What do you think to this Government?

Originally Posted by Baph

I did ask before which political party would be better. It was a geniune question, yet no-one has answered.

Lid-Dems. They've made a surprising turn-around in the past few years.

Small government
Local decisions

(And I'm not even a supporter of them!)

[yorkie_chris]

Yet they won't have the balls to overturn any of the myriad laws passed by new labour, or cut out any of the mass of deadwood among the civil service.

Oh and sadly in the last election labour won the seat here by a 10% majority. Liberals were another 10% behind the tories.
Sadly around here it does appear that because it's mostly working-class, labour wins it, whatever their policies/behaviour/level of insanity.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

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Oh and sadly in the last election labour won the seat here by a 10% majority. Liberals were another 10% behind the tories.
Sadly around here it does appear that because it's mostly working-class, labour wins it, whatever their policies/behaviour/level of insanity.

It goes to show Labour are cack, when Alice Mahon, long standing Labour MP in Halifax, buggers off and leaves the party because she can't stand and pretend she agrees with their policies anymore. Shes not been quiet about it either, shes more than happy to say how sh!t they are!

[yorkie_chris]

Wonder why she left the party just as she was ready to retire anyway...

The two biggest mistakes this government made and should never have made being a labour goverment was the invasion of Iraq and the knee jerk draconian laws we now have in the name of "terror" prevention.

As for anything else, the governemt are in a no win situation. We voted them in to try and rebuild the frankly crap services left behind after 18years of tory rule. However they wouldnt have got in by saying they were gonna raise taxes to pay for it. The fact that the services would be rebuilt on borrowing was condoned by us and continued to do so by relecting them. I dont think any government realised how bad this recession was going to be but a lot of governments are in the same boat.

My final point is that any government in power will pass laws which suite those who vote for them. If more of us actually voted we might get a decent party that reflects a greater majority of the population.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Wonder why she left the party just as she was ready to retire anyway...

She may be of retirement age, but surely that doesn't necessarily mean she was about to retire from her duties as an MP?
Shes pretty active full stop in the area, in fact shes a bit of a thorn in labours side, as she don't mince her words and isn't frightened to speak her mind....perhaps she really was tired of being part of a party she doesn't believe in anymore. #shrugs# I'm not really into politics TBH, but I find the state of the country a disgrace. It was hard to find a way out of what Maggie did, but its going to be just as bad with this lot.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

She may be of retirement age, but surely that doesn't necessarily mean she was about to retire from her duties as an MP?
Shes pretty active full stop in the area, in fact shes a bit of a thorn in labours side, as she don't mince her words and isn't frightened to speak her mind....perhaps she really was tired of being part of a party she doesn't believe in anymore. #shrugs# I'm not really into politics TBH, but I find the state of the country a disgrace. It was hard to find a way out of what Maggie did, but its going to be just as bad with this lot.

They've had long enough to recover. Over 10 years. And they appear to have done more harm than good.

Labour spokeswench on the telly was blaming thatcher every other sentence. It's a poor excuse.

[dizzyblonde]

Well I never voted for Mr Brown, who is a clown that lives in Browning Street!
I'd have far rather have had Yogi Bear as PM

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

They've had long enough to recover. Over 10 years. And they appear to have done more harm than good.

Labour spokeswench on the telly was blaming thatcher every other sentence. It's a poor excuse.

What they were blaming her today!? LOL

Especially when you consider Thatcher was trying to get us out the **** the last Labour government got us in to. Ring any bells