The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[The Esk]

What I don't get is this - if you cut a bit of money off the rich, all they get is a bit of a bloody nose and carry on life as usual.

Agree - I earn more than I spend so 5% extra tax just means one of two things (i) less disposable income or (ii) I work a little harder to make good the short fall.

Guess the right answer (i) or (ii) ?

 

[peteblue]

If he's not a career politician, what is his career, plumber, electrician, solicitor, doctor, military officer, what ?

Certainly not a businessman.......

 

[Chang Elephant]

Agree - I earn more than I spend so 5% extra tax just means one of two things (i) less disposable income or (ii) I work a little harder to make good the short fall.

Guess the right answer (i) or (ii) ?

Don't you close up your businesses immediately and relocate them from the uk ?

 

[The Esk]

Don't you close up your businesses immediately and relocate them from the uk ?

Will answer later when I've finished packing...

 

[peteblue]

Don't you close up your businesses immediately and relocate them from the uk ?

No mate, you sack the lowest paid ones at the bottom of the company.........

 

[The Esk]

No mate, you sack the lowest paid ones at the bottom of the company.........

Actually you do neither, you just work a little harder and a little smarter.

Those that earn a lot of money are sufficiently motivated to overcome any rise in taxes.

 

[Chang Elephant]

No mate, you sack the lowest paid ones at the bottom of the company.........

As a start, before you fully relocate the business out of socialist Britain whilst in the meantime justifiably utilising extreme tax avoidance/evasion techniques ?

 

[daylightrobber]

No mate, you sack the lowest paid ones at the bottom of the company.........

Are you referring to the Tory attitude to the poor here. Not quite sure if you revel in it as much as the likes of IDS.

 

[peteblue]

Just heard Ed The Balls going on about a balanced economy, regulation, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, he really is a pillock.......For Christs sake lads you may not like Osbourne but you have to admit he's head and shoulders above Balls........

 

[peteblue]

Are you referring to the Tory attitude to the poor here. Not quite sure if you revel in it as much as the likes of IDS.

Don't confuse politics with business, one is concerned with tonights news, the other with strategic growth......

 

[davek]

Latest poll :
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0NQ1Y720150505?irpc=932
And newsnight projection :
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Even under that forecast (and Electoral Forecast weight against the LP) the centre-right/extreme right bloc doesn't get them the numbers for a win. Tory+LD+DUP = 316. The Centre-left bloc can make the maths work though: LP+SNP+SDLP+Plaid+Green = 326.

Still all on a knife edge and can go either way between that scenario above and one where either the Tories or LDs perform better than Electoral Forecast suggest and drag a few more seats out and that bloc they head over the line.

 

[daylightrobber]

Just heard Ed The Balls going on about a balanced economy, regulation, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, he really is a pillock.......For Christs sake lads you may not like Osbourne but you have to admit he's head and shoulders above Balls........

If you get turned on by someone who can only balance the books (which he isn't doing btw) by cutting benefits to the weakest in society, then yeah I guess he is.

 

[harris78]

Interesting little quiz, didn't get the answers i thought i would

https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz

 

[peteblue]

Actually you do neither, you just work a little harder and a little smarter.

Those that earn a lot of money are sufficiently motivated to overcome any rise in taxes.

For personal taxation for a privately owned Ltd company then fair enough, you may get a few moans but life goes on. For personal taxation or company taxation for a large Plc it's a very different kettle of fish.........

 

[davek]

Just heard Ed The Balls going on about a balanced economy, regulation, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, he really is a pillock.......For Christs sake lads you may not like Osbourne but you have to admit he's head and shoulders above Balls........

What's he done to be head and shoulders above anyone? Crashed the economy into recession after being handed one with 3 successive quarters of growth before taking his foot off the accelerator just short of the car going over the cliff?

Bravo.