Mrs WQW is a Presiding Officer (over 20 years) and reports that the polling stations are very busy, one run by an associate is reporting double the numbers for recent elections.
Personally I am pleased that people are once again engaging in politics, but am a little worried that the high...
I used to love staying up all the way through for the election results, but I was gutted when Kinnock failed all those years ago (might surprise a few people!).
Since then I see the first 100/150 results in to get a flavour of what is going on, but then bugger off to sleep to be ready for the...
Because I look around me and take note of what I see, without resorting to 'charity' reports with a political agenda to push. Do you REALLY beleive that a third of children in the UK are in poverty? If you really do believe that, then you have very high expectations. I would suggest that not...
Correct, my apologies: regions/countries. Should I now doff my cap to..............nah, boxxocks to that.
So even though the author of the formula now says that it is now heavily flawed, do you still think that those who pay the most tax should be led by those who not only pay less, but...
You have not heard of the Barnet Formula then? The one that guarantees higher public spending in certain regions than others? The formula which its own author now says was a mistaken policy?
I was wondering how long the softie southern faux socialists (mainly made up of games developers, social workers and arty liberals) would continue to ignore the injustice of a tax formula introduced under a Labour government, which even now continues to drive taxpayers money from the southeast...
Just as an aside, how do we all feel about getting the least value for money as a taxpayer?
www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/are-the-scots-really-sucking-up-a-massive-subsidy-9723797.HTML
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2014
Pubic spending...
For some reason I seem to recall that opinion polls historically have regularly over estimated the size of the Labour vote in advance of the general election. Wishful thinking on my part, or is there any evidence of this?
Labour have 3 BIG problems,
1. The economy is on the up.
2. Ed Milliband
3. The Tories will not let the electorate forget 'The money is all gone' note.