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I was imressed by Nick Clegg in that debate. His manifesto has figures, the other don't they say that he is all style but in real terms he exceeds them in substance. Real change would be a Lib-Dem government, the EU-sceptic Torrie would damage the UK even more, Thatcherite bastards.
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I can't stand them either!
That's because in the Scot's language, the word 'tory' means 'thief'! It's only natural that decent Scots hate tories!
I'd pick 'b'. The quicker we get rid of the budget deficit; the quicker we will get out of the financial mess we're in. Option 'a' only appears to be better. In reality, it only gives a temporary 'slight improvement'. Sometimes it has to get worse before it gets better.
That's my bone of contention with Labour! They have no idea on how to control the countries finances. Their answer to money problems is borrow/spend more and it's the poor taxpayer that pays for the mess they make.
1. They should also do something about banks giving themselves (the bigwigs at the top) huge rewards for doing nothing/making bad financial performances.
2. Short term it would look bad, but long term, if they do the job right, we would pull through the recession a lot better than applying plan 'a' above and who knows, we may even have a period of prosperity, but that requires good money management on a long term basis.
I agree with you.
You're absolutely right!
That's what happened with a previous Labour Government in the UK! It collapsed and the Tories took over: - the Thatcher years!
We (the UK taxpayer) went through hell because she had to repay the IMF or whoever the Gov't lender was, a vast fortune that had been borrowed by the previous Labour Government. The UK has never forgiven her for it. My parents cursed her weekly at least!
For my other tuppence worth, I don't think either of them are worth voting for, but we don't have a lot of choice. Coming from a family that has always voted Labour, I loathe the tories, but I have to admit that the local Labour MP has not done a lot to improve my lot or that of others in our area. It's a safe seat for him, so he just sits on his fat posterior and collects his wages and expenses for doing as little as he pleases. If he was in a marginal seat, he would have had to have done a lot more! He's spending a lot on his campaign, but I don't like junk mail! TBH, I don't know who I'll vote for: - I don't know all the candidates, let alone if I should vote for any of them. I don't think any of them are worth voting for!
I must be getting cynical in my old age! That must be Jack's influence on me! 
That's because in the Scot's language, the word 'tory' means 'thief'! It's only natural that decent Scots hate tories!
I'd pick 'b'. The quicker we get rid of the budget deficit; the quicker we will get out of the financial mess we're in. Option 'a' only appears to be better. In reality, it only gives a temporary 'slight improvement'. Sometimes it has to get worse before it gets better.
That's my bone of contention with Labour! They have no idea on how to control the countries finances. Their answer to money problems is borrow/spend more and it's the poor taxpayer that pays for the mess they make.
1. They should also do something about banks giving themselves (the bigwigs at the top) huge rewards for doing nothing/making bad financial performances.
2. Short term it would look bad, but long term, if they do the job right, we would pull through the recession a lot better than applying plan 'a' above and who knows, we may even have a period of prosperity, but that requires good money management on a long term basis.
I agree with you. You're absolutely right!
That's what happened with a previous Labour Government in the UK! It collapsed and the Tories took over: - the Thatcher years!
We (the UK taxpayer) went through hell because she had to repay the IMF or whoever the Gov't lender was, a vast fortune that had been borrowed by the previous Labour Government. The UK has never forgiven her for it. My parents cursed her weekly at least! For my other tuppence worth, I don't think either of them are worth voting for, but we don't have a lot of choice. Coming from a family that has always voted Labour, I loathe the tories, but I have to admit that the local Labour MP has not done a lot to improve my lot or that of others in our area. It's a safe seat for him, so he just sits on his fat posterior and collects his wages and expenses for doing as little as he pleases. If he was in a marginal seat, he would have had to have done a lot more! He's spending a lot on his campaign, but I don't like junk mail! TBH, I don't know who I'll vote for: - I don't know all the candidates, let alone if I should vote for any of them. I don't think any of them are worth voting for!
I must be getting cynical in my old age! That must be Jack's influence on me! 
I am either voting labour or spoiling my ballot. Torries...i couldnt think of much worse (aside from the BNP). I would vote for the libdems but they are far too disorganised, they aren't united, they have no collective identity and a lot of there policies of the recent years have been ridiculous. Nick Clegg is a very good leader and a very good public speaker, and if he were leader of labour i dont think i would be considering a spoilt ballot, but the lib dems are not going to do anything good for the country. A lot of what Gordon Brown has been trying to do of late has been really positive towards economic recovery and dealing with sorting the benefit systems to get people back into employment but the tories have been organising there votes so that they can bring it in and make it into there idea. This is exactly why party politics doesn't work. They are meant to work for us, not the interest of the party.
I fully support devolution, if the majority of any of the given 'countries' dont want to be in the union then shouldn't be. And they can then deal with all the repocutions that come with not being part of the union.
I personally view us as one country, Great Britain, and not in anyway seperated (and not because i view England as being above the others and owning the others, i see all parts of the union as equal). Its mainly communities in Scotland & Wales that view everyone as sepeterate, which fundamentally goes again what i believe in...federalism.
The Torries want scotland independent because its a massive labour & snp area, they never get elected there.
I personally view us as one country, Great Britain, and not in anyway seperated (and not because i view England as being above the others and owning the others, i see all parts of the union as equal). Its mainly communities in Scotland & Wales that view everyone as sepeterate, which fundamentally goes again what i believe in...federalism
.The Torries want scotland independent because its a massive labour & snp area, they never get elected there.
It's interesting how the two main parties are dealing with the Lib Dem's apparent surge in popularity.
Labour seem to be trying to chum them up (in preparation for a coalition in a hung parliament?), while the Tories are trying to attack Lib Dem policies and undermine them (despite the Tory claim their campaign would be 'relentlessly positive').
I agree with you. You're absolutely right!
That's what happened with a previous Labour Government in the UK! It collapsed and the Tories took over: - the Thatcher years!
We (the UK taxpayer) went through hell because she had to repay the IMF or whoever the Gov't lender was, a vast fortune that had been borrowed by the previous Labour Government. The UK has never forgiven her for it. My parents cursed her weekly at least! For my other tuppence worth, I don't think either of them are worth voting for, but we don't have a lot of choice. Coming from a family that has always voted Labour, I loathe the tories, but I have to admit that the local Labour MP has not done a lot to improve my lot or that of others in our area. It's a safe seat for him, so he just sits on his fat posterior and collects his wages and expenses for doing as little as he pleases. If he was in a marginal seat, he would have had to have done a lot more! He's spending a lot on his campaign, but I don't like junk mail! TBH, I don't know who I'll vote for: - I don't know all the candidates, let alone if I should vote for any of them. I don't think any of them are worth voting for!
I must be getting cynical in my old age! That must be Jack's influence on me!
The political situation in the US is very much like that in the UK from what I gather. The duopoly is nothing more than two heads on the same dragon.
The lib dems are far too disorganised/not united to even consider having them lead the country. They would need another 4 years min before i could see as being in a state to be elected. It would be a case of the past year we have had with Labour. I think Clegg is the right guy to geteffectivley cbut they just arent in a position to effectivley challenge for the good of the country. Labour are currently the only realistic positive step forward for the country.
you just dont agree?
The problem i have with the party system we have is that if you dont agree with the big three you are screwed to elect someone to represent you. I currently believe that it will be our childrens generation that will make the differences to civil liberties that we our generation cant make due to the elder voting populace.
I would love to vote libdem, i fit perfectly into there demographic but they just arent an electable part at the moment. Nick Clegg performed brilliantly in the Debates but that doesnt mean his party could effectivley bring positive changes to help move us beyond the past year of political hell.
The problem i have with the party system we have is that if you dont agree with the big three you are screwed to elect someone to represent you. I currently believe that it will be our childrens generation that will make the differences to civil liberties that we our generation cant make due to the elder voting populace.
I would love to vote libdem, i fit perfectly into there demographic but they just arent an electable part at the moment. Nick Clegg performed brilliantly in the Debates but that doesnt mean his party could effectivley bring positive changes to help move us beyond the past year of political hell.