At what point will the Conservative Party actively endorse higher taxes? If it did, you'd get some populist chump claiming he or she could fund everything AND cut taxes and they'd get 30% o… (View Post)

It's almost impossible for an opposition party to come up with a policy distinct from the Government which won't be opposed by supporters of the Government. The question is, as always, do y… (View Post)

"Services aren't going to improve because nobody will fund them" - okay. Let's assume a party put forward increasing taxes to pay for additional Services and perhaps reducing defe… (View Post)

Evening all :) A very pleasant one here in east London. There may be an "anti politics" mood among the electorate - there always is - but the polls continue to suggest reasonable turnout nu… (View Post)

I remember in 1997 any number of "wealthy" people claiming they would leave the country if Blair and Labour won - not sure how many of them did. Is it an idle threat designed to scare peopl… (View Post)