~~~ Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Sturgeon killed it tonight on on BBC big speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sky News prediction based on current polls on the yellow ticker this morning. Labour 280 Tory 279 SNP 52 Lib Dem 14 PC 3 UKIP 2 Green 1 Other 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sturgeon killed it tonight on on BBC big speech. Yes she was very good on that. Was impressed with Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru as well. How refreshing to hear a completely different political viewpoint from the usual stuff we get on TV from the 3 main London party's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 They said there was a chance to question a Tory next week. Surely Cameron isn't going refuse to go on this one too?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sky News prediction based on current polls on the yellow ticker this morning. Labour 280 Tory 279 SNP 52 Lib Dem 14 PC 3 UKIP 2 Green 1 Other 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A UK Parliament entirely beholden to the pesky Jock nationalists; middle England in utter seethe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A UK Parliament entirely beholden to the pesky Jock nationalists; middle England in utter seethe. I think I would enjoy the batshit mental seethe from uberBritnats such as Effie Deans and those tactical voting morons more than I would the predictable breakdown from middle England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 May 2015 SNP win 50+ seats and Aberdeen FC become Champions of Scotland Oh it will be a drunken, drunken summer if even one of those things happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A few Labour attacks nullified by the budget. Will be interesting to see what Ed says, the help to buy ISA seems fertile ground for attack, definitely advantage Tory now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A few Labour attacks nullified by the budget. Will be interesting to see what Ed says, the help to buy ISA seems fertile ground for attack, definitely advantage Tory now though. Well, Labour's policy on the minimum wage was so fucking timid to start with, it's not a surprise that the Tories felt able to match it. On the other hand the help to buy ISA sounds good, but isn't going to build more houses, or decrease pressure on the housing market massively, particularly in SE England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JogaBonito Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sturgeon killed it tonight on on BBC big speech. Know anywhere to watch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 From what I've seen(mostly the end) it's an ok budget, probably about as left-wing as you can get from a tory chancellor. Of course that's no surprise given the timing, but it seems more of an attempt to get lib -dem (it will be interesting to see how these seats are fought) or labour marginals than an attempt to hold off ukip. It's not going to change things up here really, maybe slightly reduce the fear of a Tory government and thereby limiting the effect of the vote snp get conservative line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Know anywhere to watch it? iplayer should have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Know anywhere to watch it? It's on iPlayer. BBC3 and it's called Free Speech. I was searching for Big Speech like an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thoughts on the Budget? Good for the Tories you'd have to imagine, a fair few giveaways to their target market(s). A welcome and larger than expected boost for the North Sea oil industry. Not entirely sure all this "help to buy" chat and proposals aren't going to just lead to another inflated housing bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyAffro Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I don't see why the North Sea oil industry needs any help given its such a small and insignificant part of the economy. Darling said it was only 1% of the UK's economy and meant very little to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thoughts on the Budget? Good for the Tories you'd have to imagine, a fair few giveaways to their target market(s). A welcome and larger than expected boost for the North Sea oil industry. Not entirely sure all this "help to buy" chat and proposals aren't going to just lead to another inflated housing bubble. Agree with all of this. It's quite a clever budget for me - they've neutralised a lot of labour's election promises, offered some 'giveaways' to pretty much every demographic and they've done all of that whilst keeping a lid on things in terms of the economy. During Osborne's speech, you could see how glum the opposition bench looked - I think they realise how difficult it has made their campaign. It certainly wont help Labour's cause in Scotland much, as the budget doesn't present as being particularly 'scary'. It doesn't strengthen their 'vote SNP get Tory' line much anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Tories may well have won themselves the most seats down south with that today - still won't be enough for a majority mind. Labour bench looked distraught at what they were hearing as they realised they'd been out-maneuvered on nearly everything. Jim Murphy's comment that the party with most seats forms the government is likely to come back to bite him on the arse now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyAffro Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Jim Murphy himself said, after Labour weren't the largest party, that Labour had the moral and constitutional right to form the government in 2010. That's the depth of his dishonesty. He said that word for word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Tories were forced to backtrack on the Autumn statement in order to nullify the Labour attack, but there is enough left for Labour to highlight differences and continue criticising. I'd expect a poll boost for the Tories, but Miliband actually attacked it quite well considering his biggest weapon had just been taken away from him and Labour obviously feel that they can stick to their plans and there wasn't anything too unexpected to come out and completely throw Labour's strategy. Good for the Conservatives, but not as good as it could have been. Pretty good for the Lib Dems as well, they can point to the raising of the tax free allowance as something they brought to the table and fought for which voters will actually feel and I think they will be happy with. They've shown they can work as junior partners in a coalition and I think they will be quietly pleased with today as well. It feels like the battle lines for the election are properly set out now. It's getting quite exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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