Garden Tax

Good morning @Jiffy my friend its the Telegraph again I have read all the manifesto's from cover to cover and enjoy listening to all parties as far as I am aware this is only a floating idea and will never come to fruition,that is my belief anyway I just like to see the truth in such matters whatever Manifesto they are in,ie Conservative/Labour/Liberal/Greens etc

It would depend on how the policy was actually designed. Labour has only committed to considering the idea, as have the Green and Liberal Democrat parties.,enjoy your day

 

That's the big problem with Manifestos nowadays. They don't really say anything. I listened to this 'garden tax' being discussed by politicians. At first the Labour politician said it was fair to raise a tax that way but quickly did a U-turn once he was pressed on it.

 

I still say there should be a 'None of the above' option on ballot papers, as the vast majority of people that I know will be voting for a person/party purely because they are the least worst that there is to choose from.

I still haven't a clue who to vote for - in fact, for the first time ever in a general election, I might not bother voting

 

One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”

Good morning @fat controller my friend I can well understand how you feel,but to vote is a no brainer for yours truly

Of course, if you don’t feel aligned to any of the political parties then there is Blank Voting. Staying at home just makes you another statistic, it is presumed you are just uninterested, by actively going to the polling station and not selecting any candidate before submitting to the ballot box, you become a voice for the disengaged. Blank Votes and Spoiled Ballots are read out at the event which takes place on election night, after all the votes have been cast, in which the votes are counted and the results are announced.

A,senior political figure who shall remain nameless, but is currently mayor of London, once told me that on the final day of general election campaigning he had just enough time left to visit one of two places: a students’ hall of residence or an old people’s home. He chose the old people’s home.

The calculation was clear: it was in the old people’s home that he stood the better chance of meeting actual voters. To his credit, he knew something drastic needed to be done about this, but it was a sad acknowledgement that in politics the young are nowhere near the front of the queue.

Around 75% of people aged 65 and over will vote in this election; unless something thunderously radical happens in the next six weeks, only around 42% of 18- to 24-year-olds will do the same. The over-65s coming out to vote and the under-24s staying in has been the norm for the past few decades. This is why we’re now all hearing so much about the pros and cons of the triple lock on pensions but absolutely nothing about student fees and housing benefit the older electorate has become an effective voting lobby, more powerful than the gas industry. Because the over-65s turn out in such large numbers, every politician needs to court them and doesn’t want to utter a single word that will alienate them or drive any of them to political opponents.

I am now going to take Penny accompanied by my hip flask for a long walk through the green and pleasant land,enjoy your day my friend

 

Good evening @pete my friend well at least you are consistent

when I see Jeremy I will tell him that its nothing personal as you don't like any of them

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2.(Arn't you forgetting the Lid/Dems?
That little weasel wants another referendum and when he wins this coming election I'm sure we will get one.)

3.(This is going to sound bad, but if it came down to it I'd go for Corbyn over Farron, (thanks I wondered what his name was), at least Corbyn is following a deluded principle and is not trying to be popular , and succeeding quite well.)

4.(Farron is just spouting what he thinks will make him sound good and appeal to a disillusioned voter.)

2,( Just watched some of it and had to turn it off.
Sorry but they all know exactly what needs to be done.

The point they seem to miss is so do we.

It's just that doing it is the big problem.

Really cant see the point of this kind of thing.
I could go up there and say what I think needs to be done, but I wouldn't be able to achieve it.)

 

I keep telling you not to beat around the bush and to say what you really think!