DUP & IR35

[MarkT]

So given the DUP's attitude to Corporation Tax (bringing down to 12%) and bringing down Income Tax, does anyone know what they think os small business in general and IR35?

Wondering if the Finance Bill will actually be passed in this parliament!

[scooterscot]

It will not matter. The government will not last long enough to care about such changes. In fact I'd say now's your chance to fill your boots while no one is looking. You remember Die Hard 3? Hook, Line, and Sinker..

[BlasterBates]

The government is paralysed and will be able to do nothing other than present an unfulfillable wish list to the EU negotiators and possibly walk out of the negotiations to garner some anti EU support.

[Fred Bloggs]

A stay of execution on the GBP 2k dividend allowance looks safe for now.

[AtW]

So given the DUP's attitude to Corporation Tax (bringing down to 12%) and bringing down Income Tax, does anyone know what they think os small business in general and IR35? Wondering if the Finance Bill will actually be passed in this parliament!

They will only get it for themselves in NI.

[AtW]

A stay of execution on the GBP 2k dividend allowance looks safe for now.

[chopper]

The Tories going into coalition with the DUP will make the Conservatives unelectable at the next election, whenever that is. And you can be sure May wont be at the helm whenever it happens.

The whole Tory mantra of 'Vote Labour, Get SNP' - well, I'd rather the SNP to be honest, and they've created their own 'Vote Tory, get DUP' slogan. May has actually managed to create THE definition of 'coalition of chaos'.

Mayhem is being utterly foolish staying on. Despite the fact that at any other time, a 42.4% share of the vote is extremely credible, she matched Thatcher in 1983...

2017 : Theresa May : 42.4% (317 seats)
2015 : David Cameron : 36.9% (330 seats)
2010 : David Cameron : 36.1% (306 seats)
2005 : Tony Blair : 35.2% (355 seats)
2001 : Tony Blair : 40.7% (413 seats)
1997 : Tony Blair : 43.2% (418 seats)
1992 : John Major : 41.9% (336 seats)
1987 : Thatcher : 42.2% (376 seats)
1983 : Thatcher : 42.4% (397 seats)
1979 : Thatcher : 43.9% (339 seats)

She didn't overestimate her own support, she got the lower end of the poll predictions. What she underestimated was how that support would be distributed (big constituency majorities are a waste of effort) and the polls never got close to predicting Corbyn's share of the vote.

However, the whole premise was to increase her majority (fail), strengthen her hand in Brexit (fail - look how she's handling the DUP), and create strong and stable government (fail) and for that reason she must go. Killing off UKIP, Lib Dems and weakening the SNP has kinda backfired.

[AtW]

The Tories going into coalition with the DUP will make the Conservatives unelectable at the next election, whenever that is.

It was always clear that their next proper election (after Brexit) would result in massive landslide to Labour, which is why they gambled to get two extra years.

I am actually hoping they'll have some common sense not to rock the boat for 5 years, but with Brexit it's hard to see how that's possible, plus they are so incompetent that it beggars believe.

[BrilloPad]

CT will be 10%. Expect for homosexuals when it will be 50%.

HTH

[AtW]

She didn't overestimate her own support, she got the lower end of the poll predictions. What she underestimated was how that support would be distributed (big constituency majorities are a waste of effort) and the polls never got close to predicting Corbyn's share of the vote.

If only we had proportional representation system in this country...