[SA Chris]

The magnets made me do it

Not me, I'm protected by my tinfoil hat.

[Jaspersharpe]

The Chancellors Debate summed up well here.

[SA Chris]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7065824.ece

The article itself is no great surprise, but I like the journo's name.

[Jaspersharpe]

He was mentioned so much on Twitter a few days ago that his name became the No. 1 trending topic. Had to check it wasn't 1st April.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

And in the "bit at the end of the news"...

Winner of the 2010 Britain's softest twat award announced

You thick fucking tosser, Ian Grice, "builder from Nottingam".

[Jaspersharpe]

  What a fuckwit and what a shit car.

Want more evidence of Lab / Tory cuntishness across the board? OK then.

Watson and Kilfoyle have both taken advantage of Conditional Fee Agreements in past court cases.

Quell fucking surprise!

[Jaspersharpe]

Check this shit out.......

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmcumeds/362/36213.htm

Mr Tom Watson declared an interest as, in a legal dispute with the Sun newspaper which had been settled during the inquiry, he had been represented by Carter-Ruck Solicitors on a Conditional Fee Agreement.

Caught red handed you cunt!

[Johnny Brown]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/01/labour-gordon-brown-hard-man

[Jaspersharpe]

Victory for science.

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Singh_judgement_01Apr10.pdf

[slackline]

Victory for science.

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Singh_judgement_01Apr10.pdf

Its a bit of a non sequitur to sue for libel in the first place when it was based on fact though wasn't it?

Whatever prat of a judge who failed to throw this out at the first hurdle should be struck-off.

[Jaspersharpe]

But that's exactly why the libel laws need to be totally changed.

There are loads of other cases like this and it's fucking nonsense. This victory (although only minor on the face of it) is a major step in the right direction0 (in my uneducated opinion!).

[Jaspersharpe]

http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/2010/04/bca-v-singh-astonishingly-liberal.html

[drdeath]

A fine fine judgement.

[Jaspersharpe]

Interesting.

OK I know most people find tax stuff really boring but this is worth knowing...........

I'm not going to wade through all the figures but the most interesting / worrying aspect this raises is the general tone of Tory fiscal policy. Two points jump out immediately.

1. Tax breaks for married couples. The Tories say that they haven't decided exactly what this will be but that it will benefit all married couples (and those in civil partnerships). However, the only concrete idea that they have put forward on this is to allow the transfer of unused tax allowances which is interesting as this will only benefit those couples where one partner earns less than their personal allowance.

Doesn't take a genius to work out that pretty much the only couples who will get anything worthwhile out of this will be those who can afford to have just one partner earning a living while the other stays at home. i.e. The rich.

2. Reduce the rate of CT to 25% (and that of small companies to 20%). All well and good until you see that they will pay for it by scrapping the Annual Investment Allowance. This is where companies can get tax relief of 100% on the first £50k (now raised to £100k in the budget, a move applauded by small business leaders) of expenditure on plant & machinery (and integral features). The AIA is not just a great thing for small businesses (I have seen the benfit to many of them first hand) but it boosts the manufacturing industry and encourages investment and growth from the bottom up.

So again, we have a "tax break" that will reduce the CT bills of big companies meaning more money for those at the top while the small companies and grassroots industry gets shafted.

I haven't time to look any further at the moment but these two jumped out at me. Seriously, anyone who believes that the Tories have sounds fiscal policies needs to dig a little further. Scratch the surface and it's the same old story.

Help the rich and fuck the rest of you. Shame most people will fall for it. 

[Jaspersharpe]

On the subject of the election, this is well cool:

http://generalelection2010.timesonline.co.uk/#/Election05/Seats_Won

[john horscroft]

   Hate The Times, but lurve those graphics.  So much better than the muesli munchers over at the grauniad......

[Houdini]

As I'll never tire of saying:  you're all fucked!   

[slackline]

He's not dead, he's sleeping

[chillax]

How we all nearly snuffed it (or "Lets all get pissed, its the end of the world!")

Now I can't prove the veracity of this, but if its true its bloody scary! And makes you wonder how often this kind of thing happens.

[slackline]

He's not dead, he's sleeping

They really did try that line 

[dave]

Blunkit never spaked a more truer line:

"If we ever needed proof that we are dealing with a group of thugs who are a danger to democracy, this latest bizarre occurrence confirms it.

[Jaspersharpe]

Mark Collett, the BNP's publicity chief

Fucking brilliant!

[Sloper]

I think it's part of their core strategy to prove they haven't gone soft what wif letin in darkies n that?

Still I don't think it's an impediment to him standing as an MP.

[slackline]

Mark Collett, the BNP's publicity chief

Fucking brilliant!

  Seems he's taken the phrase "There's no such thing as bad publicity" a little too literally.

[slackline]

They really should have