The Politics Thread 3.0

[KK]

Not a great budget for the self employed.

[Lime]

Not a great budget for the self employed.

Hi, I just tuned in. What have I missed regarding the self employed?

[Hexx]

Not a great budget for the self employed.

Hi, I just tuned in. What have I missed regarding the self employed?

More tax NICs

[KK]

"We will also invest in driverless technology, a project the Labour party knows something about"

*camera shoots to a glum looking Corbyn*

Hi, I just tuned in. What have I missed regarding the self employed?

Because of lower National Insurance contributions from self-employed workers, NI contributions will now rise by 1% to 10% from April 2018. That will then rise again to 11% in 2019.

[Lagamorph]

Removing barriers to setting up faith schools

"We will also invest in driverless technology, a project the Labour party knows something about"

*camera shoots to a glum looking Corbyn*

Not gonna lie, that was damned good.

[KK]

Corbyn is so disjointed, stuttery, too scripted and not really replying directly to the budget at all. He just doesn't have it in him to react on the fly.

Tory front bent all sitting there with a 'wtf is he going on about' look on their faces. Labour backbenchers texting or left, Salmond reading the budget.

[Lagamorph]

Salmond reading the budget.

Probably wondering why it isn't just a single piece of paper with "The oil will pay for everything" written on it.

[Hexx]

twitter.com/TomBoadle/status/839448713227612160

[Benzin]

twitter.com/TomBoadle/status/839448713227612160

When Cornwall asks you to fulfil their lost EU subsidies...

[Hexx]

[jiggles]

twitter.com/TomBoadle/status/839448713227612160

Which Phoenix Wright game is this from?

[Lagamorph]

Also, the Guardian seem to strawberry floating love this gif,



They use it 6 times in one page.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... dget-jokes

[Meep]

So we're raising the tax of the self-employed whilst cutting the tax of companies like DPD that exploit them? Seems fair.

That's the thing about the Conservatives. They talk a good game about constraint but always find some extra cash for those who least need it.

[Lagamorph]

So we're raising the tax of the self-employed whilst cutting the tax of companies like DPD that exploit them? Seems fair.

That's the thing about the Conservatives. They talk a good game about constraint but always find some extra cash for those who least need it.

Where was that? I don't recall seeing anything about cuts for corporate taxes.

[Meep]

Well, not in this budget in particular. I was talking about the large corporation tax cuts they have scheduled for the future. Talking about helping the 'just about managing' is complete bunk when you are forcing up rates on SMEs and low earning self-employed.

This is not fiscal constraint, it is an ideological choice. They had a choice of who should bear the burden and who should get relief and it is very clear what side they have come down on.

[Squinty]

Amazing

[captain red dog]

So I'm £8.50 better off a month according to the BBC budget calculator.

strawberry floating hell, Hammond's comment that Corbyn was so far down a black hole that even Stephen Hawking has disowned him!

[KK]

Budget not going down well with The Sun, Star, Mirror or Telegraph tomorrow. Unhappy for going back on a previous pledge (Telegraph) and the others for clobbering their 'White Van Man' readerships.

Government getting the bollocking from the press Corbyn failed to capitalise on earlier today.

[satriales]

Everything is always Corbyn's fault.

[Lagamorph]

Corbyn wasn't able to really respond due to being urgently rushed to the burns unit.