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12-07-2019, 04:49 AM | #46 |
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My local Labour MP has a 23,000 majority. I wouldn't vote for her if you paid me.
I think Brexit will be bad for the UK economically, and always have done, and won't be voting Tory. I think that Labour under Corbyn/McDonnell would be catastrophic for the economy. And if Labour held a 2nd ref on their negotiated deal and Leave won (which many believe would actually be the more likely outcome), I think that the combination of leaving the EU with Labour in power would cripple the economy for decades. My wife and I are voting LD, my adult sons are voting Green. As a family, we think that the two main parties are utterly sh*t.
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12-07-2019, 05:59 AM | #47 |
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It's even worse as a parent. Going over £100k loses you the government replacement for childcare vouchers and 15 hours free childcare. If a £10k bonus takes you from £99k to £109k you could end up losing more than £10k, so may as well not take it. Or pay into a pension instead, which is ok, as long as you make it to pension age!
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12-07-2019, 06:30 AM | #48 | |
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If you don’t make retirement age, aren’t your personal contributions refunded from your pension pot to your estate? £10k plus tax relief, that would earn you about £750 a year for life post retirement if you retire at 67... |
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12-07-2019, 06:30 AM | #49 | |
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12-07-2019, 07:26 AM | #50 | |
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Really disappointed that none of the parties think that a root and branch review of the structure of taxation is worthy of a manifesto commitment. So many anomalies etc and so much complexity for tax payers and the administration (and cost of it) at HMRC. Would much rather have some teachers and nurses rather than people working in HMRC applying overly complex tax policies... |
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12-07-2019, 07:38 AM | #51 |
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12-07-2019, 08:21 AM | #52 | |
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I can't vote tory because of permanent crises we have all year round in the health service. We're literally on our knees due to lack of hospital beds and staff to run them. As for 50,000 more nurses - a lie beyond all lies. New staff are just not entering the profession. |
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12-07-2019, 09:21 AM | #53 | |
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And of course the people worst affected will be those for whom travel costs constitute a large proportion of their disposable income and who can't afford a modern fuel efficient car - in other words a lot of Labour's traditional supporters.... |
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12-07-2019, 09:59 AM | #54 | |
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12-07-2019, 10:19 AM | #55 | |
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I haven't read their manifesto, only key points in summary form. I don't think the waspi women is the only unbudgeted item, however, at a cool £58 billion. I'm sure someone will correct me but I believe that provision of free broadband to every UK home and business and the renationalisation of BT Openworld as well as the provision of free breakfasts to all schoolchildren aren't fully costed. All this from a politician who didn't know the highest rate of UK income tax when quizzed by Andrew Neil. That interview really was a train smash. I watched it on catch-up the other night. Corbyn really is a relic, and not a particularly bright one at that.
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12-07-2019, 10:40 AM | #56 | |
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Brexit and a Trade Deal are different things. When does Brexit take effect ? That's right, at the end of the WA negotiation/extension period - currently 31 January 2020. The UK would no longer be part of the European Union. We would have formally made our EXIT as a member state of the EU : brEXIT. Getting Brexit Done = leaving on 31st January 2020. What's unclear about that ? There are terms on the table for the Transition Period during which time the UK would negotiate trade terms with the EU - in effect, the status quo. Trade would continue pretty much as-is. New trading terms with the EU, either a Trade Deal or WTO terms, would take effect from the end of the transition period, currently set for 1st January 2021. And you think it's others who are ignorant of the process and the legalities ? Your contempt for the opinions and decisions of others, and your perceptions of their understanding, says far more about your own intelligence and character than it does about the people that you are judging. It's clearly clouding your own ability to understand and communicate. You're clearly frustrated by the path that the UK is on. That's your problem. No-one can help you. All you have is your vote, and a preference, just like in the Referendum.
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This sums Corbyn up for me
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The will of the people.......which people? I fully understand that a vote is taken at a certain point in time, which is fair enough for a policy that takes a year or two to get going. But if something takes 5-6 years to see through, probably fair to just check if it's still valid. Especially if the result of the original vote was not overwhelming. |
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You honestly need to start reading what has been written, I know you want to rant and shout because you're angry and maybe scared? But you can do that without looking so foolish.
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12-07-2019, 02:58 PM | #61 | |
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The fool is closer to home than you'd ever admit.
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TP slightly off topic
good point - I' ve seen 3 others in 5 months! The car is terribly popular in the States with excellent feedback - Perhaps the 228 bhp engine is the key there although most sold are the 300 bhp editions. |
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