Poll: General election voting intentions poll

Voting intentions in the General Election - only use the poll if you intend to vote

  • Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

    Votes: 2 0.3%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 287 42.0%

  • Democratic Unionist Party

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 67 9.8%

  • Labour

    Votes: 108 15.8%

  • Liberal Democrat

    Votes: 25 3.7%

  • Other party (not named)

    Votes: 15 2.2%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 2 0.3%

  • Respect Party

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Scottish National Party

    Votes: 36 5.3%

  • Social Democratic and Labour Party

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 4 0.6%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 137 20.0%
  • Total voters
    684
  • Poll closed .
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Self-employed independent contractors get paid a certain amount for doing a certain thing. The price they charge for that certain thing should include overheads and profit. Part of the overheads will a contribution to pay wages.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Self employed independent contractors do not generate wages, that is the issue. Every bit of their 'pay' is profit, so if that was capped at 5%, it would be very limited earnings.
I understand what the Ed was trying to suggest, but it is an unthought headline grabbing 'labour saves the nhs 'by doing little or nothing but adding more layers of red tape.
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Haven't you just encapsulated all modern day political headlines?
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Self employed independent contractors do not generate wages, that is the issue. Every bit of their 'pay' is profit, so if that was capped at 5%, it would be very limited earnings.
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Depends how they set themselves up. Most contractors use an umbrella company, in which case wages are not counted as profit.

What contractors won't be able to do is pay themselves minimum wage and then take the rest as a large dividend.
 
thebennyboy said:
My parents don't have an extra £2.5k per year to give me. The system does NOT work well, if you're rich it isn't an issue, if you're poor the government gives you everything. Everyone in the middle is shafted. I shouldn't need to get a job to sustain myself during university, student loans should be giving you enough to cover that.

How many middle class parents can afford to give their children £2.5k per year? Not very many i would guess. If i was to go back to uni now i would only get £4000 per year, that's to cover EVERYTHING. The course i was doing i needed to put all my effort into it, meaning i wouldn't be able to cope with a job on top of my uni commitments. Your comments are just so out of touch with reality, you should consider going into politics. You must be delusional if you think the current system is working, it's really not.
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So your parents' household income is in the region of £60k? And you're saying they can't afford to chip in, despite the fact that you being at university would likely save them far more than a couple of grand a year? Sorry, but there's no way that's true.

You can throw an insult-laden tempter tantrum if you wish. Fact is, the current maintenance system is the most generous (in cash terms) that it has ever been. There are generations of graduates that survived on less than students have now, while parental contributions and part-time jobs have been a standard part of student living for decades. Students don't have a lot of money, but the current system is pretty effective at ensuring they aren't in poverty - a massive victory compared to how it worked 10 years ago.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32106879

Ian Duncan Smith today confirming that David Cameron will be standing down as PM during the next parliament if he wins the next general election. Something potential Conservative voters need to consider carefully imo - you might like David Cameron, but what about if George Osborne or Michael Gove were PM?
 
kitfit1 said:
I wonder why the poll at the front of this thread differs so drastically from the current BBC "poll of polls" ?

BBC : Consv= 34% OCUK= 41.96%
BBC : Lab= 34% OCUK=15.79%
BBC : LibDem= 8% OCUK=3.65%
BBC : Ukip= 13% OCUK=20.03%


Maybe we all know something the other polsters don't lol.
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The people who vote Labour (ie. poor) are more likely to still be running a Pentium 4 than spending thousands of pounds a year on computer hardware, also they won't have a cushy job allowing them to spend all day surfing OCUK.
 
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He will stand down in the run up to the 2020 election. Not going to be another Blair Brown thing again. That really was out of the blue.
 
mmj_uk said:
The people who vote Labour (ie. poor) are more likely to still be running a Pentium 4 than spending thousands of pounds a year on computer hardware, let alone registering on a forum to talk about it.
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I never thought I'd see someone who was worse than Hitler. Congrats. You've opened my eyes.
 
Politicians are all just horrific people. Every last one of them.

I can't see the difference between dodging questions and lying at this point – both are designed to mislead.
 
scorza said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32106879

Ian Duncan Smith today confirming that David Cameron will be standing down as PM during the next parliament if he wins the next general election. Something potential Conservative voters need to consider carefully imo - you might like David Cameron, but what about if George Osborne or Michael Gove were PM?
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Daniel Hannan or Jacob Rees-Mogg would be my choices, George Osborne or Michael Gove i can live with short term the only ones i don't want is Boris or May
 
That interview is awful.
It worries me greatly that bunch might get in, and ruin the country.
One of their prongs seems to magically revolve around 'increased tax receipts from ordinary hard working families'.
She states this over and over.
Just how is she magically going to pay everyone more?
 
scorza said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32106879

Ian Duncan Smith today confirming that David Cameron will be standing down as PM during the next parliament if he wins the next general election. Something potential Conservative voters need to consider carefully imo - you might like David Cameron, but what about if George Osborne or Michael Gove were PM?
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It is strange that he would step down afterwards.
I always thought that when you vote you are note only voting for the parties policies (hopefully) but the leader who will become prime minister.

Policies aren't and can't always be enacted but the face of the country is fairly stable on e voted in.
 
Call me cynical but I think they're hoping that the idea of Boris for PM will lead to a third term.

I don't like any of the current candidates, in fact I'd vote for the status quo where the LibDems water down the more nasty facets of current policy. There's no "Incumbent" tickbox so I won't know who I'm voting for until I get to the ballot box in all hoesty now.
 
Narj said:
Call me cynical but I think they're hoping that the idea of Boris for PM will lead to a third term.

I don't like any of the current candidates, in fact I'd vote for the status quo where the LibDems water down the more nasty facets of current policy. There's no "Incumbent" tickbox so I won't know who I'm voting for until I get to the ballot box in all hoesty now.
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Also look at your constituency and vote tactically. If there is nobody you particular like but so done you dislike then you might be able help ensure your least liked party doesn't get in.
You can also dilute votes from minority parties you deprive. E.g. For me I hate the UKIP, any vote for labour, Tories, lib dems, SNP or greens is a good vote in my eyes. If you despise the greens then you can do something similar.
 
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