During an Opposition Day debate later, MPs will call for the government to renegotiate the EU directive with Brussels. Ms Caplin said the country was “forced and bullied into this directive by the EU”.
Which of these statements comes closest to your view about the Liberal Democrats?
- I have a clear idea of what the Liberal Democrats stand for, and I broadly approve of their outlook (25%)
- I have a clear idea of what the Liberal Democrats stand for, but do not approve of their outlook (14%)
- I am not clear what the Liberal Democrats stand for (52%)
- Don’t Know (8%)
Frankly Guido is surprised that a quarter of respondents know what they stand for. I thought the Lib Dems stood for whatever they think you want to hear?
Mainstream opinion is that Blair will walk it, but it may not be the pushover everyone thinks. Mike Smithson over at politicalbetting.com points out that “The polls, however, are nothing like as clear-cut as they were four years ago. At this point in 2001 ICM had Labour at 47%, the Tories on 32% and the Lib Dems on 15%. – a spread of 32% between the three parties. The weekend’s YouGov poll had Labour at 34% – more than a quarter down on last time; the Tories just one point down but the Lib Dems on 25%. Instead of a 32% spread there is one of just nine points.”
Guido is suspicious of the “we’re doomed” leak from Howard’s election guru Lynton Crosby – this is the man who got the Howard of Oz in to power by telling all that he had no chance – remember that.
The biggest change you’ll notice is the game-play is vastly different. In a sense it’s simpler, but it’s probably a little more advanced to play. Essentially, you can only make a profit by selling your shares on to another player. In that way, it’s a lot more like the real stock-market: you offer to buy a share at a particular price and someone may or may not sell it to you at that price.
There is another way to make money; that’s by selling short. Apparently I should have learnt this in my A Level economics class, but I don’t remember it (I didn’t do that well at Economics). If you understand selling short, skip this paragraph. Selling short is where you sell something you don’t own. So in share terms, you sell shares that you’ve got on loan from someone else. The idea is that at the end of your loan period you can buy them back at a cheaper price and you make a profit on the difference between the price you sold them and the price you bought them back. This means that you can make a profit on shares that lose value.
Our Bloggers league looks like it has been zeroed. So fresh start everyone…
The League of Bloggers:
Willhowells, spicer, qwghlm, le_poulet_noir, jonball, jdc, jamesgraham, foggyweb, doctorvee, causauk, britspin, artesea, Unity, UK Future, TsunamiCD, Swordsman, Stuart Bruce, Ripefig, Recess Monkey, Nosemonkey, NoSurrender, NickBarlow, Larryred, Lagwolf, Jamesw, Guido Fawkes, DirtyDen, Chris B, Bird of Liberty, Azeem Azhar, Assemblybird, Anthony Wells, AndyT.
