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@SW-User Andrew Bridgen has made a career out of putting his foot in it.

@SW-User They wouldn't have to do much if only they were under any other leaders!

@HannahH99 @SW-User to me the Ross England debacle is more concerning. His behaviour was utterly atrocious. I feel the trial judge should have charged him with contempt of court if not attempting to pervert the course of justice.
For him to still be selected as a candidate is outrageous and only suspended when this story is exposed in the media.

@SW-User but this where the election becomes more about personalities rather than policies. What are they doing about ending poverty and people's reliance on food banks? And not just unemployed people who spend their benefits on beer and cigarettes but honest hard working people that go out and work a 40/50 hour week but still can't afford to put food on the table for their families.

What are they doing about our appalling public transport system? Why spend so much on hs2 when our existing Victorian rail network is in desperate need of upgrading?

What are they doing to help the elderly who will freeze this winter as they can't afford to put the heating on?

What are they doing about knife crime?

@SW-User I don't disagree but then shouldn't our representatives be people with high integrity?

Sadly much of the policy areas you want a debate on won't be high on the lists.

For a start most of what you mention will require an increase in public spending but it only benefit a few and who aren't the target voters.

You're right that and carbon reduction probably should be some of our top topics.... It'll be though Brexit, NHS, etc the same old "top topics"

@SW-User years of austerity and under investment in our public services has left us in a mess. But I can't see how Jezzas pledges to take the railways and utilities back in to public ownership can be paid for without increasing income tax rates.

And when the electorate hear the words 'increase borrowing' it sends shivers

@SW-User but both sides are indicating large additional spending. Didn't the institute for fiscal studies say both would need to raise tax income to meet spending.
I thought (not yet seen manifesto) Labour was intending to reverse the reductions in corporate tax rates thus putting the tax burden on companies not individuals.
There's the obvious risk that companies move to more tax advantageous countries. Although when Pfizer was trying to facilitate the reverse take over of GSK to become a UK tax entity Obama put through legislation to stop that somehow. Whether we could do that inside EU rules in not sure but that presumably will be a moot point.

@SW-User good points