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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 26, 2024 7:54:07 GMT
You mean we had sovereignty within the EU??? 😇 |
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Post by oldie on Feb 27, 2024 15:57:44 GMT
You mean we had sovereignty within the EU??? 😇 Omg...we did? Who would have finked it |
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Post by yattongas on Feb 27, 2024 21:54:54 GMT
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Post by oldie on Feb 28, 2024 3:11:44 GMT
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Post by supergas on Feb 28, 2024 9:19:19 GMT
The really stupid thing is that there are plenty of good reasons to criticise Khan. Knife crime (in fact crime in general and the police funding/guidance to improve it), ULEZ (everything from expansion to rates to fake 'advertising' about the benefits), wasting money on infrastructure overspends, blocking investment (like the proposed 'Stratford Sphere'), missing his affordable housebuilding target (just 4% of his target for 2023), it's *quite* a long list...
...he will probably still win the Mayoral election though, which will be nothing to do with his targeted £29m (taxpayer funded) self-promotion 'advertising' campaign on TFL as well as using restricted Mayor media for his personal re-election campaign....
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 28, 2024 22:55:09 GMT
Memories of Paxman v Howard.
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Post by gas2 on Mar 1, 2024 11:51:12 GMT
With George Galloway back in politics I'm sure Parliament will be very likely turn nasty leading up to a general election imagine g g verses lee ashdown will be very interesting ?
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Post by supergas on Mar 2, 2024 8:55:28 GMT
With George Galloway back in politics I'm sure Parliament will be very likely turn nasty leading up to a general election imagine g g verses lee ashdown will be very interesting ? ...it does beg the question why the good people of Rochdale (well 39.7% of 39.7% of electorate) elected an MP who is so focused on Gaza when there are a lot of problems in Rochdale itself at the moment.... ...I'm sure Galloway will make his headlines in the Commons and then quickly get banned when he inevitably goes too far... |
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Post by Gassy on Mar 3, 2024 7:30:32 GMT
With George Galloway back in politics I'm sure Parliament will be very likely turn nasty leading up to a general election imagine g g verses lee ashdown will be very interesting ? ...it does beg the question why the good people of Rochdale (well 39.7% of 39.7% of electorate) elected an MP who is so focused on Gaza when there are a lot of problems in Rochdale itself at the moment.... ...I'm sure Galloway will make his headlines in the Commons and then quickly get banned when he inevitably goes too far... Has anyone ever seen Galloway & GGMI in the same room? |
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Post by yattongas on Mar 3, 2024 22:41:04 GMT
With George Galloway back in politics I'm sure Parliament will be very likely turn nasty leading up to a general election imagine g g verses lee ashdown will be very interesting ? ...it does beg the question why the good people of Rochdale (well 39.7% of 39.7% of electorate) elected an MP who is so focused on Gaza when there are a lot of problems in Rochdale itself at the moment.... ...I'm sure Galloway will make his headlines in the Commons and then quickly get banned when he inevitably goes too far... 39.7% of electorate who voted , not 39.7% of the electorate. |
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Post by supergas on Mar 4, 2024 8:39:08 GMT
...it does beg the question why the good people of Rochdale (well 39.7% of 39.7% of electorate) elected an MP who is so focused on Gaza when there are a lot of problems in Rochdale itself at the moment.... ...I'm sure Galloway will make his headlines in the Commons and then quickly get banned when he inevitably goes too far... 39.7% of electorate who voted , not 39.7% of the electorate. Yes, that's what I said. Turnout was 39.7% and in a numerical coincidence, 39.7% of those people voted for Galloway. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 4, 2024 10:04:22 GMT
Budget on Wednesday, from the FT: "Each 1p cut in employee national insurance rates costs £5bn a year, while a 1p reduction in the 20p basic income tax rate costs £7bn. A national insurance cut is seen as a more pro-economic growth measure as it would only benefit workers. The chancellor has been looking at an “emergency package” of revenue raisers to pay for personal tax cuts, including stealing Labour’s plan to scale back the “non-dom” tax regime, securing between £2bn and £3bn a year. Also on Hunt’s list of potential revenue raisers are an increase in air passenger duty for business travel, an extension of the windfall levy on oil and gas producers, a tax on vapes and abolishing the furnished holiday let regime, according to those close to the Budget process. Hunt could raise a further £5bn to £6bn a year if he cuts public spending plans in the next parliament, a controversial idea which has led to claims from economists that he is funding tax cuts now by making “fictitious” promises about the future." www.ft.com/content/1b4f19d7-c7e5-4d16-a7c1-1c12ec0d0592So headline grabbing tax cuts could be 'afforded' by nicking Labour's plans and making promises they won't be around to deliver. Clever politics I suppose. I expect politics will trump economics so there will be something there for the backbenchers. Still not sure about the GE, could Sunak do a John Major and call one soon (2 May with the local elections?) or wait until the Autumn, his two year anniversary? At the moment, polling will probably only get worse and Reform could start eating into the Conservative vote even more. Things could improve, they could equally get worse. Difficult decision either way. It's 25 working days between dissolving parliament and Polling Day, so if we see a flurry of contracts before the end of March and Purdah starting, then we'll have a better idea. 😉 |
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Post by supergas on Mar 4, 2024 11:46:35 GMT
Budget on Wednesday, from the FT: "Each 1p cut in employee national insurance rates costs £5bn a year, while a 1p reduction in the 20p basic income tax rate costs £7bn. A national insurance cut is seen as a more pro-economic growth measure as it would only benefit workers. The chancellor has been looking at an “emergency package” of revenue raisers to pay for personal tax cuts, including stealing Labour’s plan to scale back the “non-dom” tax regime, securing between £2bn and £3bn a year. Also on Hunt’s list of potential revenue raisers are an increase in air passenger duty for business travel, an extension of the windfall levy on oil and gas producers, a tax on vapes and abolishing the furnished holiday let regime, according to those close to the Budget process. Hunt could raise a further £5bn to £6bn a year if he cuts public spending plans in the next parliament, a controversial idea which has led to claims from economists that he is funding tax cuts now by making “fictitious” promises about the future." www.ft.com/content/1b4f19d7-c7e5-4d16-a7c1-1c12ec0d0592So headline grabbing tax cuts could be 'afforded' by nicking Labour's plans and making promises they won't be around to deliver. Clever politics I suppose.
I expect politics will trump economics so there will be something there for the backbenchers.Still not sure about the GE, could Sunak do a John Major and call one soon (2 May with the local elections?) or wait until the Autumn, his two year anniversary? At the moment, polling will probably only get worse and Reform could start eating into the Conservative vote even more. Things could improve, they could equally get worse. Difficult decision either way. It's 25 working days between dissolving parliament and Polling Day, so if we see a flurry of contracts before the end of March and Purdah starting, then we'll have a better idea. 😉 To be fair, proposing spending and tax plans you'll never have to implement is a tactic used by all opposition parties at any given opportunity - Labour's recent £28bn 'Green Spending Plan' is a classic example - although it's been abandoned/changed/upgraded (delete as applicable) plenty of people have seen how they will spend the money that they have now admitted they can't actually raise and so won't actually spend when they win the election. But I would bet it's still in the minds of many voters... |
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 4, 2024 13:48:13 GMT
Budget on Wednesday, from the FT: "Each 1p cut in employee national insurance rates costs £5bn a year, while a 1p reduction in the 20p basic income tax rate costs £7bn. A national insurance cut is seen as a more pro-economic growth measure as it would only benefit workers. The chancellor has been looking at an “emergency package” of revenue raisers to pay for personal tax cuts, including stealing Labour’s plan to scale back the “non-dom” tax regime, securing between £2bn and £3bn a year. Also on Hunt’s list of potential revenue raisers are an increase in air passenger duty for business travel, an extension of the windfall levy on oil and gas producers, a tax on vapes and abolishing the furnished holiday let regime, according to those close to the Budget process. Hunt could raise a further £5bn to £6bn a year if he cuts public spending plans in the next parliament, a controversial idea which has led to claims from economists that he is funding tax cuts now by making “fictitious” promises about the future." www.ft.com/content/1b4f19d7-c7e5-4d16-a7c1-1c12ec0d0592So headline grabbing tax cuts could be 'afforded' by nicking Labour's plans and making promises they won't be around to deliver. Clever politics I suppose.
I expect politics will trump economics so there will be something there for the backbenchers.Still not sure about the GE, could Sunak do a John Major and call one soon (2 May with the local elections?) or wait until the Autumn, his two year anniversary? At the moment, polling will probably only get worse and Reform could start eating into the Conservative vote even more. Things could improve, they could equally get worse. Difficult decision either way. It's 25 working days between dissolving parliament and Polling Day, so if we see a flurry of contracts before the end of March and Purdah starting, then we'll have a better idea. 😉 To be fair, proposing spending and tax plans you'll never have to implement is a tactic used by all opposition parties at any given opportunity - Labour's recent £28bn 'Green Spending Plan' is a classic example - although it's been abandoned/changed/upgraded (delete as applicable) plenty of people have seen how they will spend the money that they have now admitted they can't actually raise and so won't actually spend when they win the election. But I would bet it's still in the minds of many voters... Labour have jettisoned policies that the Conservatives can round on, I think the term used was 'bullet proofing' their manifesto. I remember the Conservative reaction to Gordon Brown's first budget, "they have bribed the electorate with their own money, damn, wish we thought of that!" Going to be an interesting Budget, remembered for the politics rather than the economics. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 4, 2024 14:23:18 GMT
If anyone is harbouring under the illusion that the Conservatives are the party of defence, MOD stats released on 29 Feb reveal the British Army Armoured Fighting Vehicles fleet has been cut by nearly 25% since 2016, RAF aircraft numbers cut by 30% and uncrewed airframes cut by 50%.
Just as well there isn't a war on in Europe then.
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 5, 2024 8:11:35 GMT
This seems a little unlikely, but you never know. Incidentally the second Green seat (and Labour loss) is the new Bristol Central. Sheffield Hallam is the other Labour loss, this time to the Lib Dems.
New Ipsos poll for the Evening Standard
Lab 47%
Con 20%
LD 9%
Green 8%
Reform 8%
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 5, 2024 8:15:26 GMT
Under 9 years ago David Cameron won a majority in a General Election. During that time we have had 5 Prime Ministers, 7 Chancellors, 8 Home Secretaries, and 7 Foreign Secretaries. Thank goodness we escaped all that “Chaos with Ed Miliband".
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 5, 2024 10:27:19 GMT
GGMI-esque boom? Maybe. 😉
"Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow paymaster general, has just claimed that this year's general election is "definitely coming in May".
He tells Sky News the Conservatives are "planning for May".
"My challenge today to Rishi Sunak is name that date."
To note, for a May election to take place, Mr Sunak would need to call the election towards the end of this month or the start of April.
The most likely date, if it will take place in May, is 2 May - the same day as the local elections.
However, Mr Sunak previously said it is his "working assumption" that the election will take place in the second half of 2024."
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Post by francegas on Mar 5, 2024 11:02:23 GMT
GGMI-esque boom? Maybe. 😉 "Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow paymaster general, has just claimed that this year's general election is "definitely coming in May". He tells Sky News the Conservatives are "planning for May". "My challenge today to Rishi Sunak is name that date." To note, for a May election to take place, Mr Sunak would need to call the election towards the end of this month or the start of April. The most likely date, if it will take place in May, is 2 May - the same day as the local elections. However, Mr Sunak previously said it is his "working assumption" that the election will take place in the second half of 2024." Oh god not that clown Jonathan Ashworth who when constantly asked how Labour would fund various things gives the usual response of non doms!!! He may be right about the election but why would Rishi call an election in May when they're so far behind in the polls. At least calling it later in the year would give them time to soften the blow! On another note anyone know if Angie has paid HMRC back on the tax she should have paid when she sold her council house! |
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 5, 2024 11:13:38 GMT
GGMI-esque boom? Maybe. 😉 "Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow paymaster general, has just claimed that this year's general election is "definitely coming in May". He tells Sky News the Conservatives are "planning for May". "My challenge today to Rishi Sunak is name that date." To note, for a May election to take place, Mr Sunak would need to call the election towards the end of this month or the start of April. The most likely date, if it will take place in May, is 2 May - the same day as the local elections. However, Mr Sunak previously said it is his "working assumption" that the election will take place in the second half of 2024." Oh god not that clown Jonathan Ashworth who when constantly asked how Labour would fund various things gives the usual response of non doms!!! He may be right about the election but why would Rishi call an election in May when they're so far behind in the polls. At least calling it later in the year would give them time to soften the blow! On another note anyone know if Angie has paid HMRC back on the tax she should have paid when she sold her council house! Because things could still get worse, I think. Calling one soon after a 'good' Budget and before Reform truly get going and eating into their numbers even more. Pros and cons for all the options. May or October are most likely. |
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