2015 UK General Election Thread

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Derek

My principles are under no circumstances am I doing anything that would make it more likely for the SNP to be my MP. If that means tactical voting for this election then so be it.

Again, understood. It is almost as if Mr Salmond lost a battle but could win the war. It needs to be sorted out.

The Tories are acting pretty dodgy here: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/damian-...to-play-on-me/

[heero_yuy]

A couple of interesting graphs:





Cameron promises to do the same again if re-elected and achieve the goal of full* employment. It should also be noted that in the last 5 years of the Labour administration less than 300,000 jobs total were created.

Paywall linky
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*Defn of full employment

Ah, the good old days of Hobbits, Orcs, Dwarves, Elves, and Sauron - bloody immigrants drove them all away.....

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Damien

The Tories are acting pretty dodgy here: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/damian-...to-play-on-me/

You seem surprised? This is the way of all politics these days. It'll get dirtier than this over the coming weeks

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Kursk

You seem surprised? This is the way of all politics these days. It'll get dirtier than this over the coming weeks

Sadly l don't think we have seen anything yet Kursk.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by denphone

Sadly l don't think we have seen anything yet Kursk.

My house is an election free zone, we are not watching any of the news programs, i have binned any election spam that has come through the door and if and its a big IF anyone knocks on my doors canvasing they will be told to fox trot off. I will make my mind up in the booth on election day based on what i feel is best for me and my family.

[heero_yuy]

Well I'll be taking any parties predictions about what the result of another parties policies will be with a very large pinch of salt. Talk about massaging statistics to suit your own agenda.

I'm waiting for that old chestnut about not having EU membership costing 3m jobs. A patent lie if ever there was one.

I prefer to look at the record of each parties tour of power and judge by the results. I still remember The Winter of discontent bodies going unburied, rubbish piled up in the streets as a result of Labour trying to be authoritarian and control everything. A trait they've never abandoned.

[richard s]

If we leave the EU what is there to stop the EU slapping on an import duty on British made goods if there is such a thing anymore.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by richard s

If we leave the EU what is there to stop the EU slapping on an import duty on British made goods if there is such a thing anymore.

World Trade Organisation. Anyway even if that didn't apply we'd just slap the same tariff on EU goods.

Originally Posted by richard s

If we leave the EU what is there to stop the EU slapping on an import duty on British made goods if there is such a thing anymore.

1. The very real risk of us doing the same back to them - and as we have a trade defecit with the EU, it would hurt them more than it would hurt us;
2. The fact that Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon compels all EU states to negotiate a post-membership settlement with any state that announces its intention to leave the EU. Article 50 ensures that things like free trade deals are in place before a country leaves.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

A couple of interesting graphs:





Cameron promises to do the same again if re-elected and achieve the goal of full* employment. It should also be noted that in the last 5 years of the Labour administration less than 300,000 jobs total were created.

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*Defn of full employment

Are you trying to tell me that all the jobs created by the Tories ARE NOT zero hours contracts?

Go figure

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Originally Posted by Damien

The Tories are acting pretty dodgy here: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/damian-...to-play-on-me/

Pretty good marketing if you ask me.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Chris

1. The very real risk of us doing the same back to them - and as we have a trade defecit with the EU, it would hurt them more than it would hurt us;
2. The fact that Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon compels all EU states to negotiate a post-membership settlement with any state that announces its intention to leave the EU. Article 50 ensures that things like free trade deals are in place before a country leaves.

That's another spurious EU fox shot then.

The EU will stop trading with us if we leave...

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Are you trying to tell me that all the jobs created by the Tories ARE NOT zero hours contracts?

YES! Facts are our friends as opposed to hyperbole.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Chris

1. The very real risk of us doing the same back to them - and as we have a trade defecit with the EU, it would hurt them more than it would hurt us;
2. The fact that Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon compels all EU states to negotiate a post-membership settlement with any state that announces its intention to leave the EU. Article 50 ensures that things like free trade deals are in place before a country leaves.

Originally Posted by Osem

That's another spurious EU fox shot then.

The EU will stop trading with us if we leave...

Wouldn't be so sure about article 50 saving the day

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance...y-for-britain/