UK General Election 2015

[RickBFA]

The polling and forecast you put in the TFT daily report is really interesting.

It showed that whilst the Tory vote has slipped from 36.97% at last election to 35% now, the UKIP vote has gone from 3.17% to 14% now.

Your poll shows Labour at 34% currently.

It only takes UKIP to pinch 1-2% of Labour's votes and 1-2% out of the 14% UKIP vote to switch to the Tories at election voting time and we wont see Labour in power or coalition.

Think with the English voting issue, Milliband as leader and the lack of trust in Labour to run the economy, they are going to stuggle to win power in May.

[Woodsey]

Would any of the parties form a coalition with UKIP? I'm guessing the Tories would be most likely?

[doubleup]

Would any of the parties form a coalition with UKIP? I'm guessing the Tories would be most likely?

It's a bit pointless forming a coalition with a party that has zero parliamentary seats (predicted by the poll Rick mentions)

[Woodsey]

Would any of the parties form a coalition with UKIP? I'm guessing the Tories would be most likely?

It's a bit pointless forming a coalition with a party that has zero parliamentary seats (predicted by the poll Rick mentions)

Yeah fair point.

[MintTrav]

So, policies announced at the Conservative conference this week included:
 
- Reducing human rights
- Cutting benefits
- Reducing immigration
- Passing on pensions tax-free
- Increasing military spending

If I had any association with the party, I would be pretty ashamed after that lot.

[Woodsey]

So, policies announced at the Conservative conference this week included:
 
- Reducing human rights
- Cutting benefits
- Reducing immigration
- Passing on pensions tax-free
- Increasing military spending

If I had any association with the party, I would be pretty ashamed after that lot.

Not surprisingly it sounds good to me 

[RickBFA]

So, policies announced at the Conservative conference this week included:
 
- Reducing human rights
- Cutting benefits
- Reducing immigration
- Passing on pensions tax-free
- Increasing military spending

If I had any association with the party, I would be pretty ashamed after that lot.

Sound like vote winners.

Fancy letting people keep their own pension funds instead of taxing them at 55% or letting big insurers keep funds through annuities - what a disgrace.

Stopping criminals in prison getting votes by blocking European human rights - awful

Reducing the benefits bill by 0.9% a year after it ballooned under Labour - senseless - lets keep spending money we don't have.

Reducing immigration when schools etc are struggling to cope with numbers - how many immigrants have we seen in last 10 years?

Increasing military spending - why keep us secure eh?

What a total disgrace.

You'll be telling us that increasing the personal allowance to £12,500 and protecting NHS spending is wrong too?

[doubleup]

Fancy letting people keep their own pension funds instead of taxing them at 55% or letting big insurers keep funds through annuities - what a disgrace.

They are dead, they aren't keeping anything.  The reform doesn't affect anyone with an annuity.  There was even someone commenting that he thought it was great that his wife would be able to pass on her NHS pension.  The 55% tax charge only applied to someone over 75 with invested funds, there will still be a 45% tax charge if the funds are passed on to beneficiaries as cash.  Oafborne has just added an option that beneficiaries can draw from the fund, but no one has any idea how this will work in practice, just like his "free retirement advice" promise.

[The Camel]

Some of the most hard nutted right wing Tories I know think inheritance tax is the only tax which should be increased.

[arbboy]

Some of the most hard nutted right wing Tories I know think inheritance tax is the only tax which should be increased.

Increased as in the allowance increased so less people should pay it?

[The Camel]

Some of the most hard nutted right wing Tories I know think inheritance tax is the only tax which should be increased.

Increased as in the allowance increased so less people should pay it?

Nope, general level increased for everyone and use the money to fund a decrease in income tax.

[Woodsey]

Some of the most hard nutted right wing Tories I know think inheritance tax is the only tax which should be increased.

So probably centre left people by most other peoples definitions  

[The Camel]

90% inheritance tax, but 20% ceiling on Income Tax.

The talented get rich, the idle rich go skint.

Seems like a perfect world to me.

If people didn't dodge it, would be pretty cool.

[Woodsey]

90% inheritance tax, but 20% ceiling on Income Tax.

The talented get rich, the idle rich go skint.

Seems like a perfect world to me.

If people didn't dodge it, would be pretty cool.

Seems like a recipe to never ever get voted in, you should try your hand at politics mate 

[The Camel]

90% inheritance tax, but 20% ceiling on Income Tax.

The talented get rich, the idle rich go skint.

Seems like a perfect world to me.

If people didn't dodge it, would be pretty cool.

Seems like a recipe to never ever get voted in, you should try your hand at politics mate 

Sounds like a populist manifesto!