Poll: General election voting intentions poll

[ReltonBFD]

I think you could say the same as interesting about all the parties people would vote for. What is your presumption for the background of the labour voters that would make it more interesting to you?

The labour party was Hijacked by the guardian reading , Middle class kids about 15 years ago, whom have taken it upon themselves to protect the "poor" while actually doing the opposite but are oblivious.

I want to know if I'm right. Long gone have the days when it was your council Estate voting for them in the masses.

 

[Danthus]

Sinn Fein, there is no difference.

IRA and Sinn Fein are connected at every level, you cannot separate them, Sinn Fein is simply the public face.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

Adams is despised by what was the PIRA, the think he sold out.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

I've already voted in this poll but it's letting me vote again. Election fraud.

I don't understand why. We bought the poll software from Zanu-PF.

 

[Tunney]

73 Labour voters , be interesting to know how much money they earn and what background they have !

Why? So you can call them all something-for-nothing scroungers or champagne socialists?

 

[Freakbro]

Well if it's illegal, then it's tax evasion, not avoidance, which is not illegal

The framework for discussion has moved on from this sort of soundbite, keep up.

It's no longer just seen as legal/illegal but there is now a moral aspect to financial and tax affairs, as even referenced by Osborne in that article.

'Aggressive Tax Avoidance' though legal within the letter of the law is now viewed as not within the spirit of the law and can still fall foul.

The coalition has pledged to crack down on tax avoidance - which is legal - in the wake of a number of high-profile cases involving celebrities.

Chancellor George Osborne has described "aggressive tax avoidance" as "morally repugnant".

And Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Saturday that he wanted to focus on the issue of tax avoidance.

 

[scorza]

We haven't touched on this subject, but yesterday the Tory MP for Bracknell said that George Osborne's pensioner bonds were intergenerational theft. I agree with him, I think this chancellor is the most cynical in history.

 

[Westyfield2]

Without being dumb... aren't the pensioner bonds ageist? I can't go and get one because I'm not over 65. So that means National Savings and Investments discriminate by age and offer me a worse rate because I'm younger.

 

[scorza]

Without being dumb... aren't the pensioner bonds ageist? I can't go and get one because I'm not over 65. So that means National Savings and Investments discriminate by age and offer me a worse rate because I'm younger.

I had the same thought, dunno really.

 

[RDM]

We haven't touched on this subject, but yesterday the Tory MP for Bracknell said that George Osborne's pensioner bonds were intergenerational theft. I agree with him, I think this chancellor is the most cynical in history.

The reasoning behind them is meant to be because pensioners who rely on savings are those most hit by the constantly low interest rates. Alternatively it is a cynical attempt to buy the pensioner vote that Labour would struggle to argue against without looking mean.

I know which one I reckon it is...

 

[RDM]

Without being dumb... aren't the pensioner bonds ageist? I can't go and get one because I'm not over 65. So that means National Savings and Investments discriminate by age and offer me a worse rate because I'm younger.

Financial products may have an exemption?

 

[scorza]

The reasoning behind them is meant to be because pensioners who rely on savings are those most hit by the constantly low interest rates. Alternatively it is a cynical attempt to buy the pensioner vote that Labour would struggle to argue against without looking mean.

I know which one I reckon it is...

Just seems like an enormous coincidence that while young people have lost their EMA and seen their tuition fees triple under this government, older people have seen their free bus passes preserved, state pension protected, winter fuel allowance for ex-pats living in Spain is unaffected, and now this.

 

[MrMoonX]

Just seems like an enormous coincidence that while young people have lost their EMA and seen their tuition fees triple under this government, older people have seen their free bus passes preserved, state pension protected, winter fuel allowance for ex-pats living in Spain is unaffected, and now this.

Yeah, the Tories have bribing the pensioners for the last five years, buying the grey vote. Pensioner bonds only help rich pensioners, massive cuts to adult social care are killing the others

 

[John40]

Yeah, the Tories have bribing the pensioners for the last five years, buying the grey vote. Pensioner bonds only help rich pensioners, massive cuts to adult social care are killing the others

No different to labours client base of immigrants, unemployed, f e c kless and bone idle who have all been treated very well while labour have been in power so they'll never vote for anybody else.

 

[ReltonBFD]

No different to labours client base of immigrants, unemployed, f e c kless and bone idle who have all been treated very well while labour have been in power so they'll never vote for anybody else.

+1

Labour go after the BME's , Asylum seekers , Immigrants etc.. etc...

 

[robgmun]

+2

 

[sports_brah]

IRA and Sinn Fein are connected at every level, you cannot separate them, Sinn Fein is simply the public face.

lul wut?

 

[sports_brah]

My personal preference would be UKIP. Not necessarily due to the policies, but because I think a system like America where you vote red or blue (with a smattering of yellow) is not healthy.

More choice is needed, and politicians need to understand their accountability more. Bringing in another party would shake things up.

 

[Dolph]

Yeah, the Tories have bribing the pensioners for the last five years, buying the grey vote. Pensioner bonds only help rich pensioners, massive cuts to adult social care are killing the others

Your main cricitism seems to be that the Tories didn't reverse labour's spending largesse on pensioners...

 

[semi-pro waster]

Yeah, the Tories have bribing the pensioners for the last five years, buying the grey vote. Pensioner bonds only help rich pensioners, massive cuts to adult social care are killing the others

No different to labours client base of immigrants, unemployed, f e c kless and bone idle who have all been treated very well while labour have been in power so they'll never vote for anybody else.

+1

Labour go after the BME's , Asylum seekers , Immigrants etc.. etc...

It's nice that you guys can agree on some things after all - your common ground seeming to be that "the party I like least is doing their best to appeal to a group I don't belong to". And to think that some people say that there's no difference between the parties these days...

 

[The Geezer]

It's nice that you guys can agree on some things after all - your common ground seeming to be that "the party I like least is doing their best to appeal to a group I don't belong to". And to think that some people say that there's no difference between the parties these days...

Robert Peston is that you ?