UK general election

[Gandalf]

I must admit I would quite like to go to a care home. I find it a burden sometimes that I have to work, cook my meals, pay the bills etc. I heard that the prisons out here even give free language lessons, so I kind of look at that with the free board, food, lessons etc as a bit of a luxury. I would love to be able to just read my books, do a little language learning, do a little writing and otherwise do nothing else, but it's hard to find the time to do that when you work so much. There's a certain kind of security on the inside which you don't get in the outside world. I don't regard it as especially free to have to look for jobs, worry about the future and all that. I once asked my wife if I could go to a mental hospital of some kind for a break and apparently you have to pay a lot of money to stay there, so even that is a no go. You have to stay outside and work or die if you don't. Even in the hospital it's 200 pounds a night for a private room. It's quite extreme in the outside world.

[Gandalf]

That was slightly off topic. I should probably look into hiring a Filipino maid or something, but I'm a bit stingy. I have to vacuum every single day and do the washing up. It's ridiculous! No need to go to a mental hospital or prison just because I don't want to cook dinner though. Though someone who thinks like that could probably use a holiday of some kind. I just finished work and I am hungry whence the moan. I blame Walrus.

BTW, Jeremy Corbyn is an anagram of My Beer, Corny J! You learn something new everyday.

[Master]

Jeremy Corbyn is to unveil a "radical and responsible" plan for government, vowing Labour will change the country and govern "for the many not the few".
Launching his manifesto, he will pledge to reverse seven years of austerity but also "manage within our means".

Plans include an "excessive pay levy" on salaries above £330,000, more free childcare and the nationalisation of England's 10 water companies.

The Tories said the sums "don't add up" and taxes would go up "dramatically".

Labour is the first of the major parties to publish its manifesto ahead of the general election on 8 June.
Mr Corbyn will contrast his "programme of hope", which he will maintain is fully costed, with what he will claim is Theresa May's "fear-based" campaign and her "tight-fisted, mean-spirited" party.
"People want a country run for the many not the few," he will say.

"For the last seven years, our people have lived through the opposite, a Britain run for the rich, the elite and the vested interests.

"Labour's mission, over the next five years, is to change all that.

"It's a programme that will reverse our national priorities to put the interests of the many first. It will change our country while managing within our means."

Labour says 95% of people will not see their taxes go up. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said some of the highest earners would have to pay "a little bit more" but that precise details of any income tax changes would not be revealed until the manifesto's launch at 11:00 BST.

A "ground-breaking" level of detail about policy costings would be provided, he promised.
Unconfirmed reports have suggested those earning more than £80,000 could face a rise in income tax to 45%.

Mr McDonnell said Labour was aiming to establish a "fair system" of taxation in order to "invest for the future".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39930865