Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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its ok peter its hug a smug week.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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I think Danny Alexander doesn't do a bad job, but hes really in the wrong party
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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fully agree keith definitely a true blue underneath the ginger mop,not that i want his hair colour to be a issue.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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he is one of a few limp dems that would fit easily into a new tory party
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Liberal Democrats believe party can oust 'several' Tories
Liberal Democrats mount a challenge to Conservative seats for 2015 election
Nicola Blackwood, first elected as Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2010 election, is among the targets
Liberal Democrat officials believe the party can oust several sitting Conservative MPs in 2015, despite the fall in its popular appeal since the last election.
The Daily Telegraph understands party strategists have identified a handful of Tory-held seats where Lib Dems will concentrate efforts for gains in 2015.
Private polling has identified the environment as a key issue in such seats, and senior Lib Dems believe David Cameron's shift away from the green agenda presents them with an opportunity.
The party's nationwide polling figures have roughly halved to around 10 per cent since the formation of the Coalition government in 2010. That collapse has led to predictions the party will lose many of the 56 Commons seats it now holds, especially in more northerly areas, where Labour is the main challenger.
But even as the Lib Dems brace for these losses, party officials believe they can win elsewhere at the expense of their Coalition partners. They have identified a small group of suburban seats in the South as potential gains in 2015.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I dont think the lib dems will make that breakthrough,
purely because we also have a protest party(UKIP) That will split many of the votes, not enough to win any seats
but enough to keep a tory in place
Labour will probably gain in all of this,
but i still predict labour will be the largest party, but not enough to hold control
then there will be a nightmare of what happens next,,,,,
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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No winners in poll of polls as Tories, Labour and Liberal Democrats fail to seize initiative
The Independent's survey shows it has not been a good year for the three main Westminster parties
The Conservatives have halved Labour's opinion poll lead over the last year, while support for the UK Independence Party has slowly ebbed away from a dramatic peak in the spring, The Independent's latest poll of polls discloses on Tuesday.
As the political parties enter 2014, the findings will provide David Cameron with grounds for cautious optimism that the Tories can claw back the narrowing Labour advantage by the time of next year's general election.
A weighted average of last month's polls puts the Conservatives on 33 per cent (up one point since December 2012), Labour on 38 per cent (down three), the Liberal Democrats on 10 per cent (down one) and Ukip also on 10 per cent (up two).
Labour's lead under Ed Miliband was nine points at the turn of last year and grew to 13 points by February, but stands on Tuesday at just five points.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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As i said a long time ago
labour will be the largest party but not big enough to control
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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George Osborne's 'stealth cuts' will force millions to miss economic recovery
More than three million low-income families risk missing out on the economic recovery even if wages start to keep pace with inflation, according to an analysis for The Independent.
The Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank which aims to improve living standards for the less wealthy, accused George Osborne of burying a £385m "stealth cut" in the small print of last year's Autumn Statement, which will force the working poor to "run uphill" and earn an extra £1,000 a year just to stand still.
The foundation has analysed the impact of the Chancellor's decision to freeze the "work allowance" - the amount people can earn before their payment under universal credit starts to be withdrawn. The freeze means that even if their wages rise in line with the cost of living, their income will fall in real terms because the allowance does not keep pace with inflation.
In 2017, by when universal credit will be phased in, a couple with children who qualify would need to see their combined earnings rise by £985 to cancel out the income loss arising from this change.
The foundation, which specialises in low and middle earners, warned that the cut will undermine the Government's key aim as it merges tax credits and benefits into universal credit - to "make work pay"
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Theresa May overtakes Boris Johnson in the race to replace Cameron as Tory leader
Survey by ConservativeHome shows Home Secretary has beaten London Mayor for the first time - with 22.7% support ahead of his 22.6%
Michael Gove trailed with 17% ahead of David Davis with 11%
Just 7% would back Chancellor George Osborne to lead the country
Theresa May has replaced Boris Johnson as favourite to become the next Tory leader, according to a poll of party members.
The survey by influential grassroots website ConservativeHome reveals the Home Secretary has beaten the London Mayor into pole position for the first time, after a series of tough interventions on immigration.
Of the 800 Tory members polled last month, 22.7 per cent said Mrs May should be the party's next leader, just ahead of Mr Johnson on 22.6 per cent.
After a series of interventions on immigration, Theresa May (left) has beaten the London Mayor for the first time
Other contenders include the Education Secretary Michael Gove, who has repeatedly ruled himself out, on 17 per cent and former leadership contender David Davis on 11 per cent.
Despite the economic recovery, just 7 per cent of Tories believe Chancellor George Osborne should succeed David Cameron.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Teresa May has had a very up and down career
not sure she would make a good leader
david davis has shown before he doesnt have the support
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Tough Labour policy could close door on EU job-seekers
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Ummuna floats curbs on the free movement of people within EU
Labour has unveiled a hard line on migration from the European Union, which could mean that migrants would be allowed to come to Britain only if they already had a firm job offer.
In a surprise move, Labour suggested that it could seek new curbs on the free movement of people within the EU if it wins next year's general election.
Chuka Ummuna, the shadow Business Secretary, said he had talked to some of his European counterparts about the issue this week. He told the BBC's Question Time programme: "The founders of the EU had in mind free movement of workers, not free movement of jobseekers. The difference is that what people intended when they built the EU in the first instance is that people who either had a job or had the skills to get a job would move around the EU."
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John Buckley
- Registered: 6 Oct 2013
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So the labour business secretary is now agreeing with what UKIP have been saying, and has been derided for many years, in that we should be able to control our own borders in order to decide who can enter the UK? Wow! I hope he realises that such talk of picking on certain groups of foreigners can only be considered as "racist". Yet another political party changing their own core values in an attempt to diffuse the threat from UKIP. Strange that our political party "giants" deem it necessary to drastically change their own agendas simply due to what some on this forum consider to be just a "protest" party!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the big two are clearly rattled by the level of support for ukip although i am a bit surprised by the statement from the shadow business secretary. i can only think that someone at grass roots level has talked to someone high up and warned of traditional voters moving away.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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There hasn't been a labour party in over 30 years .
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
seeing she is a tory kieth.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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I wasn't on about your link Brian ,I have stopped looking at your mirror links
It plants a tracing virus on your computer
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
my prediction remains
labour largest party after 2015 election
UKIP split many votes but win nothing but hail it a victory
lib dems lose most seats
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