I'd say that would be the worst sort of thinking, because then the SNP would deliberately be trying to wreck the UK just for the sake of it. Them voting on issues which could potentially have a knock-on effect on a Scottish budget though would at least make some sort of sense.
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I'd say that would be the worst sort of thinking, because then the SNP would deliberately be trying to wreck the UK just for the sake of it. Them voting on issues which could potentially have a knock-on effect on a Scottish budget though would at least make some sort of sense.
Yeah the idea of another general election would be pointless, no-one's going to gain enough support to alter the result and you've just wasted more money and further irritated the electorate. Scottish people want to vote SNP, if you want the UK to remain then you engage with that and make it work. Treating them as persona non grata will do nothing but heighten anti-UK sentiment, leading to an almost certain parting of the ways within a decade.
For so long as Labour remains opposed to EVEL, any coalition government which involves the SNP will be damaging to them in the long run. It would be an open goal for the Tories, impossible to miss. Given that reality, i would consider the chances of such an early el3ection to be slim. Should Cameron continue as PM however, there would be some appeal to a snap election once the EU referendum has been held.
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Anyone seen this? The closet racists emerge once again.
Depends on whether Cameron campaigns for or against exit and wins or loses it.
I certainly wouldn't describe it in those terms. Not a case of intentionally causing the UK harm because they dislike the union but a willingness to do so, when they feel such favours those they represent.
As for the second election part - It's significantly less than ideal but if neither main party gets somewhere close to a workable amount of MP's, I'm not sure how you avoid it. I can't see a Labour/SNP agreement that's concrete enough to last.
Well, naturally, although when it comes to the crunch i expect him to side with the majority of his party for all that he may have a few misgivings. Therefore it simply boils down to the eventual outcome, and he'd be mad not to seize the opportunity should it be favourable.
What a surprise.
Nigel Farage's offer to support a minority Conservative Government
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...tive-government/ar-AA9N2kq?ocid=mailsignoutmd
Nigel Farage's offer to support a minority Conservative Government
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...tive-government/ar-AA9N2kq?ocid=mailsignoutmd
Labour at last pointing out the obvious: http://www.theguardian.com/politics...te-loose-relationship-scottish-national-party
Won't be voting (again) . I don't want any of these tools running the show
It's shocking. He's sullied the good name of UKIP.
I almost find it silly when people react with anger and/or surprise when a UKIP politician is caught saying something stupid. They're obviously all like that. We just hear about the incidents involving the ones stupid enough to get caught.
Would love a seven way to debate to happen. Would be absolute carnage, TV gold.
My thoughts at the moment are that I am surprised how many people think we have had a Conservative government. We haven't, we have had a coalition which has only been able to implement the policies agreed by that coalition.
So did same coalition prevent the Tories from achieving all the mighty things it would have been able to on it's own, or did it just tone down a bit of the 'nastiness' you might have expected?
Take your pick.
So did same coalition prevent the Tories from achieving all the mighty things it would have been able to on it's own, or did it just tone down a bit of the 'nastiness' you might have expected?
Take your pick.
Wouldn't go with either, really. I don't think the 'nastiness' has been toned down, at all. The cuts and the treatment of the vulnerable has been very 'free market - survival of the fittest'.
I think you're wrong to say this hasn't been a Tory government.
They might as well not even bother if it's going to be one debate with seven people.
At this point I'm fairly glad i'm not in the UK and wont have to live with the results of this.
UKIP speak a mixture of sense and complete rubbish. Would you really trust them to run an entire country?
Conservatives don't seem to know who they are anymore.
Labour would set the UK back 10 years if allowed to govern in their current state. They're as clueless as I've ever seen them, and that's saying something after the Brown years.
IF I vote, it will be Conservative. The lesser of all evils.
UKIP speak a mixture of sense and complete rubbish. Would you really trust them to run an entire country?
Conservatives don't seem to know who they are anymore.
Labour would set the UK back 10 years if allowed to govern in their current state. They're as clueless as I've ever seen them, and that's saying something after the Brown years.
IF I vote, it will be Conservative. The lesser of all evils.
Michael Foot?
Just watching Newsnight, the inability of the labour dude to admit that spending less would mean they'd have to borrow more was so fecking painful, I'm not watching any more politics until after the election.
Credit has to be given to the remarkable job George Osborne has done with the economy after the disaster Brown left behind. I dont think the UK can afford another Labour government yet.
Davis kept asking 'would you spend more?', he should have answered 'we will invest more'.
Not commentating on the policy there, just the presentation.
We have gone from having one of the worst downturns of all to having pretty much the fastest growing econony in the developed world. There is only really Norway ahead of us and the Euro area as a whole is only at 0.9%.
If this were due to better productivity, or better balance of payments, then you would be right. Unfortunately both have fallen behind.
The GDP growth so far is due to a manufactured house price boom, asset sales, and immigration.
The budget and it's boasts have been rewritten mostly due to the spectacular fall in oil prices, which, to paraphrase your financial adviser, can go up as well as down.
Balance of payments doesnt matter too much, especially as Osborne is trying to increase savings and economic growth remains healthy. Balance of trade is improving, whilst labour productivity remains a problem. A partial recovery is better than no recovery.
What is worse is the current Labour lot seem to have no idea what they would do if they came to power, other than 'tax the rich'.
Well, if you ignore the US economy that is driving the world economy...
He said 'pretty much', ie one of the fastest growing, which it is. Eurozone only just moved back into expansion in q4.
Year on year GDP growth was 2.4% for 2014. Less than the UK's.
Yes, but the rate of projected growth going forward is higher for the US (over 3% vs 2.5%). The US economy is strengthening at a faster rate than the UK and looks to be in better shape long-term.
A two hour programme on its will probably consists of 30 mins adverts... a five minute introduction. Five mins intro from each person leaving about fifty mins for questions
So presumably time for one or two questions by the time they have spun their answers out and bitched about each others reply
I'd be surprised if prepared statements are given more than 60 seconds.
And had been growing for a while before the UK picked back up (an occurrence which, I believe, seemed to happen around the same time Osborne changed tactics to ease on the austerity).
It's going to be messy. Wonder if they'll have a time limit for all responses. Maybe they'll sound a comedy klaxon after 60 secs and the light on their podium will go out as they move onto the next speaker.
This constant "the economy is recovering" line is getting bloody tiresome.
It is the standard conservative answer to every bloody question put forward. I am no labour fan, however they did not cause the world recession, and if their spending was so out of control, why didn't the conservative opposition feel the need to mention it during the twelve years labour was in power?
We are told that there are 2 million extra jobs, but statistics show, that the same level of output (work) is being done annually, which reflects how many zero hour contracts, and job shares have been created. Here in Surrey, I don't think we even saw the economic down turn, but having worked in east anglia in the last two years, I can honestly say, small town's have taken a dramatic hit, and standards of living are still falling. These areas have and will continue to be forgotten, and with the continued attack on the benefit system, which supports a large proportion of working families, their living standards will continue to fall. This is not to mention the desecration of public services which these communities rely on.
Conservatives are promising 30 Billion worth of more cuts in the first year (if re elected ) 14 billion coming from welfare, what is it going to be like if your unemployed, low paid, mentally ill, or disabled. They have been offered alternative saving, opportunities, but continually ignore them as they involve their core supporters being targeted, mainly wealthy pensioners, and large corporate tax evaders.
A 2 way debate in less than a week with Cameron and milliband
Will be interesting to see how ed does... I'm sure he sees it as an opportunity to become a credible pm... I see it as a big risk that he just looks like a weirdo who does not engage with people
Will be interesting to see how ed does... I'm sure he sees it as an opportunity to become a credible pm... I see it as a big risk that he just looks like a weirdo who does not engage with people
Where's this sun? bbc.co.uk is saying there will be a 7-way but no 2-way.
It's just a "question and answer" programme on Sky and Channel 4 on the 26th presented by Paxman and Burley.