Election coverage

An expert now soontobe?

I think soon is right though!

I was very impressed at the efficient foodbank collection in the supermarket we went to today; they had umpteen crates in the foyer and as people donated stuff they sorted it there and then.

Another thing about the survey results I found surprising was that even though Labour has gained a lot of the support it had lost at the end of its last term of office, the Conservative vote is still ahead, albeit by a very small margin.

Also, UKIP had twice as much support as the Greens.

It seems as though Gransnet members (at least those who took part in the survey) are largely in tune with the rest of the UK population as far as their voting preferences are concerned.

I look at three political websites to check up on who is ahead and on all three of them it is Labour. I look at the BBC, Guardian and New Statesman, all of which collect together a lot of polls. Labour has been ahead all this week, by 1% in BBC, 2% in Guardian and 3% in New Statesman.

www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/04/10/the-most-embarrassing-election-leaflets-of-2015

A bit of light relief.

The survey was conducted last year, so probably there would be slight differences now - broadly in line with the rest of the UK was the only point I was making, which as I say, I found surprising.

Good ideas here.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/04/10/tax-headline-makers/

The idea that Labour are now ahead in the polls because of their stance on non-doms reinforces what I said earlier.
I think they should agree to his HMRC ideas, too.

How much can you remember about politics this week?

www.theguardian.com/politics/quiz/2015/apr/10/general-election-weekly-politics-quiz

Oh dear! And I thought I was on the ball, or at least a little bit....6 out of ten and one was a guess.

I was even worse Ariadne. - 5/10 " could do better"

7 but clearly the ones I didn't know were of no import

Come on DJ - what did you get?

8

5. I would have been worried if I had scored more!

Why, grumppa?

6 - just guessed some of them.

Because many of the questions were trivial and there is more to life than following all the election coverage in detail.

I was just pleased I could remember so much!

Getting serious again, this is important for the next government.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/04/11/labours-broadened-its-tax-commitments-which-is-good-news-for-tax-justice/

I managed 6 and was amazed I had scored so high.

I scored 5 and I am relieved not to have scored more! - I have enjoyed the last week and watched catchup tv instead of the news some evenings.

I did get the one about the Football World Cup correct: has the person who said that never heard of Bill Shankly?
To paraphrase: Some people think football is a matter of life and death - I assure you it's much more important than that.

Will that person lose any votes because of what he/she said, I wonder?

Why should s/he?
I think politics is more important than football. My son and grandson disagree, although they are quite interested in politics.

Anyone else received this, about tax dodging. It's so simple.

https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c07fb5/2d1c5aab/45f7e371/463589b2/2596470298/VEsC/

Joke Alert durhamjen
I thought the wink was supposed to give it away!