Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Originally Posted by
ninianclark
How much do the top rate tax payers contribute to the income tax take ?
Answer - More than a quarter of income tax (+25%) is paid by the
1% of taxpayers with the highest incomes.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that about
90% of income tax is paid by the
50% of taxpayers with the highest incomes, while more than a quarter is paid by the richest 1%.
This is where John McDonnell got caught out by the facts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39641222 - well worth a read
What is your point?
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
This election about having strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership. We get it May. You have been told to say this time and time again by your spin doctor because you are so thick you can't think for yourself.
Dear God she is the worst PM in my memory.
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Originally Posted by
Pearcey3
This election about having strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership. We get it May. You have been told to say this time and time again by your spin doctor because you are so thick you can't think for yourself.
Dear God she is the worst PM in my memory.
No; Gordon Brown was.
And Corbyn would be even worse.
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Elwood Blues
No; Gordon Brown was.
And Corbyn would be even worse.
May has done nothing since becoming PM.She is a puppet for Murdoch and Dacre. Brown was far brighter than she ever will be.
As for Corbyn he is not a leader but then again nor is May.
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Originally Posted by
Pearcey3
May has done nothing since becoming PM.She is a puppet for Murdoch and Dacre. Brown was far brighter than she ever will be.
As for Corbyn he is not a leader but then again nor is May.
May has been hamstrung to a large extent by Cameron ridiculous 2015 manifesto and his complete lack of any forward planning for Brexit.
Brown is a clever man but he did not show this as PM.
May is a free better leader than Corbyn (which is not saying much!!) .though I do have my reservations.
And she is over egging the pudding with this strong and stable stuff.
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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ninianclark
My point being - that Labour plans seem to be based on increasing corporation tax (even though lowering it bought in more money) and the other Labour rhetoric that the well off are getting clobbered, when the facts tell a different story - as you will see when you read it
All I wanted to know was whether people thought earning 70k meant someone was rich.
Clearly the McDonnell quote is bollocks, I am quite surprised they needed to waste a page fact checking it.
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Originally Posted by
Elwood Blues
May has been hamstrung to a large extent by Cameron ridiculous 2015 manifesto and his complete lack of any forward planning for Brexit.
Brown is a clever man but he did not show this as PM.
May is a free better leader than Corbyn (which is not saying much!!) .though I do have my reservations.
And she is over egging the pudding with this strong and stable stuff.
I am not saying I want to go back to the days of Blair or Cameron but watching May and Corbyn go at it during PMQs is tragic. Are we really surprised that neither want to do a TV debate?
Re: Is the Election really all about Brexit?
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Originally Posted by
Pearcey3
This election about having strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership,strong and stable leadership. We get it May. You have been told to say this time and time again by your spin doctor because you are so thick you can't think for yourself.
Dear God she is the worst PM in my memory.
Elwood mentioned the worst PM in my memory - it's trimmer Cameron by a distance as far as I'm concerned. James Callaghan deserves to be in the running for opting not to go to the country in autumn 1978, months before the winter of discontent and Gordon Brown was poor, but Mrs May is showing that she has the potential to be a strong candidate once reality bites for her.