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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi discuss exclusive polling from Opinium that looks at how popular a series of frontline British politicians are.
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https://www.ft.com/content/0c56a4f2-6bc5-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa
"We will also ensure that the state pension age reflects increases in life expectancy, while protecting each generation fairly".
I think that's the basis of it...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/19/head-french-armed-forces-resigns-budget-cuts-row-macron/
"Do they pay local council tax in both areas? If not, then yes, vote once. if they do, then they should be able to vote once in each council area they have to pay council tax in."
Absolutely not. One person, one vote. We don't link the right to vote to how much tax we pay. Otherwise those who pay higher rate tax would get more votes than others.
If students have - illegally - voted twice they should be prosecuted. Just like anyone else. And we should tighten up the rules, if necessary, not to suppress voting but to maintain the integrity of our voting system.
GE of course not - one vote only.
Not really - the chart itself is close to being fake news; it is designed to distract from the huge inequality that has arisen from the explosion in asset prices and hence rising wealth of the rich since 2008, much completely untaxed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40608256
https://twitter.com/louisemensch/status/887641703817121793
@Y0kel - Any thoughts?
He should listen to the Master Negotiator (Brexit Bulldog)'s advice on how to return to favour
And students don't pay council tax, in any case. They are exempt.
They are temporary residents in University towns, at least during their undergraduate days.
One of the reasons why this is important is that it has a distorting effect on local elections in University towns. How many students are interested in footpath repairs, or waste collection, or street lighting, or pot holes, or fly tipping? The students who do vote are the party tribalists.
In my ward at the last local election, we even had the misfortune to have a candidate (for the LibDems) who was a student. What did he want to do?
He wanted us to vote for him to send a message to Donald Trump. Seriously, he wrote that as the reason why he should be elected to the local council.
This is not what local elections should be about.
They should be about choosing competent, fair-minded people, interested in their local community, who are willing to serve it honestly and fairly. In practise, this involves doing a lot of low-level, and fairly boring work.
Edit/ yes, I see the provisions come in as an option IN WALES. I know some West Country councils would like to do the same thing. As far as I know few councils have yet adopted?
Presumably all the people who like and admire Donald Trump voted Conservative.
She used to be somebody important, didn't she?
Can't get too worked up though as it'll be 70 at best... these are baby-steps towards that.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/18/eu-talks-divided-over-britains-brexit-divorce-bill-mooted-at-66bn
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-07-18/warnings-as-increases-in-life-expectancy-stagnates/
Not at all surprised at the rising pension age. Will keep going, I imagine, to 72-3 or so.
Did you see the transcript of Kvyat's radio messages at Silverstone ?
In some ways a minor masterpiece...
This is [censored by FOM] Formula 1 it’s not [censored by FOM] [censored by FOM] racing. [Censored by FOM] [censored by FOM]....
[buffs nails]
The current conditions won't be helping matters.
Edited extra bit: checked my records and, alas, whilst I'm green on Cable it's rather less than I'd imagined. Ah well. Odd how misconceptions can form.
He'll have to do the jobs that robots refuse to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSlzCEmFhI
A few notes on the list:
The worst excesses, as always, are in radio. BBC are top of the tree in this medium, the biggest earners have been there for decades and are less likely to get poached by commercial media. They could probably cut every one of those on the list to under £150k and they wouldn't complain.
Graham Norton - this published salary is for his radio and Eurovision work - his TV show is made by his own production company (So Television) who pay him separately.
Chris Evans - this may include some Top Gear salary from last year, although most of his earnings from that show will come from Worldwide royalties. Ditto why Matt Le Blanc doesn't appear on the list.
There will be loads of others they've managed to get 'off the books' in similar ways, by subcontracting production or paying a basic 'salary' and a large bonus from Worldwide. Also people who are genuine contractors, working for a number of media outlets.
Lineker - I know footballer salaries are mad, but does he really deserve nearly 12,000 licence fees? People are going to watch MOTD no matter who presents it.
Don't recognise most of the entertainment names, I guess mainly from Eastenders and the dancing show. What did we pay Emilia Clarke £200k for, she's the young actress from Game of Thrones who can't act but can get naked?!
Alex Jones must have a really good agent, she was a regional TV nobody five years ago when the One Show picked her up - can only guess that someone tried to poach her and the Beeb matched the offer to avoid changing the lineup of the show twice in quick succession.
News - this is obviously where most of the media attention will be, as 20 people there earn more than the PM, plus the original 'autocutie' Fiona Bruce. The only salary justified there is Andrew Neil, but does even he really deserve to earn twice as much as the ministers he holds to account? An interesting side effect will be if people in other TV news organisations (ITV, C4, Sky) get asked about their salaries. I'd guess Adam Boulton is probably on close to £1m at Sky for example.
Andrew Neil seems v good value at 250k to me. God knows why alot of them are paid what they are though
I could listen to his stories all day.
823 Leave votes here in an area where 96% voted Remain.
Nobody else will admit voting Leave around here for fear of losing their job or being lynched. So I am the Only Leaver In The Village and I'm standing up and taking the flak for the shy ones.
That, plus MI5 really *did* drop a stuffed ballot box of blank voting papers outside my door.
In the article Sir Michael Marmot, director of the Institute of Health Equity at UCL, said:
it was "entirely possible" austerity had played a role. He explained social factors such as education, employment and working conditions and poverty all affected life expectancy by influencing lifestyles. And as austerity was placing pressures on these, they may in turn be influencing life expectancy. He also highlighted what he said was "miserly" funding settlements for the NHS and social care, which meant the quality of life for older people would have deteriorated and could well affect their life expectancy.
The change in retirement age won't come with the caveat that it will go back to 67 if life expectancy doesn't rise, that's for sure.
In any case, the report does not say life expectancy has fallen, rather the rate of increase has slowed.
Well done for sticking to your principles (even though you are totally wrong obv!)