That should certainly sort the economy out then :doh:

^ Had no idea your parking fees were that high :)

^ The truth is, nobody will be able to pay parking fees however low they go if Labour get in power :)

In all seriousness though, Labour are promising the earth to the electorate knowing full well they are currently viewed by the majority as being unelectable and therefore will never have to carry out what they promise.

Car Park charges around here are £5 hour! Its a good idea but not a big idea, clearly a vote grabber but they all do that.

Now this would be far more meaningful to a great many more of the UK population than car parking charges.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39852119

Go on Jeremy state the bloody obvious....sure to be a huge vote grabber, not.

Yep and the voters will see to it that the Tories will have a far greater majority in which the government will most likely make said transformation.

The usual blinkered arrogance that adds fuel to the fire that is destroying Labour.

Not to worry though, the shadow chancellor has promised those on £80k and under a year there will be no increases in income tax.

Guess what an MP earns.......£76k :hmmm:

That's just a vote grabber as well.

IF..old JC was in with a good chance of winning and won and went after the banks the rich the stock market the result would end in a economic crash and these very people have the real power to crash the stock market.

Yes i hate these pigs but i know dam well these pigs have greater power than the government of the day and they will cause a crash and get away with it, they always win in the good and bad times.

Thank goodness old JC and his gang of thick heads will fail to win the general election. Its going to take some one with guts and determination and the might to over throw JC and his gang but who will? :hmmm:

It would take a party rule change regarding the one member one vote back to the original MP's only vote on the leadership before any chance of anything tangible happening and we all know that won't happen.

The Left aren't really interested in ruling the country because they know the British public would never make it possible but what they are interested in and have achieved is gaining control of a major political party through which they can spout out their propaganda.

Well then jim, Labour is finished.

And who bodged the banking regulations? Labour did, Gordon Brown did.

The FSA was a load of rubbish and what took it place the FCA is just the same, toothless spineless clawless and a wast of time.

Beginning to look that way, especially with Corbyn and his sycophants at the helm.

Rgr that :yep:

Some pro-Scottish Independence coordination going on, I think:

Election 2017: Scottish Greens to stand fewer than 10 candidates

Related:

Election 2017: SNP MP urges Scottish Greens not to 'split' pro-Yes vote

In non-election Scottish news, it appears that Scotland's education system isn't performing as well as it once was:

Figures show drop in Scottish pupil literacy rates

Sturgeon did say that we should judge her on her record on education, which doesn't appear to be going all that well.

The reddit thread on r/Scotland on this is quite interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/co...ates/?sort=new

The comments about poor parenting and the (bad) impact of technology on the younger generation are quite interesting.

Afterall, how can a teacher teach if the pupils don't want to learn and the parents don't value education? Something which isn't limited to Scotland.

Mike.:hmmm:

No charges over 2015 Conservative battle bus cases

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39865801

Whilst I have a great deal of trust and faith with the CPS I'm still not convinced of the outcome.

Brian Taylor's latest column:

'Teeth are devolved' and other election conundrums.

Highlights one of the peculiarities of the UK's current devolutionary setup.

In England, for example, what happens to the NHS and education comes under Westminsters authority. The same does not apply in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as those things are under local control.

Therefore, if Corbyn promises to cut hospital car parking charges and end tuition fees, that doesn't have any affect in Scotland as those are devolved responsibilities.

On the other hand, if May proposes a cap on energy bills, that does apply nation wide as that is something which isn't a devolved responsibility.

More food for thought.

Mike.

General election 2017: Labour manifesto draft leaked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39877439

Not too dissimilar to Michael Foots 'suicide note' :hmmm:

General election 2017: Labour's draft manifesto unpicked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39883084

The leak is also causing a headache for Kezia Dugdale and SLab:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-39885195

Brian Taylor's take on the matter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-39887289

Mike.

General election 2017: Jeremy Corbyn says 'I'm not a pacifist'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39892281

Make of this what you will but it hurts me to think that the party I was a former member of for over 25 years has been taken over by this individual and his supporters :nope:

So what has seven years of Tory austerity done for the just managing working people in this country then, before you lot in here spout anymore of your newly acquired Tory bile I'll answer that for you.

zero hour contracts
Food banks
backdoor privatisation of hospitals
public sector pay freeze
public services cut
backdoor privatisation of schools
under selling state assets
armed forces at their lowest levels since the Napoleonic wars

I could go on and on with tax cuts for millionaires and International large companies also getting billions more in tax cuts since 2010 but its pointless as you've already been turned by the same Tory bile that I've been reading about this last seven years.

That Tory party is funded by millionaires and billionaires and they want their pound of flesh or else and it'll be your flesh thats whipped from your backs to slate their thirst for that blood money, so be prepared for five more years of the same bollocks as what you've already had as I'm looking forward to the mayhem thats going to erupt when those just managing workers wise up and say enoughs enough.......

Tory bile can be spouted in this forum http://www.politicsforum.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=94 and I'm sure some of you will find it more appealing than in here.