The campaign for Thursday's general election hasn't really been fought on personal-finance issues, but the way you vote could end up shrinking your savings in the coming months, or helping to grow your nest egg.
What’s the difference between a British leader and an American one? The Brit sneaks round to a popular comedian’s house to grab a quick turn on his YouTube show and is criticised by journalists for doing so; the American hires a popular comedian to use him as a prop in his own comic routine, and is applauded by journalists for doing so.
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7–75, the first dance work by theatre director Amy Hodge, starts with a very cheery image. Her cast of five female performers, aged from seven to 75, hula-hoop joyfully to Chuck Berry. Hoops still spinning, they run, dip to the floor or zig zag around each other. It’s a picture of community, a bright opening for a show that still feels like a work in progress.
If people don’t think a brand of washing powder will get their clothes white, stamping the word “guaranteed” over the slogan “washes whiter” is unlikely to persuade them. Thus, David Cameron’s promise of a law against tax rises is not just evidence of Conservative desperation but of his failure to understand psychology. If the voters fear a Conservative government would put their taxes up, promising to pass a law is hardly going to reassure them.
