April 22
Yo-Yo taxes?
Retail sales they are a'falling. A pound 'bounce' is actually a sign of the kind of volatility that is a negative for manufacturing, key to a successful post Brexit export sector (so, we will not be ready for this). The FTSE is falling. British applicants are being frozen out of EU projects as brexit looms. The EU has strengthened its demands as it correctly interprets May's election call as a sign of weakness.
Meanwhile, leave.eu join large numbers of tory MPs in being probed by the electoral commission. Just how legitimate has our politics been since the 2015 election? With files with the CPS, how ethical is to call an election that prevents these potential prosecutions leading to resignations/by-elections? It is certain the mud would have stuck more if the election had not been called.
The tories are putting being in power over exercising power for the good of the country. But their messages are all over the place. Tax rises? No, 'tax flexibility'. What on earth is that? Temporary tax hikes? Temporary tax cuts to persuade companies to stay in the UK? A tax on yo-yo's? Or is the backtrack going to be promises of tax cuts even as services are under strain and borrowing soars because of Brexit? Buying votes, in other words.
We go into an election with the party looking to gain an increased majority unable even to tell us what their Brexit plans are (let alone in plain English), despite 9 months to prepare them.
Oh, and for some strange reason the UK has been bumped behind the EU for a US trade deal. Project fact strikes again.