Unbelievable Jeff

If you give the poor more money through benefits then they aren't going to go out and get a job, thus not paying tax. The way to filter the money down is by increasing the minimum wage higher than the rate of job seeking benefits.

No joking aside, I think you would struggle to find a more 'caring' conservative front bencher. He may come across as arrogant and smarmy (although a lot of lefties describe most conservatives as arrogant) but I actually think he's not a bad guy. He is extremely passionate about being PM and getting this country turned around. It is a pretty insulting thing to say that people don't care, and is not actually a common personality trait. I think it would really rangle with Dave though, considering he spent a good amount of his life looking after a severly disabled child.

For me the last week and first week of every month is difficult as the other half has her month end, so I'm on child duty, but others can!

I'm a conservatory.

Exactly this. If I ever let on that I am Tory to friends all I get is the same 'You don't care' rhetoric which is utter ********. I want sensible spending on public services, with the private sector picking up any slack, and a hard-working public looking to pro-actively help themselves to a better life.

I can make that, although SO5 can't, so perhaps we could also do one a few weeks after as well.

White supremacy??

Love the Onion. Think the first article I read was on the new Marching Band computer game, Sousaphone Hero.

Completely agree. I think a coalition has been excellent for this country in many ways.

The point is that although it was a Lib Dem policy, who's to say the Tories weren't going to do it later In the government, considering they are happy doing it now and in the next government... It is a core principle of the Tory party and was likely to have been done anyway. Either way, no need to get so angry about it. It's a nice sunny day, cheer up!

And to £10,600?

Because reducing taxes isn't a core Tory belief?

All, After further investigation investigations it turns out I am going to see Jimmy Carr on the 14th April. We have a choice, I pass the responsibility of organising to someone else, or I re-arrange for the 21st April. Up to you guys.

Since Lou's been on here you've had to become a lot more active. Hope it's not cutting into your vvanking time...

Yay, Turkish is back. Wonder how many people will continue to get wound up by him, even though (and frankly we all know this) he is here to wind all is mongs up, nothing more, nothing less. Anyway, good to have del bianco back.

Definitely came back into it and showed some fire at the end after some stupid Paxman questioning.

Not at all, of course they have different views, I never denied tha? Show me where I denied that they should have a different view on debt. What I said is that they should be intelligent enough to realise how a student loan works if they are intelligent enough to go to University. Obviously I have a higher opinion of our students than you do.

I'm not, not at all. If you'd like to provide some examples then I'll be happy to discuss them.

Are these the same 16-19 year olds who don't know how student loans work? Sounds about right judging by Brand's economic knowhow.

Milliband coming back into this. Paxman is getting too personal, he needs to stick to the holes in the Labour parties policies.

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I'm not close minded at all...he just talks utter crap.

Past that first question, he's being destroyed.

Should've gone for the other brother...