The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[DaveShoelace]

"I believe there’s a lot to learn by reading Das Kapital," says john mcdonnell on Marr as he refuses to rule out if he's a Marxist

next Tory election poster written then

Thought I heard him say he wasn't a Marxist, which surprised me (hence I remembered it)

[hector62]

So Labour are proposing an increase in income tax for those earning £80k a year to pay for improvements to the NHS. Maybe Corbyn would like to explain why they decided on that figure and not say £70k. Am I being too cynical in thinking that MP's salaries of £74,962 might have something to do with it.

[Jon MW]

£80,000 is rich these days

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I think the £80k figure was chosen because it's the top 5% of earners (?)

If that's the case then I would have thought that's the reason it was chosen - plus, top 5% of earners seems like a fairly reasonable definition of rich (although top 10% or top 25% would probably also work for that)

[TightEnd]

this is clever. Banksy has been busy in Dover

[TightEnd]

Brexit is Theresa May's Falklands war: Sunday article

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-margaret-thatcher-conservatives-general-election-a7718666.html

[TightEnd]

i think this is a tremendous piece of journalism

well worth bookmarking and reading

"The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

"New Statesman: John McDonnell named Lenin and Trotsky as his biggest influences in 2006"

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/03/exclusive-john-mcdonnell-named-lenin-and-trotsky-his-biggest-influences-2006

[TightEnd]

Andrew Neil does it again

Watch: John McDonnell is shown up on the BBC over his Marxist denial

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/watch-john-mcdonnell-is-shown-up-by-the-bbc-over-his-marxist-claims/

[TightEnd]

Slight move away from CON on SportingIndex .

CON 398-404
LAB 150-156
LD 18-21
UKIP 0.1-1
GRN 1-2
SNP 44-47

http://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/politics/british?tpid=6441&btag=a_7b_95c_

[TightEnd]

"Theresa May's Team" is at an Asian community centre in Harrow waiting for the PM to speak

again,it must have tested as a much stronger brand than the conservatives.

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[Doobs]

Slight move away from CON on SportingIndex .

CON 398-404
LAB 150-156
LD 18-21
UKIP 0.1-1
GRN 1-2
SNP 44-47

http://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/politics/british?tpid=6441&btag=a_7b_95c_

Sure I read on twitter over the weekend that the Conservatives expected majority had fallen from 100 to 50 or so, and that it was now in the balance.

Surely we can make bazillions here?


   

[nirvana]

Slight move away from CON on SportingIndex .

CON 398-404
LAB 150-156
LD 18-21
UKIP 0.1-1
GRN 1-2
SNP 44-47

http://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/politics/british?tpid=6441&btag=a_7b_95c_

Sure I read on twitter over the weekend that the Conservatives expected majority had fallen from 100 to 50 or so, and that it was now in the balance.

Surely we can make bazillions here
   

Assume that might be based on the local govt results but was listening to people talking about the tories poll about 5% more at GES that have followed locals. Who knows these days tho

[nirvana]

"Theresa May's Team" is at an Asian community centre in Harrow waiting for the PM to speak

again,it must have tested as a much stronger brand than the conservatives.

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Although it's the logical extreme of where British politics has gone since Blair..I hate this personalising of politics

[TightEnd]

New ICM poll has CON up

CON 49% (+3)
LAB 27% (-1)
LD 9% (-1)
UKIP 6% (-2)
GRN 3% (-1)

a record lead with ICM

[TightEnd]

The Conservatives are running newspaper ads talking up Jeremy Corbyn's chances of winning: (need to ensure their vote gets out)

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