Election 2015: Labour to raise £7.5bn from tax avoiders

[vetran]

"Labour hate capitalism who can't afford backhanders or dodgy directorships" is on a par with "Tories hate the poor" for credibility.

FTFY

[DimPrawn]

So much hate on the Left. Relax, enjoy life and you'll feel much better.

Labour = Politics of envy + punitive taxation + nanny state

[OwlHoot]

PS Actually, if Vlad the Impaler was running, he'd be my favourite option.

As long as he impaled the right people!

[MicrosoftBob]

Labour = Politics of envy + punitive taxation + nanny state + police state + anti English racists

FTFY

[d000hg]

Another Labour voting cretin hath spoken.

Wrong on both counts. But making stuff up fits in with the UKIP philosophy

[pjclarke]

The Green party's most successful policy is not discussing it's policies.

* Citizens Income - every citizen gets a "unconditional, non-withdrawable income payable to each individual as a right of citizenship. It will not be subject to means testing and there will be no requirement to be either working or actively seeking work."

This would actually be revenue-neutral, and replace the large parts of the horrendously complex and inefficient tax/benefits system. If you did your research you'd find a lot of support amongst economists for the idea. Google 'Basic Income' or 'negative income tax', and remove those blinkers.

Nobel prize winners who have advocated for Basic Income or a similar policy include economists*Paul Krugman,[26]*Milton Friedman,[27]*F. A. Hayek,[28]*Herbert A. Simon,[29]*James Meade*[30]*and*Robert Solow.[31]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income#Advocacy

What would be the effect of introducing that with the right of free movement within the EU I wonder?

Not that different to the Universal Credit the Tories are struggling to get in now is my guess.

* The fact they are totally anti-children - "To encourage debate as to how sustainable lifestyles can be developed to provide meaningful and satisfying lives with or without children."

That is not anti-children.

* Defence- "On inspection, there is little or no threat of direct invasion of the UK by any nation. Commitment to a large standing army, a navy of large warships around our coastline, squadrons of fighter planes and a cripplingly expensive missile defence system is therefore unnecessary."

The website you are referring to outlines long term principles, rather than immediate policies. The manifesto will be out soon, and I suspect will contain a commitment to lose Trident but a commitment to conventional defence, not that dissimilar to the 2% that the Yesterday parties will be suggesting. Why not wait for that and argue with some facts? Might make a refreshing change

The quotes are all taken directly from their website. You should read it for a few minutes

People are.

Green membership surge takes party past Lib Dems and Ukip | Politics | The Guardian.

[DimPrawn]

Might have known a Carbon nutter like pjclarke would be a Greenie...

[DodgyAgent]

Indeed. Being a rabid nature fanatic (badgers before people!) I ought to be a Green supporter but green seems to be an afterthought with them whenever I've looked on their website. Looked at Caroline Lucas's and it's all been about supporting Unison and Unite.

Why dont you set up a pro capitalist (ie pro freedom) party? Right now all these "social" issues have been exploited by the left to give credibility to their self serving political agendas.

[vetran]

Why dont you set up a pro capitalist (ie pro freedom) party? Right now all these "social" issues have been exploited by the left to give credibility to their self serving political agendas.

because he would be physically attacked by those caring people that objected to his controlled immigration stance?

[Euler]

Why dont you set up a pro capitalist (ie pro freedom) party?.

because he would be physically attacked by those caring people that objected to his controlled immigration stance?

A "pro capitalist (pro freedom)" party, by definition, would not preclude the free movement of labour.