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gilsey wrote:I'd guess because he had no idea they'd make such a big deal of it. Who cares?
You could say he should know better by now.

Corbyn appeared to be caught out by ITV’s Julie Ethchingham when asked if he watched the Queen’s Christmas broadcast. He said “It’s on in the morning, usually we have it on some of the time.” The speech is broadcast at 3pm.

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4 Brexit Party MEPs Lance Forman, Annunziata Rees-Mogg, John Longworth and Lucy Harris have all given up on Farage's party and joined the Tories. I hope they'll do the decent thing and resign their seats. Oh - and that's it. Game over for @nigel_farage

AnatolyKasparov wrote:BoJo got a tough grilling from Phil and Holly, then......

gilsey wrote:I hope sky's going to boycott QT's all male panel tonight.

Boris Johnson won't do ITV interview with Julie Etchingham

ITV said: “Every other leader of Great Britain’s main political parties that has been approached has done an interview for Tonight.”

The prime minister has faced mounting criticism of his refusal to be interviewed by Andrew Neil on the BBC. (Politics Live, Guardian)

AFinch wrote:Hello again.

In case people have not seen this:

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She has a clip of John McDonnel speaking about the Dispatches documentary.

HindleA wrote:https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2019/1 ... n.html?m=1

"One of the dangers Labour faces is that they appear to be promising too much. Voters are skeptical of manifesto promises at the best of times, even though evidence suggests that in the past most manifesto pledges are fulfilled. If you promise so much it is possible voters will just not believe you can do all this.

In contrast the Tory manifesto is positively frugal. But there is a reason for this, and neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats have emphasized enough why that is. Labour are not used to trumpeting the results of IFS election analysis, but on this occasion they really should. That analysis shows that one economic issue alone dominates the future of the public finances: Brexit. Here is the key chart

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What this chart shows is that all these give-aways do not come close to matching the amount of tax we will lose if Johnson keeps his pledge not to extend the transition period. The reason the Tory manifesto is frugal is they cannot afford to do anything with any fiscal cost and implement a hard or no deal Brexit. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats can afford much more, because they are not planning a hard Brexit."

Full Fact said: "Sajid Javid claimed that homelessness is down by almost half since 2008. The evidence we've seen points to almost the exact opposite."

The fact-checking group added on its website that it is "not aware of any data" which supports Mr Javid's claim, adding: "Statuatory homelessness in England fell between 2003 and 2009. It has risen around 39 per cent since then."

Brexit is one of most spectacular mistakes in EU history, says Tusk
Exclusive: Donald Tusk says it would still be better for both sides if UK stayed in EU
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Gap between rich and poor grows alongside rise in UK's total wealth

Top 10% of households had 45% of national wealth in 2018, while the poorest 10th had just 2%

Britain’s total wealth grew by 13% in the two years to 2018 to reach a record £14.6tn, with wealth among the richest 10% of households increasing almost four times faster than those of the poorest 10%.

A study by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also found that the poorest 10% of households had debts three times greater than their assets compared with the richest 10% who amassed a wealth pile 35 times larger than their total debts.

The figures highlight the growing divide between those at the top of the wealth ladder, many of whom have retained their pension rights, property values and invested their savings since the 2008 financial crash, while those on low incomes live in rented accommodation with meagre pension entitlements and rising debts (Guardian)

HindleA wrote:PF-I know you have both a Snooker and a Billiard room bit you do know you can use the same table for both?Maybe convert one into accommodation for the growing numbers of postal workers/deliverypeople you seem to amass,just a suggestion.

HindleA wrote:A chancellor so expert in the misremembering stakes is of no import compared to knowing what time the Queen doesn't make her xmas message or not;let's get some perspective.

HindleA wrote:Bermuda Triangled-along with Cja's removals,they will form a further ramblings tome to be later published

HindleA wrote:The one certainty is that the Queen specifically doesn't deliver her xmas message at 3pm on Xmas day.

HindleA wrote:Maybe,imagine eating each chocolate is removing a Tory voter,your Party needs you.