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I don't believe that Campbell was going to, that pic of Laws was just to mock him not turning up like HIGNFY put a tub of lard on the chair that Roy Hattersley was meant to be using, I don't believe that Campbell had that in mind with that pic I think the media are putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5

I agree with this, I couldn't give a f*** if he is gay, he could be straight, gay or blow goats for all I care what i DO care about is him STEALING my money, I would say the same if it was a tory MP, quite why Laws hasn't been referred to the police is quite beyond me :rolleyes:

The Tories are my natural home but even when Maggie was in power I probably at best agreed with 70% of her policies, with Cameron it is about 40-50% but Lib Dems and Labour it would be nearer 10%

LOL Danny You would be surprised how many issues me and tories are disagreed upon, I am anything but a sheep who blindly laps up every policy ;)

I agree with the tories He has no business representing Labour, he is not a politician, has not been in the commons or Lords in an official capacity and was just a writer of press releases for a man that retired 3 years ago, I would not have had any objections to him being the 5th panelist in Piers Morgan's place but to represent Labour when he has never been a politician and doesn't currently work for them was wrong IMHO Labour have over 250 MP's, no excuse not choosing one.

I am a capitalist but I am at the same time strongly opposed to consumers getting ripped off hence why I am in favour of things such as windfall taxes on oil companies, energy companies and banks, likewise I am strongly in favour of the renationalisation of the rail companies, gas and electricity companies and strongly against any privatisation of the royal mail/post office Any company that fleeces the public by putting up fares excessively, not passing on cuts in wholesale prices of energy to its customers for example should be stripped of its licence and renationalised

Yes I have always believed that everyone should get the same pay rise in a company, I also support the idea of profit sharing and that it should be shared equally among employees

They don't though, have you got a link to a credible site that proves this ? I would be surprised if the real figure is anything like that after all the variables are taken into account

They were,well not every single one but they flagged certain words and any communication that contained flagged words was intercepted by GCHQ Google were also forced by the government to hand over their searched terms lists for examination

Everyone just carries on speeding and brake hard just before a speed camera and accelerate away again, that is what I do, that is what everyone I know does, speed cameras are a stealth tax If anything they would CAUSE more accidents as people are watching out for where speed cameras are and watching the speedometer instead of their surroundings, speed cameras would take away people's concentration I am a speeder, I break the speed limit everywhere except in schools areas and residential areas There is a justification having speed cameras near schools but nowhere else

I have nothing to hide but I am a very private person, don't like being snooped on, if I wanted that kind of thing I would move to China My emails,texts, phone calls and websites I visit are my business not Labour's

Time will tell but I don't think "soak the rich" would be a vote winning policy at all, it would merely shore up Labour's existing vote tbh and Labour is only really popular in Scotland, Wales, city areas, the NE etc, Labour wouldn't win any seats in rural areas which is very much conservative heartland. A pledge to soak the rich would just be preaching to the already converted. Wouldn't get new votes.

I am not fussed about the DNA database either way The Labour government curtailed huge numbers of our civil liberties and privacy in the name of prevention of terrorism, they also spied on us like no government has before with excessive CCTV and speed cameras (speed cameras are a particular hate of mine) and the ID cards that would have come in had they got in again and that is not to mention how they could spy on our emails/phone calls/texts/websites we visit, we had the least privacy in the civilised world. On top of that we could not smoke (I am a non smoker btw), they made jobsworths at councils act like gestapo with regards our bins and they would not let us protest in parliament sq, they told us how many hours we could work too Labour ran a nanny state and borderline police state where they loved telling us what to do, a conservative government will set us free, let us make our own decisions, spend less time telling us what we can do.

Nah I don't tbh, politics is cyclical, Labour will be out of power for at least 10 years IMHO, with the 5 year fixed terms now I don't believe we will see Labour again before 2025 Labour believe in control, nanny state, big brother, Conservative believe in independence, freedom, personal choice, even if there is some economic pain ahead I think we will win the next 2 elections

Agreed about the trains, fukkin dire and his planes are no better tbh but I love his internet service, has pioneered 10mb, 20mb, 50mb and now 100mb and often upgrades customers for free etc, it goes down occasionally but every net company does

They are contributing to the UK economy way more via other means, some of them Branson for example employ tens of thousands of people, if I remember correctly the Barclay brothers employ over 50,000 in their various businesses so by employing so many people they are generating tax for the UK economy by employing people who might otherwise be on welfare, sure Branson probably wouldn't notice a couple of billion missing but it is the principle of the matter, instead of sneering at him and looking at ways to raid his bank account we should be grateful to him for providing tens of thousands of jobs.

I consider £2m in cash in the bank or whatever to be wealthy, very wealthy infact, but I don't consider £2m in assets like for example property to be wealthy no People need to look beyond the figures and at how that "wealth" is accumulated

Most of it is paper wealth though, shares in their company typically, it is not cash in the bank that they have, shares can crash and so on, their wealth increase is not cash in the bank it is slips of paper (share certificates)

I wish I had £2m :lol: But people who were just lucky enough to buy a property 25 years ago in an area that has experienced high house inflation isn't to me CASH RICH I don't believe that families of people who are not cash rich should be clobbered for inheritance tax I know someone who bought a house decades ago that is probably worth £2m now through house price inflation, he is a retired aerospace engineer and his wife was a nurse, he is not cash rich, does his estate deserve to be hammered when he dies ? no course not

How do you define wealthy ? Is a pensioner that bought a Fulham maisonette 25 years ago for £20k that is now worth £2m if it was sold rich ? what if this person's only thing of value is this property and he doesn't have much in his bank account is he really wealthy ? I know people who are paper millionaires through buying a property decades ago I would never describe them as wealthy so why should people be clobbered by inheritence tax on the basis of a decades old property investment ? Most millionaires in this country are millionaires through a property £2m is far too low, it should be £20m+ if it was to be bought in as to me £2m is not wealthy

Extreme example so let me do one Alan Sugar worked incredibly hard going from a rough council estate to become a billionaire, paid his taxes, bought lots of stuff, created hundreds and thousands of jobs, why is it fair that Sugar and his family be taxed again when he dies ?

I would sell it and then use the proceeds to buy up something in another country, I have a passion for motor racing and motorsport so would maybe set up a motor racing memorabilia store overseas or something and work there full time, my uncle moved to Australia after a career in IT and now runs a quite successful motorbike sales business I don't at all tbh, if I sold my business I would probably get an upper 5 figure sum for it maybe touching on for 6 figures, I have a portfolio of shares so again my business value and my shares are not hard cash they are literally bits of paper which could go seriously down in value as well as up In terms of cash in the bank you would be surprised, I run a car (used to run 2 cars), I don't own a house but instead pay over £15k a year in rent and council tax, I spend around £300 a month on food, around £150 a month on alcohol etc I am comfortable, if I wanted to go somewhere on holiday tomorrow I could afford it but I am not rich, typical middle class lifestyle

Yes What would be the point in me slaving away for less and less money ? it is not just direct taxation but stealth taxes and petrol too (especially petrol) It is frustrating doing 12 hr days and not having much to save at the end of the month as it has all gone on taxes, petrol etc while at the same time my taxes are being wasted on wars, nuclear weapons, housing immigrants who have never paid a penny in tax, Crazy Chris types who won't get off their fat arses and work, benefits for chavs who can't keep their legs shut and churn out kid after kid usually after one night stands with the dad, so long as I am enjoying the pursuit of money I will do it in this country but this last 5 years tested it to the absolute limit

I earn enough to pay top rate tax (not the 50%), I can stomach that as am a patriot but if this or any future governments started upping my tax then I am gone, I am in business because I am motivated by money and seeing more and more of it go into government hands when I have worked my nuts off to build a comfortable (but not rich) lifestyle does take away a lot of my motivation and I think 'why bother', I am not at the point where I have any desire to up sticks atm and go trade in another country but had Labour got in again I have no doubt I would be posting from an Australian, American or Canadian IP this time next year.

No one forces anyone to take out a loan, I run a business and have never taken a loan out in my life