shurlock

You're not a secret red kipper, are you?

Justine Greening, member of the Cabinet, surviving by the skin of her teeth - a majority of 10,000 whittled down to just 1500. Battersea, however, looks like going to Labour (8% swing required).

Tories not winning their target seats.

Good to see Liam Ffux-Adam allowed back on air.

Ken Clarke, a legend as usual.

Blame the tories.

Labour outperforming exit poll in Newcastle East and Swindon North.

True

Doesn't mean its going to be a good night. Anything less than a majority of 50 will be a disappointment. They'll be toast next election.

Exactly.

Cunning, Balders.

#nurembergesque

It wasn't far off. Was certainly closer than many of polls just before voting day - some of which predicted a Labour win. At the time, people thoguht the exit poll overstated Tory gains. Hence Ashdown's famous eat my hat comment.

Lib Dem?

Still hard to believe.

They usually have a good record https://www.ft.com/content/0e38ae9e-4a16-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43

Source?

This comparison is spurious and illiterate - why are you comparing government records at very stages of the economic cycle (and not just any cycle)? And why are you comparing indicators that are time-dependent i.e. ones that have grown cumulatively and systematically over time. You really are determined to be Les Mini Me, aren't you?

Recall that before the crash Osborne and the Tories were criticising government for not going far enough in deregulating financial markets. They also promised to match Labour's spending plans when in opposition. It was an epic oversight by all of the political class, even though there's every reason to think it would have been worse under the Tories.

Am afraid to inform you that HMRC will not be offering you a job at this point. Avoidance is a technical term. According to HMRC, using the tax relief available through Isas and pensions is purely saving tax and not considered avoidance. Parliament fully intended these schemes to be used in this way.

You caught me red handed pal. Taking part in the government's universally accessible flagship program to encourage saving and investment makes me a two-faced, tax-evading scumbag. Ever thought of a career in investigative journalism or at the HMRC? Before you consider career change, however, you might want to brush up on the HMRC's tax avoidance "Tax avoidance is bending the rules of the tax system to gain a tax advantage, that parliament never intended". https://www.ftadviser.com/2016/04/15/ifa-industry/can-a-pension-or-an-isa-be-considered-tax-avoidance-dQme7W3IvdEOh1rkQs6eNI/article.html

Yep that too - their ability to push against an open door is second to none,

So what- the Sun backed Blair a few times out of convenience. It thought the Tories were a total shambles at the time; it thought it could push Blair in a more right wing direction etc. Doesn't meant its instinctively centrist. FWIW the public seems to disagree with you, both in your assessment of the Sun and the Mail. Perhaps you're the one who struggles with bias and needs a friendly hand to unpick things.

Did I mention the police report? I'll let you dwell on your belief that the Sun is a centrist paper. Between that, posting links and tying your shoe laces, you seem to have enough on your plate.

More evidence that little Nolan can't read or think for himself - his only skill, it seems, is to blindly post links from the echo chamber of right leaning websites he inhabits. Of course, whether the composition of the crowd, for the most part, was as moderate as claimed by the author is another matter; but little Nolan is not disputing the factual contents of the report.