View Poll Results: Who will get your vote
Conservative
19
29.69%
Labour
8
12.50%
Liberal Democrats
11
17.19%
Brexit Party
10
15.63%
SNP
0
0%
Green
2
3.13%
Plaid Cymru
0
0%
DUP
1
1.56%
Other (Sinn Fein, Change UK, Independent etc)
3
4.69%
Not voting
7
10.94%
Don't Know
3
4.69%
Spoilt ballot paper
0
0%
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UK General Election 2019
27 November 2019, 08:44 AM
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An Abbott level interview, not knowing that the top 5% or earners already pay 50% of all UK income tax. The top 0.1% of earners pay already pay 12% or income tax. A
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clearly told him if he tried to tax these top tier earners they would just up and leave the UK and his revenue stream would seriously disappear-along with all his renationalised projects, like broadband, fish and chips shops
27 November 2019, 09:06 AM
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I dont have to answer the question, Corbyn needs to. He comes across as a Jew hating enabler within his party.
An Abbott level interview, not knowing that the top 5% or earners already pay 50% of all UK income tax. The top 0.1% of earners pay already pay 12% or income tax. A
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clearly told him if he tried to tax these top tier earners they would just up and leave the UK and his revenue stream would seriously disappear-along with all his renationalised projects, like broadband, fish and chips shops
An Abbott level interview, not knowing that the top 5% or earners already pay 50% of all UK income tax. The top 0.1% of earners pay already pay 12% or income tax. A
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clearly told him if he tried to tax these top tier earners they would just up and leave the UK and his revenue stream would seriously disappear-along with all his renationalised projects, like broadband, fish and chips shops
So are you going to leave Andy?
27 November 2019, 09:41 AM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50562518
This is an interesting article on the current structure of the UK economy and why change is needed! Labour policy is maybe a step in the right direction although maybe not the best solution for the 21st century, but the Tories will continue on the current path of corporate greed, and post Brexit even more so.
This is an interesting article on the current structure of the UK economy and why change is needed! Labour policy is maybe a step in the right direction although maybe not the best solution for the 21st century, but the Tories will continue on the current path of corporate greed, and post Brexit even more so.
27 November 2019, 09:59 AM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50562518
This is an interesting article on the current structure of the UK economy and why change is needed! Labour policy is maybe a step in the right direction although maybe not the best solution for the 21st century, but the Tories will continue on the current path of corporate greed, and post Brexit even more so.
This is an interesting article on the current structure of the UK economy and why change is needed! Labour policy is maybe a step in the right direction although maybe not the best solution for the 21st century, but the Tories will continue on the current path of corporate greed, and post Brexit even more so.
27 November 2019, 10:32 AM
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Enshrining Directors responsibilities in law will go along way to changing their focus...Masterfoods (Mars) sound like they want to move towards a far better model that encourages altruistic approach rather than just capitalism. Sounds like a society I'd like to be part of
In the end, consumer is king, and if we really want change, we need to hit the evil corporations where it hurts! It's important to identify the good from the bad though - as that article points out, Unilever are quite a responsible corporate and actively took steps against thier stock market value to stave off Kraft-Heinz! If only Cadbury had done the same!
27 November 2019, 11:07 AM
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I'm one of those boycotters of bad companies! Since Kraft-Heinz screwed over Cadbury, I have completely boycotted all Kraft/Mondelez and Heinz products - At first I was really shocked how many Kraft brands I was purchasing without even realising! Kraft have actively removed their name from many products and spun off the Mondelez company to further hide their involvement. Giving up Cadbury chocolate was a real hard decision, given it was a brand that I really admired before the Kraft takeover. On the Chocolate front, giving up Kraft also means giving up Milka and Toblerone. Philadelphia cheese is also gone (has anyone noted it used to be Kraft Philadelphia, now its just Philadelphia!), Bullseye BBQ sauce, Oreo's are just a few of the products I used to buy and there are hundreds more to be aware of! When Kraft joined with Heinz, that was a really difficult hit, giving up Heinz beans and soups and I also really used to like their sauces. But now after several years of boycott, I really don't miss them. I've become much more brand aware and try to buy as much as possible from smaller, more socially responsible and local companies.
In the end, consumer is king, and if we really want change, we need to hit the evil corporations where it hurts! It's important to identify the good from the bad though - as that article points out, Unilever are quite a responsible corporate and actively took steps against thier stock market value to stave off Kraft-Heinz! If only Cadbury had done the same!
In the end, consumer is king, and if we really want change, we need to hit the evil corporations where it hurts! It's important to identify the good from the bad though - as that article points out, Unilever are quite a responsible corporate and actively took steps against thier stock market value to stave off Kraft-Heinz! If only Cadbury had done the same!
It's just about forming habits I think and you do discover fantastic alternatives you wouldn't necessarily have seen...even if it does cost a little more
27 November 2019, 12:20 PM
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27 November 2019, 12:46 PM
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Sometimes its not what you buy, but where you buy it. For example, I buy eggs directly from a local farmer who has a huge field of chickens (I avoid saying field full of chickens, because it definitely isn't full!). They are definitely the happiest farmed chickens I've ever seen, fully organic and beyond free-range and the eggs cost less than the cheapest battery eggs in the supermarket. I ride past the farm every day and he has a vending machine selling the eggs and other farm produce which I can use 24/7!
27 November 2019, 12:56 PM
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Sometimes its not what you buy, but where you buy it. For example, I buy eggs directly from a local farmer who has a huge field of chickens (I avoid saying field full of chickens, because it definitely isn't full!). They are definitely the happiest farmed chickens I've ever seen, fully organic and beyond free-range and the eggs cost less than the cheapest battery eggs in the supermarket. I ride past the farm every day and he has a vending machine selling the eggs and other farm produce which I can use 24/7!
We have a weekly veg box from a local organic farmer which covers most of our needs
27 November 2019, 01:22 PM
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By doing what hes doing he's just making things 100 times worse and creating the issue.
27 November 2019, 01:23 PM
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I'm one of those boycotters of bad companies! Since Kraft-Heinz screwed over Cadbury, I have completely boycotted all Kraft/Mondelez and Heinz products - At first I was really shocked how many Kraft brands I was purchasing without even realising! Kraft have actively removed their name from many products and spun off the Mondelez company to further hide their involvement. Giving up Cadbury chocolate was a real hard decision, given it was a brand that I really admired before the Kraft takeover. On the Chocolate front, giving up Kraft also means giving up Milka and Toblerone. Philadelphia cheese is also gone (has anyone noted it used to be Kraft Philadelphia, now its just Philadelphia!), Bullseye BBQ sauce, Oreo's are just a few of the products I used to buy and there are hundreds more to be aware of! When Kraft joined with Heinz, that was a really difficult hit, giving up Heinz beans and soups and I also really used to like their sauces. But now after several years of boycott, I really don't miss them. I've become much more brand aware and try to buy as much as possible from smaller, more socially responsible and local companies.
In the end, consumer is king, and if we really want change, we need to hit the evil corporations where it hurts! It's important to identify the good from the bad though - as that article points out, Unilever are quite a responsible corporate and actively took steps against thier stock market value to stave off Kraft-Heinz! If only Cadbury had done the same!
In the end, consumer is king, and if we really want change, we need to hit the evil corporations where it hurts! It's important to identify the good from the bad though - as that article points out, Unilever are quite a responsible corporate and actively took steps against thier stock market value to stave off Kraft-Heinz! If only Cadbury had done the same!
27 November 2019, 01:53 PM
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A prime example, a bakery here makes chocolate croissants using Milka chocolate. I still use the bakery, but I don't buy the chocolate croissants and I tell them the reason.
The point is, to educate yourself about the companies that are selling you stuff and how socially responsible that company is, how it treats is customers, workers and suppliers or its environmental impact, and making a decision on supporting that company or looking for alternative brands or even going without.
27 November 2019, 01:55 PM
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You are being manipulated by GE biased populist press Tidgy, that's why this won't go away...just like pig-gate or pleb-gate or any other event (real or imagined) that helps others meet their goal.
27 November 2019, 01:59 PM
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It entirely depends on what you as an individual decides is important; that will define how vigilant you are and how you behave. This is how society can self-govern itself, although often social engineering is an entirely political game with no benefit for society; take the way speeding has been vilified in comparison to other 'crimes',
27 November 2019, 02:44 PM
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Corbyns latest stuntc is tohold up pages of A4 black markered out text. Then with magical x-ray reading capabilities announce this proves the NHS is being sold to the US.
When questioned what proof he had- silence
When questioned what proof he had- silence
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27 November 2019, 04:07 PM
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What is in it for you Andy, are you Jewish or just perpetuating the propaganda because you want the UK to leave the EU?
27 November 2019, 05:31 PM
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Simply put a smear campaign, a very good one at that. Hopefully it will work, because lets face it Corbyn’s manifesto must have had the numbers done by Abacus Abbot!
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27 November 2019, 05:44 PM
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I have to admit, I’m no Corbynite and not one for conspiracy theories, but this whole saga had a whiff of Rothschild about it; Simply just by setting the seeds within gossiping circles be it media or otherwise and just sit back whilst the public latch on to it irrespective of its truth.
Simply put a smear campaign, a very good one at that. Hopefully it will work, because lets face it Corbyn’s manifesto must have had the numbers done by Abacus Abbot!
Simply put a smear campaign, a very good one at that. Hopefully it will work, because lets face it Corbyn’s manifesto must have had the numbers done by Abacus Abbot!
27 November 2019, 10:55 PM
#120
The documents shown at todays press conference where the 'un-redacted' ones - i.e. not blacked out images. These did show that discussions had taken place about US involvement in the NHS.
The discussions took place when Mrs May was PM and there was no evidence in the papers to show that the Tories would 'sell' the NHS to the US
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