General election

[josie andrews]

If niggly insults carry on this will be another thread locked!

Please stop being argumentative

Thank you

Josie

[DaveO]

Does anyone thinking of voting Labour honestly think that Corbyn is PM.

Have they looked at his "policies"?

Geniuinely I am interested in hearing why anyone would even consider him being suitable for leadership of this country.

Have YOU looked at his policies? I bet you have not.

On the other hand we have a record of a Tory government to look at as in what they have actually done.

And it is rubbish. How much have they borrowed? More than ALL the past Labour governments combined. It's a fact you can check out, don't take my word for it.

Have they reduced ESA for disabled people? Well yes they have!

Have they put students/graduates up to their eye balls in debt? Of course!

Have they spent millions on Lansley's NHS reforms they promised not to implement? Of course!

I could go on all night. Grammar schools? A majority of Tory MP's don't even like that.

Did they break the law in the last election? Well IMO, of course.

Why do you want to vote for this corrupt shower of you know what?

I have no idea what your personal situation is, but unless you are in the top 1% of earners in this country you would be a fool to vote Tory. And just for the record I am a lot closer to that 1% than most people in this country and I am still voting Labour because I can see beyond the end of my own personal situation.

[Wintergreen]

If niggly insults carry on this will be another thread locked!

Please stop being argumentative

Thank you

Josie

Apologies, it wasn't meant to be an insult (hence the smiley face). Difficult to get the tone across sometimes.

[Wintergreen]

Does anyone thinking of voting Labour honestly think that Corbyn is PM.

Have they looked at his "policies"?

Geniuinely I am interested in hearing why anyone would even consider him being suitable for leadership of this country.

Have YOU looked at his policies? I bet you have not.

On the other hand we have a record of a Tory government to look at as in what they have actually done.

And it is rubbish. How much have they borrowed? More than ALL the past Labour governments combined. It's a fact you can check out, don't take my word for it.

Have they reduced ESA for disabled people? Well yes they have!

Have they put students/graduates up to their eye balls in debt? Of course!

Have they spent millions on Lansley's NHS reforms they promised not to implement? Of course!

I could go on all night. Grammar schools? A majority of Tory MP's don't even like that.

Did they break the law in the last election? Well IMO, of course.

Why do you want to vote for this corrupt shower of you know what?

I have no idea what your personal situation is, but unless you are in the top 1% of earners in this country you would be a fool to vote Tory. And just for the record I am a lot closer to that 1% than most people in this country and I am still voting Labour because I can see beyond the end of my own personal situation.

Yes I have looked at them. All very interesting but where is the money going to come from? Magic wand?

As for the Tories borrowing. Ever thought to ask yourself why? The mess they inherited was purely down to Labour mismanagement.

I'm not saying the Tories are perfect, no party is, but given the alternatives they are the only credible choice imo.

I find the statement about "you would be a fool to vote Tory if you are not in the top 1%", inconsistent with the assertion that you vote on principle rather than personal circumstance(which incidentally I also do).

[thegimble]

I don't think that it's the hardline Tory voters that vote them in. It's the stupids who'll take a lie as fact and vote for a pig!
When I was a lad and doing Engineering qualifications, one lecturer stated that 75% of folk are numpties and at the level we were at college we should consider ourselves to be rather privileged.
It was a good few years later I realised that what he stated was indeed bang on after initially thinking he was a bit of a plank for saying it.
Some folk need to be told to breathe!

The Majority of Labour fanatics, only vote Liebour because thats how the family voted, talk about being mindless sheep

You will see that with all parties they have a core that will vote for a party just because they think they should rather than for policies.

Policies is secondary to popularity and image.

[thegimble]

Mess was left due to Banking going bust. This was coming since Thatcher relaxes Banking controls and no party in power since her has done anything to reign them in.

Cameron before the crash wanted less control. And Tories have borrowed more than Labour did as well as have record immigration. Both parties are untrustworthy in power. Problem is i would look at facts and we are worse off now than under Labour pre crash. Politically we are a dead country.

[fozzieskem]

Labour mismanagement?

The world banking system collapsed didnt it? i suspect that had something to do with mess they left behind,look at history the Tories are far from perfect in regards to the econemy.

[Wintergreen]

Labour mismanagement?

The world banking system collapsed didnt it? i suspect that had something to do with mess they left behind,look at history the Tories are far from perfect in regards to the econemy.

Yes but who was running a budget deficit in the economic boom years that preceded 2008?

In laymans terms they didn't fix the roof when the sun was shining and when it rained they (we) got wet.

PFI- say no more.

[fozzieskem]

Labour mismanagement?

The world banking system collapsed didnt it? i suspect that had something to do with mess they left behind,look at history the Tories are far from perfect in regards to the econemy.

Yes but who was running a budget deficit in the economic boom years that preceded 2008?

In laymans terms they didn't fix the roof when the sun was shining and when it rained they (we) got wet.

PFI- say no more.

No government books are ever balanced,to use the insiped tory term that you use the Tories never came close to balancing the books as Brown did,the house of sand that the boom was built on was for me started back in the 80s with the Tory policies put in place then.

The "boom" was only ever an illusion built on bad credit,let's be absolutely clear too that until the crash it was,for what it's worth,a Tory pledge they would match labours spending at that time.

The only Tory chancellor for my money who knew what he wa doing was ken Clarke who indeed steadied the ship after the rough seas of the 80s but even he was building it on the sand hill of debt.

[fozzieskem]

Oh before we get going let's dispel some Tory sound bites..

The nations credit card..no such thing..government runs on credit simple as that.

Borrowing against our children's futures..they did that in WW2 and given the strife the world and the banks faced 10 years ago I'd say it's the worst crisis the world faced since the depression.

I'm sure there are others,it drives me absolutely mad that in an age that we live in the people we elect refuse to set out coherent policies and offer meaningless pap in the hope it's enough to appease people.