them their entire workforce are very enticing....:-)
Non-dom isn't hte tax hit the UK needs. Ex-Pat is the tax hit needed.
Any UK citizen should be required to declare tax in the UK (net of any tax paid in their residency). Just like the US does.
Have fun living in Monaco or working in Dubai. But while you're a British Citizen and your family get UK Health and Education and other services, you pay full UK tax.
£20bn a year easy.
I'm sure there are only a very small minority who are in the situation you describe, resident overseas but sending their kids to school in the UK. I think the US has an exemption for anyone earning under $100,000 (or there abouts). What's the source of the £20bn figure.
Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnmep) 07/04/2015 22:38 Ukip back up to 14% on YouGov tonight. Probably not what the Heir to Blair had in mind when he made his "come home" plea.
Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnmep) 07/04/2015 22:38 Ukip back up to 14% on YouGov tonight. Probably not what the Heir to Blair had in mind when he made his "come home" plea.
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Jeremy Cliffe @JeremyCliffe
Verdict (/10): Rennie 3 (plodding), Murphy 7 (fine but flat), Sturgeon 7 (worse than last week), Davidson 9 (showed Cameron how to do it).
Yeah not good at all
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/visitandlearn/Education/16285.aspx
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016#Constituency_Vote_.28FPTP.29
SNP are up on FPTP and the the Greens up on the list part on the 2011 result
Jim Murphy finally remembered who he is really fighting. Better late than never.
Nicola Sturgeon is a very able debater although she was clearly unused to being challenged like that. Probably had the best closer.
I can only assume the reason we ended up with the fudged system that we have was as a result of Labour concessions to the Lib Dems.
Bloody Hell thats a bigger whopper than 45 min claim!
#moustacheman
Moustache man Danny MacAfee tells @PeterAdamSmith he wore the fake moustache because politics is 'boring'. He says he doesn't know how much of a celebrity he's become.
@PeteWishart: We will remember that simply as the 'Moustache Debate'. Rotten format and sagged too often. #ScotDebates
My favourite result of the Indyref was Perth...
Nick Sutton ✔ @suttonnick
Wednesday's Guardian front page:
‘We’ll end non-dom tax status’ - Miliband
#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/oV5xi1nrqk
Or you think the "undecided" voter who was "i'm totally voting for Jim Murphy I believe everything he says and I'm 100% going to vote Labour" was not a Labourite plant.
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
Tories need to respond.
George Eaton ✔ @georgeeaton
NS story embargoed until midnight but it's out now: Miliband will tomorrow pledge to abolish non-dom tax status. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/585549240904065025 …
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
Will it make any difference at all to voting intentions? - None at all!
Nick Sutton ✔ @suttonnick
Wednesday's Daily Mail front page:
Blair's toxic embrace
#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers
#GE2015 pic.twitter.com/9N7wNWwzjA
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
People on holidays, kids on half term, certainly.
Minds already made up, possibly.
https://twitter.com/EN_Somat/status/585550665130323969?lang=en-gb
Are we allowed to mention that or will it be weaponising the NHS
I instinctively dislike things like non dom and there are some fairly absurd examples of UK born non doms who have been deemed to have severed all links (apart from having their kids at school here) but this is a really complicated question that bears on the competitiveness of the City and its role as a World Centre for finance. It really isn't suitable for another sound bite off the cuff headline from Ed.
So a 3% swing from Labour to the SNP which will mean that the SNP will get some small gains in the constituency front but no way they are going to get close to 65 constituency seats, however they will lose more seats due to UKIP&GRN getting list seats.
Nicola had a pretty hard opening, got very unlucky with the "using debating tactics is horrible" audience input and missed a few opportunities. As it went on she got stronger, by far the best closer, held her own in between.
Murphy gave the most saccharin terrible opener that I really don;t think goes down as well with the public as politicians thing. The whole "crying in front of me" doesn't work. He nearly belted Davidson in the middle, he has a terrible temper (not great for a guy with a glass jaw). Most of the hits he took were from Davidson and he knew it but his bluster on the "will you vote down the Tories" will get a headline in the National. Rest of the press will ignore it and say he did well.
Davidson was the star, nearly let herself lose control in the middle but impressed an audience which wasn't properly selected. Even without the audience help she got good hits in on both Murphy and Sturgeon while Sturgeon mainly ignored her. Probably edged it in terms of "who debated best" probably edged out by Sturgeon in "audience perception".
There was some other guy there, I think. Not sure what he said.
We found the #MoustacheMan who went viral during the #ScotDebates http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/moustache-man-revealed-audience-member-5475871 …
Why?
Because it has taken 4 weeks to sort out her internal references and her new Dept are desperate for her to start work.
Her references are still not complete and she will be temporary staff for at least another month.
So don't believe all the stats back up your own view-the NHS is a monster of a bureaucracy that needs major reform.
But the real problem for the Tories they will miss the extensive coverage of the debates around the 16th.
It increases with seniority
Ex-Pat is the tax hit needed.
Any UK citizen should be required to declare tax in the UK (net of any tax paid in their residency). Just like the US does.
Have fun living in Monaco or working in Dubai. But while you're a British Citizen and your family get UK Health and Education and other services, you pay full UK tax.
£20bn a year easy.
Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnmep)
07/04/2015 22:38
Ukip back up to 14% on YouGov tonight. Probably not what the Heir to Blair had in mind when he made his "come home" plea.