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‘Great wife, not so sure about my Chancellor’: what we learnt today
So, what did seeing the General Election campaign on TV today teach us?
1. David Cameron likes being seen with people behind in – continuing the pattern of events “in the round” with audience all around.
2. Gordon Brown likes being seen in front of a plain purple wall – that’s the common Labour backdrop at speeches [...]
General election: what have we learnt today?
After yesterday’s revelations about how the party leaders want to be seen, what did we learn today?
a) We learnt that David Cameron likes bare elbows on TV more than he likes George Osborne (plenty of clips of David Cameron with sleeves rolled up and elbows showing whilst Osborne appeared to be auditioning for the role [...]
Ask the Chancellors: live blog
Here are the verdicts on how it went:
Overall verdict
Very well chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Cable frequently got applause. Darling held his ground well, but Osborne often weak and looking shifty. No-one got in a killer blow that will shift lots of people’s views, but debate will have confirmed praise for Cable and doubts about Osborne.
You can [...]
Lib Dem fiscal policy in a nutshell
Ahead of this evening’s debate between Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vince Cable, you might find this little summary of the party’s fiscal policies helpful:
The party’s proposed tax cuts (such as raising the basic rate income tax threshold to £10,000) will be paid for by tax rises elsewhere in the system (such as ending the [...]
How Mike Hancock saved George Osborne
The FT has the story:
Now here is a heart-warming tale of goodwill and political selflessness to start this cold winter day, a story of how a Lib Dem turned away an extraordinary piece of Tory intelligence and helped scupper Gordon Brown’s election plans.
Who is the man of honour in this a place of skulduggery and [...]
Lib Dems call on George Osborne to pay capital gains tax
From The Telegraph:
George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, is facing demands to “pay back” £55,000 in capital gains tax, which critics say he is morally obliged to pay after “flipping” his designated second property.
The Liberal Democrats said they had calculated how much capital gains tax Mr Osborne avoided by the way he designated his London family [...]
Conservatives back themselves into an economic cul-de-sac
For a decade and more, the Conservative Party has struggled to find popular support for its economic policies. Faced with the twin burdens of the early-1990s recession and public scepticism that their tax and spending plans were not savage cuts to public services in disguise, over the last three general elections the Conservatives failed to [...]
