One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....
From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?
Can't see them doing it in one hit? 
Tunnie,
Accept that as a high rate tax payer, you are classed as one of the rich people (as the country has run out of truly rich people and businesses), thus under the inevitable Labour government, you personally are expected to pay for the lame and lazy of society.
Which is why I seriously hope and pray Boris gets a solid majority and Labour get no way near power.
Well, straight away he has lost 48% of the vote (and probably a lot of the 52% as well, seeing as he has, by most peoples reckoning come up with a worse deal than Theresa May). So that depends how that splits between the other numpties...
I think a bulk of the “48” have accepted the referendum and just want to get on with it all. If the 48% believed that strongly why are the Lib Dem’s so weak in the polls?
They always traditionally are, as their policies never seem to click with people. I think the idea of a withdraw A50 was a desperate attempt to get a chunk of that 48%. If they are weak, be worried. As that means Labour are stronger. And we all know that a Labour government with Corbyn as PM will be a monumental disaster.
I don't think Boris appeals much to the man in the street any more, due to trust issues. Also, the people hanging out of Farage's backside don't like it because he has a deal on the table. The remainers don't like it because, well, he has a deal on the table.
Labour is currently promising just about everything to all but "the rich" (think of the higher rate tax payers, irrespective of whether £50k is a high income), and will piss it all up the wall on renationalising everything, before, in true civil service style, cocking it all up. Look at the mess of *any* civil service run pseudo company.
The kids love him because all tuition fees will go. The stupid majority love him because he will somehow save the NHS. The rural communities will love him because the nationalised BT/Sky/CityFibre/Vodafone/Gigaclear will provide 10Mbps to rural areas. Granted, Jews might not like him much.
Personally, I detest the man, and what he stands for.