Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
The extra council tax is going on supporting vulnerable and disabled kids and adults with physical and learning disabilities who cost a packet and of course as the dementia tax was dropped providing free home helps to people who own £2 million houses in London.
Maybe not as important to you as potholes - until it's you or a family member that needs the care - but it just means there is little money for potholes.
The big problem is that the two political reasons for either a new party or a Lib Dem revival inspired by a desire for a new moderate force a - Brexit and the malevolent idiocy of Corbyn are also, in the short term, pushing people to stay in Labour, or at least not desert it in sufficient numbers to mark a shift. Brexit is an issue in the here and now. A new party/revived LDs would be too far from power to have a real impact in either softening or blocking Brexit in time. It took the LDs 20 years from the SDP merger to build up the sufficient political capital and seats to enter government, optimistically it could take two elections - one to obtain a national profile and build support, and another to turn that into a seat winning strategy, before the party could realistically claim to be a real player and argue that it, rather than Labour, deserved the votes of social liberals. So, if you think Brexit is a national calamity, it makes sense until March 2019 to stay put. Similarly, those within Labour who are utterly ashamed of the festering sewer Corbyn and his backers are turning it into, feel they have a duty not to voluntarily hand the keys to the asylum over to the lunatics.
Of course, neither of these situations can hold. Brexit will happen and will be judged - and Labour will have been complicit in it (and won't be ale to take credit if it is a success). A new liberal force will be necessary to either rejoin or enter into the EEA or EFTA. By that time Corbyn will also have completed his transformation of Labour so those who don't bend the knee to the fanatics aren't welcome, or failed. Labour will either have come to its senses or beyond repair.
So I think a new party is a real possibility - just not on the timescale put forward by most.
Yes that sounds reasonable, though who knows what will actually happen. The bet I'd like to make, but for which there is no market, is that the person who leads his party into a landslide victory in the 2040s is currently in the Labour Party. Which party he will win with is still unpredictable.
...There's should be potential in advocating living within your means...
The *minute* you spot a party that advocates a government spending less than it takes, you tell me about it. Because none of the major parties want to do that.
True but how much of the excess spending is to fund vanity projects such as HS2 or to allow government ministers to go posturing around the world.
As an example spending 0.7% of GDP on Overseas Aid effectively obliges the UK to run a balance of payments surplus if it is to live within its means.
I was present at the demonstration in Parliament Square two weeks ago called by Jewish groups to express their anxieties as to the perceived anti-Jewish feeling in elements of her Majesties loyal Opposition (and by definition potentially the next government). I m not a natural protester; I am a semi-retired 67 year old professional. The demonstration, called at less than 24 hours notice, brought some 2000 very atypical political protesters...predominantly mild aged, wearing suits and ties, and overwhelmingly feeling a level of anxiety at our position as loyal British Jews, of a type which none of has ever experienced in our lifetime. I can honestly say that in quite a high profile professional career, I have never experienced antisemitism. I have personal friends who are of all faiths and none, and of a whole variety of racial backgrounds. But what is perceived to be going on under Mr Corbyn's watch is quite frightening to us. British Jews have always been a tiny minority of the population, but have always tried to punch above their weight in British Society, in the professions, the arts, science, academia, philanthropy and their dearest collective wish is to be allowed to continue to contribute in our usual low-key, unobtrusive way.
We were most grateful for the labour MPs who came to lend their support, and also, and totally unreported in the press, at least two senior (non-Jewish) Conservative MPs.
Thank you. I for one hope that the Jewish community in Britain will continue to flourish, prosper and contribute and not be scared by those with malevolent views towards it.
There's should be potential in ...restricting immigration and consequently the need for development, taxes on air travel, restrictions on imported factory farming products, organic farming, distrust of multinational business, support for localism etc.
Um hold on. Isn't that the (economic) prospectus of the Nazi party?
Well they were electorally successful and Hitler was a veggie who loved animals
You mistake the purpose of the Conservative party. They do not exist to oppose radical change. They exist to act as a brake on the ambitions of politicians (not quite the same thing.
Given the path the EU is (and needs to) take leaving is a profoundly conservative thing to do.
The Conservative Party embraces more radical policy when it becomes electorally necessary to do so, or when it must pursue it to preserve one of its fundamental principles.
The Conservative Party was radical over electoral reform in the 1860s, imperial reform in the 1930s, over monetarism in the 1980s, and now over Brexit.
The idea that traditional Conservatism is dead is a nonsense.
Indeed. But one must remember what "traditional Conservatism" is.
The Conservative party exists to preserve the patrimony and power of the wealthy and the landowners. When it extended its cloak downwards to the middle-classes and mortgageholders in the 20's it survived, and when it extended further to the upper working-classes and council-house sales in the 80's it triumphed. As is true of all parties, "principles" are bolted on retrospectively to justify actions taken to defend one's constituencies. As long as Conservatives are in power, then "traditional Conservatism" has survived.
What a cynic you are. I can't actually fault your logic or facts. But you are still cynical.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The Tories' poll rating is pretty reasonable given how long they've been in power. The biggest obvious risks to them winning next time would be either a UKIP or a Lib Dem revival. Neither looks remotely likely.
But I wonder if things are actually going wrong under the bonnet.
This thread suggests they are struggling to actually field a full slate of candidates for the locals.
The Tories' poll rating is pretty reasonable given how long they've been in power. The biggest obvious risks to them winning next time would be either a UKIP or a Lib Dem revival. Neither looks remotely likely.
But I wonder if things are actually going wrong under the bonnet.
This thread suggests they are struggling to actually field a full slate of candidates for the locals.
Isn't every councillor in both Manchester and Barking Labour ?
Key electoral battlegrounds they aren't.
No the Tories aren't going to do much in Barking and Dagenham but they did hold several wards there in 2010. For a working class seat which voted 70 per cent Brexit and borders Tory Havering there should at least be candidates standing.
The council might well have been controlled by the BNP in 2006 - they topped the poll in almost every ward but only stood one candidate in each case and Labour won the other two seats by default as there was a paucity of other candidates.
It is not good to have no opposition and no opposition councillors - the Tories, LDs and UKIP should at least be making an effort to run paper candidates. Otherwise if there is no choice there is no real local democracy.
Every councillor elected in Barking in 2010 was Labour:
...There's should be potential in advocating living within your means...
The *minute* you spot a party that advocates a government spending less than it takes, you tell me about it. Because none of the major parties want to do that.
True but how much of the excess spending is to fund vanity projects such as HS2 or to allow government ministers to go posturing around the world.
As an example spending 0.7% of GDP on Overseas Aid effectively obliges the UK to run a balance of payments surplus if it is to live within its means.
The Tories' poll rating is pretty reasonable given how long they've been in power. The biggest obvious risks to them winning next time would be either a UKIP or a Lib Dem revival. Neither looks remotely likely.
But I wonder if things are actually going wrong under the bonnet.
This thread suggests they are struggling to actually field a full slate of candidates for the locals.
Isn't every councillor in both Manchester and Barking Labour ?
Key electoral battlegrounds they aren't.
No the Tories aren't going to do much in Barking and Dagenham but they did hold several wards there in 2010. For a working class seat which voted 70 per cent Brexit and borders Tory Havering there should at least be candidates standing.
The council might well have been controlled by the BNP in 2006 - they topped the poll in almost every ward but only stood one candidate in each case and Labour won the other two seats by default as there was a paucity of other candidates.
It is not good to have no opposition and no opposition councillors - the Tories, LDs and UKIP should at least be making an effort to run paper candidates. Otherwise if there is no choice there is no real local democracy.
Every councillor elected in Barking in 2010 was Labour:
Its also a borough where demographic change is happening rapidly.
Though I expect that there will be candidates of other parties in each ward.
In the absence of UKIP, the Tories ought to be able to win seats in Dagenham. They polled strongly at the general election.
But the Dagenham constituency includes some Havering wards.
The Conservatives were closer to winning the constituency in 2010 than in 2014 and on the same day in 2010 they couldn't elect a single councillor in the Dagenham wards:
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
The extra council tax is going on supporting vulnerable and disabled kids and adults with physical and learning disabilities who cost a packet and of course as the dementia tax was dropped providing free home helps to people who own £2 million houses in London.
Maybe not as important to you as potholes - until it's you or a family member that needs the care - but it just means there is little money for potholes.
Some people are easily taken in. Money wasted by councils is huge, incompetent bunch.
There's no big gap in the center, there's just a noisy group of people realising that political parties in our system are coalitions and sometimes you don't get to lead.
Third parties succeed by being distinctive, not by trying to be the golden mean.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The scandal is that most people don’t realise how much money councils get from central government.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The scandal is that most people don’t realise how much money councils get from central government.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
That is government policy. Councils are far more financially independent than they were before 2010.
Liberalism is an idea including concepts such as individual freedoms and responsibilities, civil rights, democracy, objective regulation, the rule of law, international cooperation, respect for others, personal aspiration and moral unity. It's an idea that has been under attack in recent years because the total wars of the twentieth century are no longer seen as awful counter examples and because the West of the post-War liberal ascendancy is seen as weak against new threats and powerful autocracies. Liberalism is associated with a capitalist system that rewarded parasitic bankers but saddled ordinary people with huge debts and with a globalisation that left people and communities behind. New movements such as Trump and Brexit pay lip service to some liberal ideas while intending to subvert them.
There's a case to be made for liberalism, but the case does actually need to be made by explaining why these principles are valuable.
Agree with both of these points entirely. I have no knowledge of the inner workings of the LDs so this may be very unfair, but from the outside looking in, it seems to me that uncle Vince is an old Labourite who would be quite content to see Corbyn become PM so long as he kept his own seat. Therefore, they provide a tepid challenge to labour in the cities, whilst making only modest headway against the tories in the shires, where May is relatively popular.
I think the fact that Brexit is labelled right wing (not without reason) skews the analysis of the conservatives, whose other policies have not shifted rightwards at all, so the gap in the centre may not be as wide as being made out. However, there is certainly a big void in what once were traditional liberal areas - civil liberties, freedom of speech, limiting the power of big business by not restricting small businesses from being able to compete. Both major parties' record in these regards is atrocious, as free speech and civil liberties are eroded by the day and big business becomes ever more powerful.
I do not expect it to happen but a Liberal party that sought to address these issues would certainly get my vote.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The scandal is that most people don’t realise how much money councils get from central government.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
Local councils in England have seen an average cut to their budgets of almost 26% since 2010, taking inflation into account, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The part of that that comes from central government—mainly through grants—has fallen by 38% over the same period, closer to Mr Corbyn’s figure. The final reduction is 26% because they also raise money locally, which didn’t fall by as much.
The LGA said (Dec 2017) councils, which have already experienced unprecedented funding cuts since 2010, will see their central government funding further cut by £2.7 billion between 2018/19 and 2019/20 – a 54 per cent reduction. Almost half of all councils - 168 districts, counties, unitaries and London boroughs – will no longer receive a penny of this government funding by 2019/20. Instead, they will actually have to give some extra business rates income back to the Government.
The pace of these funding cuts was intended by government to coincide with local government as a whole keeping 100 per cent of its business rates income by 2019/20. These plans will no longer be in place by the end of the decade and remain in doubt after the Local Government Finance Bill, which was passing through parliament before the General Election, was not reintroduced in the Queen’s Speech.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The scandal is that most people don’t realise how much money councils get from central government.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
That is government policy. Councils are far more financially independent than they were before 2010.
Indeed so. I think all levels of government need to be much more accountable, those who love to talk about how much money they spend should also be those responsible for raising that money.
Traditionally there’s been huge waste in local government, hopefully more accountability for raising taxes should see councillors scrutinise more carefully where it is spent.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
And central government avoids the blame while taking away billions.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The scandal is that most people don’t realise how much money councils get from central government.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
That is government policy. Councils are far more financially independent than they were before 2010.
Indeed so. I think all levels of government need to be much more accountable, those who love to talk about how much money they spend should also be those responsible for raising that money.
Traditionally there’s been huge waste in local government, hopefully more accountability for raising taxes should see councillors scrutinise more carefully where it is spent.
Some at least of the problem in accountability is the electoral system. Three member wards, with members elected every three years by FPTP leads to one party control and less accountablity.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
Increasing amounts of council tax is spent on fewer and fewer people, adult social care for example - so with general increased pressure on those key and very expensive areas and reduced government grants, a lot of other council spending is cut to the bone. Councils have had their budgets severely reduced, and that most have managed it quite well shows that there was certainly scope to trim the fat, but even when you cut away a lot of non-essential stuff, there are problems occurring. Personally, I consider the problem is local councils get told they either have to stop doing some things, which they don't want to do, or do things differently, to save money, but what happens in my experience is that you don't stop as much as you say you will, and don't save as much as you think by doing things differently because it is hard, and so instead you start doing things badly because you cannot cope.
On austerity generally, tougher choices are needed to actually get the deficit down in a speedier fashion, and there is simply no public or political appetite for that anymore, even before Brexit minor tory rebellions were showing it was not going to happen even on the revised timescales, because the cost was seen as too high.
Betting Post F1: backed Raikkonen for pole at 4.33 (each way, third the odds top 2). Still writing the pre-qualifying ramble which will include reasoning etc.
Betting Post F1: backed Raikkonen for pole at 4.33 (each way, third the odds top 2). Still writing the pre-qualifying ramble which will include reasoning etc.
Is that for pole position, or to win the qualifying session?
Mr. Sandpit, I think the term is 'fastest qualifier'. Obviously Hamilton isn't going to be on pole.
Edited extra bit: off-chance Vettel might have a penalty if they need to fiddle with his Ferrari after the engine problems in third practice. Grid penalties also mean said drivers will alter set-up to emphasise overtaking possibilities rather than going for pure pace.
Alas, as I've said before, Corbyn's an anchor. Labour tribalists and the Cult won't desert the Party/him, and those rightly afraid of the bearded tit getting his hands on power can't afford to desert the Conservatives.
But how much of the electorate is represented by the Labour tribalists and the Cult? It certainly isn't 40%.
There are many people who dislike austerity, without being members of the Cult.
What austerity? Public spending keeps going up year on year, and we’re still £40bn a year short of balancing the books nearly a decade after the last recession.
A significant number of voters no longer care. They are sick of seeing cuts in local schools, police etc etc.
The council tax soars and the potholes are worse than ever
Increasing amounts of council tax is spent on fewer and fewer people, adult social care for example - so with general increased pressure on those key and very expensive areas and reduced government grants, a lot of other council spending is cut to the bone. Councils have had their budgets severely reduced, and that most have managed it quite well shows that there was certainly scope to trim the fat, but even when you cut away a lot of non-essential stuff, there are problems occurring. Personally, I consider the problem is local councils get told they either have to stop doing some things, which they don't want to do, or do things differently, to save money, but what happens in my experience is that you don't stop as much as you say you will, and don't save as much as you think by doing things differently because it is hard, and so instead you start doing things badly because you cannot cope.
On austerity generally, tougher choices are needed to actually get the deficit down in a speedier fashion, and there is simply no public or political appetite for that anymore, even before Brexit minor tory rebellions were showing it was not going to happen even on the revised timescales, because the cost was seen as too high.
Osborne had a target of getting spending as a percentage of GDP down to 35% ie the same as the tax take as a percentage of GDP.
Hammond has now eased back on austerity with public sector pay rises etc and watered down that target if not scrapped it
Mr. Sandpit, I think the term is 'fastest qualifier'. Obviously Hamilton isn't going to be on pole.
Edited extra bit: off-chance Vettel might have a penalty if they need to fiddle with his Ferrari after the engine problems in third practice. Grid penalties also mean said drivers will alter set-up to emphasise overtaking possibilities rather than going for pure pace.
Ah okay. That would be very good value if it were to start on pole.
We already have a centrist party - the Conservative party. It's jettisoned virtually every right-wing policy except Brexit. What these people that say they want a centrist party really want is an extreme pro-EU, pro-immigration party.
There is a vacuum, but it's to the right of the conservatives.
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Maybe not as important to you as potholes - until it's you or a family member that needs the care - but it just means there is little money for potholes.
As an example spending 0.7% of GDP on Overseas Aid effectively obliges the UK to run a balance of payments surplus if it is to live within its means.
Not that it does that of course.
Local government financing: the biggest untold political scandal of our time?
The Conservatives were closer to winning the constituency in 2010 than in 2014 and on the same day in 2010 they couldn't elect a single councillor in the Dagenham wards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham_and_Rainham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Money wasted by councils is huge, incompetent bunch.
Third parties succeed by being distinctive, not by trying to be the golden mean.
They should be responsible - and accountable - for raising much more of their own funding.
F1: will write the pre-qualifying article presently. Got a few early thoughts.
I think the fact that Brexit is labelled right wing (not without reason) skews the analysis of the conservatives, whose other policies have not shifted rightwards at all, so the gap in the centre may not be as wide as being made out. However, there is certainly a big void in what once were traditional liberal areas - civil liberties, freedom of speech, limiting the power of big business by not restricting small businesses from being able to compete. Both major parties' record in these regards is atrocious, as free speech and civil liberties are eroded by the day and big business becomes ever more powerful.
I do not expect it to happen but a Liberal party that sought to address these issues would certainly get my vote.
Good afternoon, everybody.
The part of that that comes from central government—mainly through grants—has fallen by 38% over the same period, closer to Mr Corbyn’s figure. The final reduction is 26% because they also raise money locally, which didn’t fall by as much.
Source: https://fullfact.org/economy/local-authorities-budgets/
The LGA said (Dec 2017) councils, which have already experienced unprecedented funding cuts since 2010, will see their central government funding further cut by £2.7 billion between 2018/19 and 2019/20 – a 54 per cent reduction. Almost half of all councils - 168 districts, counties, unitaries and London boroughs – will no longer receive a penny of this government funding by 2019/20. Instead, they will actually have to give some extra business rates income back to the Government.
The pace of these funding cuts was intended by government to coincide with local government as a whole keeping 100 per cent of its business rates income by 2019/20. These plans will no longer be in place by the end of the decade and remain in doubt after the Local Government Finance Bill, which was passing through parliament before the General Election, was not reintroduced in the Queen’s Speech.
Source: https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/council-funding-be-further-cut-half-over-next-two-years-lga-warns
Edited extra bit: good afternoon, Miss JGP.
Traditionally there’s been huge waste in local government, hopefully more accountability for raising taxes should see councillors scrutinise more carefully where it is spent.
On austerity generally, tougher choices are needed to actually get the deficit down in a speedier fashion, and there is simply no public or political appetite for that anymore, even before Brexit minor tory rebellions were showing it was not going to happen even on the revised timescales, because the cost was seen as too high.
Betting PostF1: backed Raikkonen for pole at 4.33 (each way, third the odds top 2). Still writing the pre-qualifying ramble which will include reasoning etc.
Edited extra bit: off-chance Vettel might have a penalty if they need to fiddle with his Ferrari after the engine problems in third practice. Grid penalties also mean said drivers will alter set-up to emphasise overtaking possibilities rather than going for pure pace.
Hammond has now eased back on austerity with public sector pay rises etc and watered down that target if not scrapped it
http://enormo-haddock.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/bahrain-pre-qualifying-2018.html
Edited extra bit: Mr. Sandpit, I think it's still worth backing, but you're right it'd be better if it were to start on pole.
Why does Paddy Power think that the next Irish election will be this year?
There is a vacuum, but it's to the right of the conservatives.