@PaulBrandITV: Have to question efficacy of having an inheritance tax threshold of £1m and a social care threshold of £100k. Pass it on, unless you're sick
Just had two pieces of correspondence, one a letter from Mrs May, the other a leaflet from the Labour candidate (already had a couple from the Conservative).
Is this the second election in a row where the Tories have made a strategic blunder by going too hard on the Lib Dems?
If they'd insulated Farron from the 'coalition of chaos' meme and treated them as a minor 'serious' party (and ex-coalition partner) then they would have been much better placed to punish Labour. As it is it's looking like a two-horse race in which people are drawn to the underdog.
How was it a blunder last time? Going hard on the Lib Dems was what got Cameron his absolute majority.
And the absolutely majority meant that something that was just a coalition negotiation item (Brexit vote) wasn't removed by the coalition negotiations and had to be implemented...
Did the Lib Dem's actually release their manifesto in the end? Even I missed it, so God knows what the public thought, or rather didn't think about it.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
Yes I think this was a standard motivating factor for holding the election (apart of course from the fact that an increased majority is a good thing whatever the circs).
But if there is a transition period (five years? 10 years?) that still leaves us at the next GE not having left and with the possibility for the next Govt to say we're not leaving.
One of May's big problems could be that the EU will not want to play ball with an 'extend and pretend' Brexit approach as they clearly have the upper hand and why would they want to waste it?
Unless there is an extension of the A50 period or otherwise some kind of transition which really does mean we stay in the EU then there will be immediate legal consequences in March 2019 which could mean that all Euro central counterparty clearing will need to leave London.
@PaulBrandITV: Have to question efficacy of having an inheritance tax threshold of £1m and a social care threshold of £100k. Pass it on, unless you're sick
Where in the world is social care free of charge?
Scotland for >65s
So subsidised by the rest of the UK thanks to the Bartlett formula which is 30 years out of date...
@PaulBrandITV: Have to question efficacy of having an inheritance tax threshold of £1m and a social care threshold of £100k. Pass it on, unless you're sick
Where in the world is social care free of charge?
Scotland for >65s
So subsidised by the rest of the UK thanks to the Bartlett formula which is 30 years out of date...
@PaulBrandITV: Have to question efficacy of having an inheritance tax threshold of £1m and a social care threshold of £100k. Pass it on, unless you're sick
Yes I think this was a standard motivating factor for holding the election (apart of course from the fact that an increased majority is a good thing whatever the circs).
But if there is a transition period (five years? 10 years?) that still leaves us at the next GE not having left and with the possibility for the next Govt to say we're not leaving.
One of May's big problems could be that the EU will not want to play ball with an 'extend and pretend' Brexit approach as they clearly have the upper hand and why would they want to waste it?
Unless there is an extension of the A50 period or otherwise some kind of transition which really does mean we stay in the EU then there will be immediate legal consequences in March 2019 which could mean that all Euro central counterparty clearing will need to leave London.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
Looking at this latest Mori makes BF '35.01 - 40.0 Percent' for Labour vote share look a bargain at 10.5....
Mori had Miliband winning at this stage in 2015, they called the referendum for remain by 4 and overstated the SNP-Con gap by 8.5% at Holyrood in 2016.
@PaulBrandITV: Have to question efficacy of having an inheritance tax threshold of £1m and a social care threshold of £100k. Pass it on, unless you're sick
Where in the world is social care free of charge?
Scotland for >65s
So subsidised by the rest of the UK thanks to the Bartlett formula which is 30 years out of date...
Thankyou rUK !
Yeah, but we want it all back when you go. With interest.
Is this the second election in a row where the Tories have made a strategic blunder by going too hard on the Lib Dems?
If they'd insulated Farron from the 'coalition of chaos' meme and treated them as a minor 'serious' party (and ex-coalition partner) then they would have been much better placed to punish Labour. As it is it's looking like a two-horse race in which people are drawn to the underdog.
How was it a blunder last time? Going hard on the Lib Dems was what got Cameron his absolute majority.
It was a disaster for Dave..sadly.
Dave's disasters were after the Coalition was gone and he was a Conservative Prime Minister....
Is this the second election in a row where the Tories have made a strategic blunder by going too hard on the Lib Dems?
If they'd insulated Farron from the 'coalition of chaos' meme and treated them as a minor 'serious' party (and ex-coalition partner) then they would have been much better placed to punish Labour. As it is it's looking like a two-horse race in which people are drawn to the underdog.
Underdog to run the country? Perhaps.
It doesn't look like it. The Conservatives are on course to win their biggest vote share since the 1950's.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
Another poster attaching their views to every other poster here. I know that immigration is a problem - I've posted my council estate Aldi anecdote here a few times... It wasn't however the main reason I voted leave...
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
That's how they managed to get to 52% everyone was voting for different and sometimes contradictory things.
Yes I think this was a standard motivating factor for holding the election (apart of course from the fact that an increased majority is a good thing whatever the circs).
But if there is a transition period (five years? 10 years?) that still leaves us at the next GE not having left and with the possibility for the next Govt to say we're not leaving.
One of May's big problems could be that the EU will not want to play ball with an 'extend and pretend' Brexit approach as they clearly have the upper hand and why would they want to waste it?
Unless there is an extension of the A50 period or otherwise some kind of transition which really does mean we stay in the EU then there will be immediate legal consequences in March 2019 which could mean that all Euro central counterparty clearing will need to leave London.
Well presumably for every year the can is kicked down the road that is an extra $$ contribution by the UK.
Hence, just like a second referendum, a transition period I find very difficult to believe will happen for reasons of logic.
A transition period is not leaving. It is not being able to make trade deals with Tonga or wherever it is we're supposed to be able to be free to trade with. It is prolonging our membership.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
So no one was voting about immigration in your first paragraph,but plenty of people were in your second.
Tory manifesto has auto enrolment being extended to the self employed....
how does that work?
Presumably to register for self-employment, you also have to register for auto-enrollment, and a mandated payment into a pension scheme.
Sounds sensible really.
financially what is the difference to them doing a personal pension now? is it a state sponsored pension 'default'... don't get it.
I think its more a check (hopefully regularly rather than on startup) that something is being put / saved into a pension...
and if they aren't? Employers have to re enrol those who opt out every 3 years and employees can then opt out again if they wish - inertia being the hope they'll give in - I don't see how any of this works for the s/e where they are employer and employee.
Will be v interested to see what this actually means!
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
That's how they managed to get to 52% everyone was voting for different and sometimes contradictory things.
Exactly. And what is sauce for the goose...
Leavers cannot constantly tell us there was no Leave manifesto (of course there was, but...), it's up to the government to decide, and then in the next breath tell us why the country voted to leave (immigration, ECJ, etc) and the government must do as it has been told.
Tory manifesto has auto enrolment being extended to the self employed....
how does that work?
Presumably to register for self-employment, you also have to register for auto-enrollment, and a mandated payment into a pension scheme.
Sounds sensible really.
financially what is the difference to them doing a personal pension now? is it a state sponsored pension 'default'... don't get it.
I think its more a check (hopefully regularly rather than on startup) that something is being put / saved into a pension...
and if they aren't? Employers have to re enrol those who opt out every 3 years and employees can then opt out again if they wish - inertia being the hope they'll give in - I don't see how any of this works for the s/e where they are employer and employee.
Will be v interested to see what this actually means!
Its a case of saying that if you don't want to save for a pension you'll have to declare that you don't, rather than having to declare that you do if you do. It makes opting-out of saving for your pension a proactive choice with all the consequences that come with that.
@JamieRoss7: Meanwhile, at #FMQs, Kezia Dugdale and Sturgeon are laying in to @WingsScotland. "I'm not responsible for Stuart Campbell," says the FM.
@BBCPhilipSim: Kezia Dugdale criticising blogger @WingsScotland in Holyrood chamber; asks FM to condemn his "bile" and anyone poisoning political debate
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
The leavers on here who gave a stuff about immigration are almost all banned.
I am not using that narrative because it's why "I" voted. My job is unaffected by EU immigration. If you think Leave didn't win because of immigration that's down to you, but I think you are wrong.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
So no one was voting about immigration in your first paragraph,but plenty of people were in your second.
I would say the majority of Leavers on here ( @rcs1000, @Richard_Tyndall etc) didn't vote that way because of immigration.
I haven't done a poll, that said and I imagine there would be plenty of shy immigration-hating leavers on PB if a poll was done.
Really not sure what to make of the IPSOS Mori. I can believe the Lib Dem figure, they are spiralling the plug hole of total irrelevance in this election. It is hard to believe that the Tories are any higher than 49% (surely). UKIP look very low, have they started to adapt to the number of constituencies that a UKIP vote is relevant? Labour look really high but I suppose the votes have to go somewhere. There is about 5% left which makes some provision for the SNP and any odds and sods, probably a bit low.
@BBCPhilipSim: Kezia Dugdale says @WingsScotland "distorts" debate, sayin 44% of SNP MSPs & 50% of SNP MPs "encourage" him. Wants them to "denounce & shun"
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Telegraph correspondent, Tim Wallace horrified by May's manifesto
@PolhomeEditor: On whether she's a Thatcherite, May says: "Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative, I'm a Conservative, this is a Conservative manifesto."
@BBCJLandale: Says something when a Tory prime minister at her manifesto launch has to assure journalists: "I'm a Conservative...".
@PolhomeEditor: On whether she's a Thatcherite, May says: "Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative, I'm a Conservative, this is a Conservative manifesto."
@BBCJLandale: Says something when a Tory prime minister at her manifesto launch has to assure journalists: "I'm a Conservative...".
LOL.
So is May going to be the second Tory leader in a row PB Tories aren't keen on?
@BBCPhilipSim: Kezia Dugdale says @WingsScotland "distorts" debate, sayin 44% of SNP MSPs & 50% of SNP MPs "encourage" him. Wants them to "denounce & shun"
Seems like the Conservative party has become a latter day Owenite SDP lite party.
Interesting times ....
What's particularly amusing is the contrast with the attacks from the LibDems, Labour and SNP, who have all been claiming that Theresa May is taking the Conservative Party hard to the right.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
The leavers on here who gave a stuff about immigration are almost all banned.
I am not using that narrative because it's why "I" voted. My job is unaffected by EU immigration. If you think Leave didn't win because of immigration that's down to you, but I think you are wrong.
I think plenty of Leavers voted that way because of immigration; my point was so what? It doesn't mean the government has to do anything about immigration because as every Leaver can't stop telling us, there was no Leave manifesto, the Leave campaign had no influence on government policy, and it is up to the current government to just leave the EU howsoever they want to do it (or not, if there is a transition period).
Solid manifesto from May some tough choices on using assets to pay for social care (though under £100k exempt) and ending universal free school meals and winter fuel payments but more money for the NHS and social care and increase in threshold for starting rate of basic and top rate tax
@BBCPhilipSim: Kezia Dugdale says @WingsScotland "distorts" debate, sayin 44% of SNP MSPs & 50% of SNP MPs "encourage" him. Wants them to "denounce & shun"
@PolhomeEditor: On whether she's a Thatcherite, May says: "Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative, I'm a Conservative, this is a Conservative manifesto."
@BBCJLandale: Says something when a Tory prime minister at her manifesto launch has to assure journalists: "I'm a Conservative...".
LOL.
So is May going to be the second Tory leader in a row PB Tories aren't keen on?
No. If she gets a three figure majority, squashes UKIP and the LibDems like bugs and keeps PMQs with Jeremy Corbyn, the Party are going to love her. Even PB Tories.
Solid manifesto from May some tough choices on using assets to pay for social care (though under £100k exempt) and ending universal free school meals and winter fuel payments but more money for the NHS and social care and increase in threshold for starting rate of basic and top rate tax
Free Breakfast in school will more than make up for the loss of universal free school meals. Every study I've seen shows it does more good than virtually anything else..
Solid manifesto from May some tough choices on using assets to pay for social care (though under £100k exempt) and ending universal free school meals and winter fuel payments but more money for the NHS and social care and increase in threshold for starting rate of basic and top rate tax
It will be interesting to see where they go with Carers Allowance on social security. If they raise that quite substantially, their care policy will start to look very joined up and aimed at making it affordable for families to do the work that is often outsourced to private care providers, local authorities etc.
At lunch just now colleague says two of his mates down the pub (I know I know) are considering voting Labour "because of free tuition fees" - they have teenage children.
Couple of other people remarked how Corbyn "is not as bad on TV as he was when he first got the job - sounds OK"
Tories need to spend 3 weeks 24/7 demolishing (1) Labour's spending plans and (2) Jeremy Corbyn as a terrorist sympathising near communist
Tories should be concerned by the poll trend and up their game.
This social care change. It needs more explanation and urgently.
As I read what it says in the manifesto - if person A becomes ill and needs long term social care either in their own home or a residential home, it will be free at the time. When they die it will be taken out of their assets, in most cases this will be the family home. So where does that leave another person, B, who lives with them either as a spouse, civil partner or indeed just partner?
They normally would probably be expecting to inherit the house and continue living in it.
On face of it the home will sold and the charges made.
@BizPears: "A country that asks not where you've come from but where you are going to," says May, after a referendum that was won by promising opposite
That simply isn't true. The referendum was won because people were fed up of mass uncontrolled immigration into low wage jobs. If every immigrant was getting a highly paid skilled job there would have been no problem. Leave suggested the Australian Style points system, which IS asking "where are you going to?", the problem with uncontrolled mass immigration is no one asks that question
No it wasn't. Ask the Leavers on here. None of them gave a stuff about immigration. Apart from you.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
What does it matter WHY a small majority voted 'Leave'? It's bad enough that parliament absolved itself of it's responsibility by calling a referendum without having to capitulate to the mobs every prejudice.
Seems like the Conservative party has become a latter day Owenite SDP lite party.
Interesting times ....
What's particularly amusing is the contrast with the attacks from the LibDems, Labour and SNP, who have all been claiming that Theresa May is taking the Conservative Party hard to the right.
Tacking socially right wing, economically left. No contradiction there, but distinctly unpalatable for some of us.
At lunch just now colleague says two of his mates down the pub (I know I know) are considering voting Labour "because of free tuition fees" - they have teenage children.
Couple of other people remarked how Corbyn "is not as bad on TV as he was when he first got the job - sounds OK"
Tories need to spend 3 weeks 24/7 demolishing (1) Labour's spending plans and (2) Jeremy Corbyn as a terrorist sympathising near communist
Tories should be concerned by the poll trend and up their game.
Corbyn is getting hammered in the polls! That all said, he is the only party leader who is enjoying the campaign. He's not doing too badly and indeed looks better on telly in this situation than he does in normal service. Don't worry though, the Tories are going to win big.
This social care change. It needs more explanation and urgently.
As I read what it says in the manifesto - if person A becomes ill and needs long term social care either in their own home or a residential home, it will be free at the time. When they die it will be taken out of their assets, in most cases this will be the family home. So where does that leave another person, B, who lives with them either as a spouse, civil partner or indeed just partner?
They normally would probably be expecting to inherit the house and continue living in it.
On face of it the home will sold and the charges made.
Have I missed something here?
Well what happens at the moment is that if there is a couple security is taken over the house and realised when the second one dies, not the first. I can see complications where there are other occupants such as children, grandchildren etc but I do think that the object of our Social Care bill cannot be to boost inheritance.
Is there a shift in language on Brexit in the manifesto? "We will seek [...] a comprehensive free trade and customs agreement."
Charlie Elphicke (Dover Deal) has been doing a lot of work on the customs processing agreements and arrangements to be in place following Brexit. Obviously Dover will be greatly affected.
Mu understanding is that he has worked a lot with the Freight Hauliers and Calais and the French to ensure a scheme is in place and this is will need to reduplicated at other ports around the country.
I am going to his hustings tonight and I will be asking him this very question.
Mr. eek, suppose someone, who is a wonderful F1 tipster, had rotten book sales despite consistently good reviews. Now imagine after years of trying he finally gets a big hit. Not a monster, let's say 12,000 sales. But those reader want to try his other books. Are you really saying they should be able to be made free, and hence deprive him of any income from them?
There are numerous downsides to writing. It's very hard to make sales, it's hard to get any kind of profile, the market is saturated, getting an agent is hard, getting a publisher is hard. One of the few upsides is that if you have a hit later the books that were duds when released *might* see some extra secondary sales.
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Unless there is an extension of the A50 period or otherwise some kind of transition which really does mean we stay in the EU then there will be immediate legal consequences in March 2019 which could mean that all Euro central counterparty clearing will need to leave London.
how does that work?
The SJWs won't like this.
We're leaving. That gives us the advantage.
With interest.
Sounds sensible really.
You are using that narrative because it is why *you* voted. Plenty of others also, I'm sure. But if Tezza decides (she hasn't) that she wants FOM then that will perfectly satisfy the instruction to Leave the EU.
So how does that work with postal voting?
http://scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/latest-subsample-average-suggests-snp.html
Does Mrs May realise most postal votes are used by Tories.
Hence, just like a second referendum, a transition period I find very difficult to believe will happen for reasons of logic.
A transition period is not leaving. It is not being able to make trade deals with Tonga or wherever it is we're supposed to be able to be free to trade with. It is prolonging our membership.
I can't see it happening.
https://twitter.com/bbcnews/status/865160516901027840
https://twitter.com/mattchorley/status/865161133329657856
She's had botox. LOL.
Wonderful. Now I need to see if I've got a UKIP candidate.
Will be v interested to see what this actually means!
https://twitter.com/AidanKerrTweets/status/865162141027979264
https://twitter.com/keiranpedley/status/865116066179166210
Leavers cannot constantly tell us there was no Leave manifesto (of course there was, but...), it's up to the government to decide, and then in the next breath tell us why the country voted to leave (immigration, ECJ, etc) and the government must do as it has been told.
@BBCPhilipSim: Kezia Dugdale criticising blogger @WingsScotland in Holyrood chamber; asks FM to condemn his "bile" and anyone poisoning political debate
I am not using that narrative because it's why "I" voted. My job is unaffected by EU immigration. If you think Leave didn't win because of immigration that's down to you, but I think you are wrong.
Nice link to Maggie and it does show where Theresa is coming from.
I haven't done a poll, that said and I imagine there would be plenty of shy immigration-hating leavers on PB if a poll was done.
As ever, details, details ...
https://www.scribd.com/document/348726290/Conservative-party-2017-manifesto#download
@AidanKerrTweets: Terrific ding dong at #FMQs.
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@BBCJLandale: Says something when a Tory prime minister at her manifesto launch has to assure journalists: "I'm a Conservative...".
Interesting times ....
So is May going to be the second Tory leader in a row PB Tories aren't keen on?
He's got the tone right and isn't shy of calling out the idiots on his side.
https://twitter.com/chrisg0000/status/865165291013189632
At lunch just now colleague says two of his mates down the pub (I know I know) are considering voting Labour "because of free tuition fees" - they have teenage children.
Couple of other people remarked how Corbyn "is not as bad on TV as he was when he first got the job - sounds OK"
Tories need to spend 3 weeks 24/7 demolishing (1) Labour's spending plans and (2) Jeremy Corbyn as a terrorist sympathising near communist
Tories should be concerned by the poll trend and up their game.
As I read what it says in the manifesto - if person A becomes ill and needs long term social care either in their own home or a residential home, it will be free at the time. When they die it will be taken out of their assets, in most cases this will be the family home. So where does that leave another person, B, who lives with them either as a spouse, civil partner or indeed just partner?
They normally would probably be expecting to inherit the house and continue living in it.
On face of it the home will sold and the charges made.
Have I missed something here?
No contradiction there, but distinctly unpalatable for some of us.
Mu understanding is that he has worked a lot with the Freight Hauliers and Calais and the French to ensure a scheme is in place and this is will need to reduplicated at other ports around the country.
I am going to his hustings tonight and I will be asking him this very question.
There are numerous downsides to writing. It's very hard to make sales, it's hard to get any kind of profile, the market is saturated, getting an agent is hard, getting a publisher is hard. One of the few upsides is that if you have a hit later the books that were duds when released *might* see some extra secondary sales.
Incidentally, do give episode one of my new serial a look. It's fast, fun, and free:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Rising-Wandering-Roaming-Tiger-ebook/dp/B071LCLJYY/
Mr. C, I agree, and I said before that the Conservatives were being too soft on Corbyn.