Like those that took an interest in Brexit but sat at home on their arses instead of voting and then moaned about the result?
Tactical voting
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Personally given the UK's current state it's rather a good idea to have a party in power that will collect more taxation. Labour.
So we get some mild left wing actions largely relating to the low paid end - is that really a bad thing?
How will it go? The run up polls sometimes aren't accurate and swings can occur when the manifestos come out.It wouldn't be the first time that has happened.
Next Tory argument is likely to be back to Labour doesn't have a plan. Their piece of paper concerning the supposed Labour deficit is still being waved around.
Sunak's silly will be out of the news shortly so all will be looking for something else to replace it.
So we get some mild left wing actions largely relating to the low paid end - is that really a bad thing?
How will it go? The run up polls sometimes aren't accurate and swings can occur when the manifestos come out.It wouldn't be the first time that has happened.
Next Tory argument is likely to be back to Labour doesn't have a plan. Their piece of paper concerning the supposed Labour deficit is still being waved around.
Sunak's silly will be out of the news shortly so all will be looking for something else to replace it.
Voters are split on the Labour and Conservative pledges not to raise the three main taxes, and oppose the Tory plan for bringing back national service, YouGov polling on general election policies shows. In a survey on the main pledges so far, pollsters found that the flagship Conservative idea of a year of military service or a day a month of volunteering for 18-year-olds was rejected by 52% of people and supported by 39%. The Tory idea of shutting down university degrees with “poor” outcomes also got support from less than half of voters at 49%, while 29% of people opposed it.
In contrast, the Conservative pension pledge proved more supported, with 73% backing the plan to raise the amount of income pensioners can receive before having to pay income tax in line with the annual increase in the state pension under the existing “triple lock”.
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In contrast, the Conservative pension pledge proved more supported, with 73% backing the plan to raise the amount of income pensioners can receive before having to pay income tax in line with the annual increase in the state pension under the existing “triple lock”.
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Like a dog with two tails.
Still making plans for Nigel?
Still making plans for Nigel?
Which at the point it will be needed represent an extra £49 per year. Based on forecast triple lock increases in the state pension over a number of years as the tax break points are frozen. Tory planning. Doubtful if any party can change that or avoid a time extension if one turns out to be needed.
Lots of voters want something done about the cost of living increase. They seem to think a gov can really do something about that.
Poly Toynbee writes in the Guardian today that [she]... went looking for old-fashioned Tories in East Grinstead and Uckfield, a deep-blue constituency in Sussex where the Tories are predicted to win by a margin of 5.7 percentage points [as] Tory strategists now put their last efforts into tax-cut bribery and red scares about Labour tax hikes, but just as their policy blitz has bombed, tax cuts fail, too. In my conversations tax had only one mention, while failed public services featured on every doorstep. Just one woman talked tax. She said she wouldn’t vote Lib Dem because: “You’re going to tax people earning over £50,000, like my husband, while Tories will cut taxes. I’m done with hardship.”
But she’s not typical: Ipsos this month found 40% wanted higher public spending, even if they personally pay more tax, with only 27% against. Savanta finds people have already “priced in” Labour rises in corporation, inheritance and capital gains tax – and they approve. On one door a sign read: “We know who we’re voting for. We found Jesus. Please go away!”, so I did.
But she’s not typical: Ipsos this month found 40% wanted higher public spending, even if they personally pay more tax, with only 27% against. Savanta finds people have already “priced in” Labour rises in corporation, inheritance and capital gains tax – and they approve. On one door a sign read: “We know who we’re voting for. We found Jesus. Please go away!”, so I did.
A huge majority and no effective opposition will be a disaster for democracy
The Conservatives have raised tax for all of us by freezing allowances. A Tax-raising party that pretends to cut taxes.
A person on an income of, say, £13,000 a year is just as much in need of tax relief whether his income comes from wages, pension or something else.
Pensioners are not uniquely hard up, and in many cases are better off than some people below pensionable age.
But that would make them a 'tax dodger' in your books.
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Yes, look what happened when the Tories had a huge majority
IPSOS has published its first MRP for the election and it makes grim viewing for the Tory faithful:
The projection, which represents a 15% swing away from the Tories since 2019, is likely to heighten fears among Conservative candidates and officials that the party could face an “extinction-level event” unless it closes the gap. The Conservatives’ worst defeat in modern political history was at the hands of Tony Blair in 1997 when the party won just 165 seats. It collapsed to 156 MPs, or 151 proportional to the size of the Commons, in 1906 – the party’s worst result since it was founded in 1834.
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With so many seats still very close, it means if the Conservatives improve their vote share by even just a couple of points it could help them pick up more seats. They are currently just behind in second place in 50 of these toss up seats. But equally, they are only just ahead in 56 of them, which means the result could turn out worse. Hard to imagine how much worse it can get for the Tories but it really could be an 'extinction level event' if Reform take more votes from them and Labour make gains in Scotland at the expense of the SNP.
The projection, which represents a 15% swing away from the Tories since 2019, is likely to heighten fears among Conservative candidates and officials that the party could face an “extinction-level event” unless it closes the gap. The Conservatives’ worst defeat in modern political history was at the hands of Tony Blair in 1997 when the party won just 165 seats. It collapsed to 156 MPs, or 151 proportional to the size of the Commons, in 1906 – the party’s worst result since it was founded in 1834.
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With so many seats still very close, it means if the Conservatives improve their vote share by even just a couple of points it could help them pick up more seats. They are currently just behind in second place in 50 of these toss up seats. But equally, they are only just ahead in 56 of them, which means the result could turn out worse. Hard to imagine how much worse it can get for the Tories but it really could be an 'extinction level event' if Reform take more votes from them and Labour make gains in Scotland at the expense of the SNP.
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Luckily there are not so many of them to be saddened.
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That could be a game changer. They haven't had Scottish support for a while and that looks like it will change this time.