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Its more marginal than you think, that seat. Her huge majority is largely a personal vote for her. She first won it in 2010 with a majority of just 500. If the Southwest can sort itself out and decide which opposition party it wants to get behind, there's quite a few seats ripe for picking down...

More to the point, has someone shoved a duracell bunny up Jeremy Corbyn's arse? He was pathetic at PMQ's right up to the election, and suddenly he's commanding, dominant, witty and cutting at the ballot box. Was it all a big ambush to get May to call an election? Labour 6 points ahead in the...

Protests and rallies are part of democracy. We've had anti-war marches, countryside rallies, anti-nuclear marches, leave the EU flotillas, anti-austerity protests, I agree with some causes and not others, but its all fine :)

Hasn't it always been thus? I'm 43 and for as long as I can remember the Tories have always been considered the party of law and order, and they frequently claim this, yet there always seems to be more crime under their watch.

Ooh, a new poll. Well my general election vote is already in the post, so my click on this poll is a statement of fact :smokin:

As a Labour supporter I have really disliked Corbyn for the past couple of years. However he is really winning me round during this campaign, and I wonder how many other Labour supporters are feeling the same?

a £400 a year increase on personal tax for people earning £80,000? A level of corporation tax lower than at any point during the Thatcher, Major or Blair governments? Spiteful *******s!!

Well, I certainly doubt they'll be in a position to deliver them. Yes, they have appeared a shambles in opposition, but memories are short and this manifesto launch has by and large been a success. Like I say, I've no doubt your lot will win, and probably win handsomely, but be careful. If your...

OK, well I think we need it, I accept this can be debated. I stand by the point that we've borrowed huge amounts for decades and our economy has by and large done well during this time, so we shouldn't be scared of future borrowing. and no, the alternative to the Tories plan was not real cuts...

Sucks doesn't it. Same over here. Tax rates could be 1%, they wouldn't bring it back. If you can do it, you do it.

Labour is planning to borrow £25bn in their first year, the Tories have borrowed £700bn in 7 years. Its not madness, particularly because the Labour spending is targeted towards economy-stimulating infrastructure projects and finally, hopefiully, renationalising our essential services. Whereas...

Top rates of corporation tax in the USA are 35%, but you don't see companies running out of that country. Its scaremongering that we would lose companies and jobs because of that. 26 % isn't even that high for Britain, it was higher than that right through the 80's and 90's up to 2010 and our...

Obviously he had more motivation to research and present the data than a Tory-leaning individual, considering the result goes against Tory talking points

Its a great time to borrow isn't it?, interest rates are so low and we can create a lot of employment along the way. Far be it for more me to endorse a Conservative policy, seeing as they traditionally borrow more than Labour -...

But this huge tax burden for the rich - if you earn £80,000 its an extra £400 in tax. If you earn £500,000 its an extra £25k in tax - (although I imagine most of those have their money offshore anyway) So its basically only a relatively tiny little-bit extra to ensure that all the...

Thing is, I'm starting to look it more seriously, and it it doesn't look that bad right now....

I think they've done this manifesto roll-out very well and I find I have a new-found interest in what Corbyn has to say. This manifesto is exactly what I want to see and such a contrast to both the Tories and the lily-livered efforts of Ed Miliband.

Its an excellent manifesto, shame about the salesmen, but we have to look beyond that and realise that this is the Britain we want

Its the kind of lead (or deficit) that parties tend to have mid-term, far out from an election, and everything tightens up by the time of a real campaign. But the timeline is so short here one wonders if it will. I can't think of another time when a snap election has been called in these...

there's no correlation between the party in power and economic performance, either way, I've tried to find some evidence but its tough. What usually happens is governments get the credit for a good economy, and the blame for a bad economy, and government switches happen in the latter case. Right...