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5 OBR projects that continuing with Triple Lock will take State Pension Spending up to 7.5% of GDP, rather than 6% by 2060s... currently 5%

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6 IFS show for this and other reasons that median Pensioner income up sharply as non-pensioners have endured a decade of stagnation:

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7 . meanwhile IFS also shows that Pensioner Poverty is falling sharply, while child poverty was falling, now on rise

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so this is the background for a big decision for May..and she was wriggling on the subject on PMQs today (though note it wasn't corbyn who asked it,it was the SNP that hit the bullseye)

Labour is committed to triple lock. you might argue this is because they can do so as they won't have to fund it in opposition

but with an ageing population its ever more expensive to maintain

but pensioners vote, in large numbers,and vote tory in large numbers

so what does she do?

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Lib Dems criticised over reselection of ex-MP censured for antisemitism

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/26/lib-dems-criticised-over-reselection-of-ex-mp-censured-for-antisemitism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Panelbase Poll .

CON 49%
LAB 27%
LDEM 10%
UKIP 5%
GRNS 3%

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Lib Dems criticised over reselection of ex-MP censured for antisemitism

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/26/lib-dems-criticised-over-reselection-of-ex-mp-censured-for-antisemitism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

dealt with, Farron sacked him

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Seen any good stats/polls/graphs on the male/female voting patterns in the UK Tighty?

will look out for this too

you gov polling tables normally show male/female splits

here you go

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text in the gender section explaining https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/04/25/demographics-dividing-britain/

[DaveShoelace]

Seen any good stats/polls/graphs on the male/female voting patterns in the UK Tighty?

will look out for this too

you gov polling tables normally show male/female splits

here you go

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text in the gender section explaining https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/04/25/demographics-dividing-britain/

Thanks

Pretty much mirrors what I have read before. By all accounts older women are highly motivated by conservative values specifically on defence, but still lean left on most other things.

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the opposite of a thinly veiled swipe

newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/04/michael-dugher-interview-remarkable-achievement-jeremy-corbyn-be-doing-so …

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Jeremy Corbyn won't take part in TV debates unless May takes part, Lab sources say. Full words here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-corbyn-tv-debates-wont-take-part-without-theresa-may-general-election-2017_uk_59009af2e4b081a5c0f9645a?euc

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What will the 2017 local elections tell us about the general election?

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/04/what-will-2017-local-elections-tell-us-about-general-election

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How the Conservatives are wooing Labour's Scottish heartlands

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/04/view-paisley-how-conservatives-are-wooing-labours-scottish-heartlands

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'It’s going to be a bloodbath': Tories target high-profile Labour seats

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/26/its-going-to-be-a-bloodbath-tories-target-high-profile-labour-seats?CMP=twt_gu

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Boris Johnson tells voters not to be tricked into feeling sorry for “mutton-headed old mugwump” Jeremy Corbyn;

i had to look up mugwump,a real world derived from19th century Massachussetts meaning someone who is aloof from real politics

Boris' trawl through the nether reaches of the thesaurus continued on R4Today this morning

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3423290/boris-johnson-slams-jeremy-corbyn-as-an-extreme-danger-to-the-uk-urging-voters-to-avoid-voting-for-him-out-of-pity/