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Whereas that well know Trot rag the Torygraph says wages have fallen post 2008 and all the other evidence shows wages rising from 1999 to 2007. Therefore the fall in wages came after the Bankers screwed the economy not when new EU migrants arrived in 2004.

Tony Blair was a liar - Who knew ? You have yet to provide any evidence that the EU migrants have had a negative effect on wages.

The real value of wages fell between 2008 and 2013 (post the 2007 crash) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10799816/Britons-suffer-unprecedented-fall-in-real-wages.html Wages rose between 2000 and 2007...

There is in fact little evidence of a negative impact on wages from EU migration. The key issue has been the financial crisis caused by the Banking sector and the usual impact of an economic downturn and increased unemployment.

Migrants from the 2004 EU countries have made a net gain to the British economy of £5bn according to UCL. Also anyone who does not think Polish women are a boon to the country is obviously a long term resident of Kemp Town.

We won't agree but as far as I can see you are simply advocating a constitutional coup d'etat.

Did the Con-Dems stand on a joint ticket ? No Did they give the electorate the chance to decide if they supported a coalition by holding fresh elections ? No. The Liberals have made 5 years of a extremist right-wing attempt to destroy the Welfare State possible. They have supported regressive...

I don't remember anyone voting for the last five years of Con-Dem government & I am certain the Liberals will be punished for that. The Tories meanwhile have failed to win a majority since April 1992.

Most legislation eventually knocks through to Scotland although a more federal UK would tend to answer that. One could, of course, make the same point about the Tories and the DUP/UUP

Fair enough but there will clearly be legislation both in the the current Parliament and the next that has a direct impact on Scotland, so it's hard to see why they should not express their views. Any unionist party (and all three main parties are) would be very two faced to campaign to maintain...

Why should he rule out a confidence and supply arrangement ? Are we now being told Scottish MPs should have no say at Westminster ?

The level of support for both parties might suggest that but IMO the FPTP system makes it very difficult for national support to translate into seats for minor parties.

If the polls from 12 February to 12 March are taken into account Labour would be the largest party but around 27 seats short of an absolute majority: Labour 299 Tories 265 LibDem 17 SNP 46 Greens 1 UKIP 1 PC 3 NI parties 18

This. UKIP will get a small former Labour vote but the majority of it's support will be Monday Club Tories and other right-wingers.

Scrapping a redundant weapon which the Generals admit has no military use would save billions. The reason it won't be scrapped is because it provides political viagra for otherwise flaccid politicians.