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I am really glad that YouGov has returned to doing favorability ratings because I believe that this is the best measure of how leaders, in particular, are being viewed. I can also take some ownership for the format because these were first initiated by the firm following suggestions from me a couple of years ago.
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What would happen if he left office?
What I would do is two-fold:
Slash corporation tax to encourage companies to invest in the UK.
Abolish Employers NI to encourage companies to pay staff well (and to base well paid jobs in the UK).
Companies get tax relief on most expenditure but get taxed on wages instead.
Incidentally slashing corporation tax if a satisfactory deal with the EU can't be reached as Plan B serves the dual-purpose of both helping us compete for business on a global stage and secondarily undermining Ireland who have been the stubborn spanner in the works in the negotiations. With our corporation tax below Irelands watch and see the jobs relocate here.
May's problem is that Leavers are starting to feel she's just as bad, without other redeeming features. 44% unfavourable among your own supporters is pretty grim.
Thank God for cocodomal and gabapentin 300.
Although I'm told they shouldn't be taken with alcohol.
If Labour returned to being at least nominally economically sane, with a leader who seemed keen to govern reasonably sensibly, and who was making serious attempts to position the party as a government in waiting, there would be a Labour landslide at the next GE.
Big 'if', though. I can't see anything like the massive Blair/Mandelson effort of the 1990s to regain credibility coming from the Labour Party of today.
We would also no longer be bound by a considerable amount of EU regulation, so there would be scope in limited circumstances for state aid, for example to assist with logistics and cash flow for stock building if required.
On the other side of no deal would be additional tax revenues from the Googles and Facebooks, whom we could force onshore for VAT and Corp Tax purposes.
This is one of the many reasons why David Cameron was completely correct to say Juncker was totally unfit to hold high office (that, his interesting tax history and his removal from office after the security services were behaving slightly strangely). Since then if anything he's got worse.
If it is Emily Thornberry or John Macdonnell the Tories will celebrate.
If it is Laura Pidcock or Cat Smith the Liberal Democrats will celebrate.
If it is Diane Abbott the Official Monster Raving Loony Party will disband.
Bit more classy than a childish balloon
The weather has certainly cooperated.
In a Plan B scenario where this is how we deal with the fallout for No Deal then I don't think the HOC would vote it down.
Edit - and how far have matters dipped that I am desperate for the return of Snowflake, who I find rude and patronising?
The BBC reality check on the news site seems pretty downbeat about the whole thing - essentially saying that leavers hate the plans, and the EU have already rejected most of it in principle and will want a lot lot more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44807561
At the steps, the two hold hands, in an echo of the hand-holding at the White House last year.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1017453353767505920
The question, reasonably clearly, asks whether in the autumn Nicola Sturgeon should announce that there will be a Referendum at a later point in time. However the answer wordings implies that the referendum itself would be this Autumn.
The question is:
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said she will make a decision this autumn on whether to call a second independence referendum in the wake of Brexit.
Which of the following is closest to your view?
The Answers are
Nicola Sturgeon should call a second independence referendum this autumn.
Nicola Sturgeon should not call a second independence referendum at all.
Nicola Sturgeon should call a second independence referendum, but not as soon as this autumn.
What does the great and good of PB think the question was intending to ask?
I agree it isn't well worded.
In fact only Cable has a net positive rating with Remainers bit he too is net negative with Leavers.
Scope for LD pressure on Labour Renain voters and UKIP pressure on Tory Leave voters?
But I reckon on that front Jackie Kennedy wins.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/anger-management-with-nick-clegg/id1373847767?mt=2#episodeGuid=tag:audioboom.com,2018-07-12:/posts/6916100
https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar
https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/1017400097632485377
(PS autocorrect has let you down on 'regrettably.')
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