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The media are out in force shilling for the tories too, simply because Jezza threatens corporate interests.
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The media are out in force shilling for the tories too, simply because Jezza threatens corporate interests.
AGreed. Which to some degree is why I think the House of Lords full of experts has its place to keep a check on politicians doing something they dont understand.
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Why should private schools be exempt from VAT in the first place?
Nice little link to see what party lines with your views:
https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz
Im 63% conservative, so will be voting for them as usual, although there are a lot of things I'm not happy about and don't particularly like May......the thought of a socialist Labour party with Corbyn at the helm in charge of the country genuinely scares me.
https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz
Im 63% conservative, so will be voting for them as usual, although there are a lot of things I'm not happy about and don't particularly like May......the thought of a socialist Labour party with Corbyn at the helm in charge of the country genuinely scares me.
This. I have never understood why as a business making profit they should be exempt from charging VAT except for the fact it removes the VAT to be paid by the wealthy.
My ex boss is up in arms about this as it will mean he will have an extra £24k per annum to pay for his children's fees on top of the £120k he pays now (ignoring the fact that its paid for out of a tax free trust set up by his mother)
I don't understand how its easy for Tories to change human rights laws how they'd like them to be but not easy for someone else to change them again later?
You'll have to let me know what they have done to workers rights i've done a bit of googling and a lot of the recent stuff looks like good ideas to me)
Didn't the government go to court to defend the uk leaving the eu so maintaining democracy?
Its always easier to vote a law out and remove it than reach agreement on a new law going into place is why.
As for workers rights its what she says she will do once we leave the EU.
Removal of the right to tribunals for employees, no minimum wage and no maternity leave for small businesses. Removal of the 48 hour working week. They are just a few off the top of my head.
And you only need to look back at their track history of fighting every EU improvement in workers rights.
it just is, removing such authoritarian laws is never easy, and adding human rights back in is always a monumental task that hardly ever happens.
for a start work tribunals are no longer free, meaning companies can do what they want as long as they think you don't have enough money to pay the fees.
no T went to court to undermine democracy and turn it into a dictatorship, if she had won she could have then passed what ever laws she wnated without parliament interfering in her plans.
no one you seem so blasie you don't seem to know anything of this, human rights, workers rights etc. just causally voting to throw so much away.
Decent link for anyone clueless about voting but I don't think it should be the be all and end all of your choice answering 15 questions or something.
My results:
not as much as a Marxist as chancellor, an 'ex' communist communications lead and a prime minster who would do away with our key military treaties and systems before we even get started on his dodgy acquaintances and past voting record... ala labour. Look at Venezuela for guidance on what happens to Marxist lead countries who run out of other people cash to bribe the electorate....
i despise the Tories (May in particular) but we really are stuck with bad or even worse this time round
For the same reason VAT is not applied to food (other than "luxury" items). Because education is a fundamental and basic necessity of our society. It's not trade, it's our future.
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Hmm not what i expected. Did think I would come out liberal but thought I would be more Tory than Labour. Although perhaps compared with the current Tory beliefs Im not which makes sense.
Oh of course, its just good to see how your views align...not a tool as such to tell you how to vote.
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f its not a trade then we are private companies running them at a profit?
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How accurate do you guys think sites like political compass and isidewith are? I thought my views werein general right of centre these days but have come out with Labour on each survey.
I certainly wouldn't go quite that far. 
Somewhat accurate if your vote is based on major policies across the board, there's still a lot of things missing from their questioning though.
pretty accurate as they go by the manifestos nearly no one is as tory as they think, they are far to authoritarian and far to right these days.
Gone are the sensible days where the parties where middle of the road.
I don't think much to them TBH.
Problem is the Tories have so far right, very few people would match up with them. Okay Scorza will come out 100% but you get my drift..
I used to be pretty central, slightly right Tory but that isnt on offer by the Tory party now.
Hell, I got called all kinds of names in the Pensions thread for wanting to decrease pensions and raise retirement age.
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