Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Only because the elite have told them so, i would be surprised if the majority couldnt idrentift policies of Labour they dislike. Sadly politics in the UK is becoming more Americanised, much like large parts of the culture.
Sounds about right to me, reckon plenty would agree with that.
Interesting in these troubled times that the FTSE 100 reached a record high the other day.
And here we have everything what's wrong with the Labour right wing.
Yep, they have actually gone and formed their own party.
I wonder if they are going to put themselves up for re-election as well?
It's time to say goodbye to these type of people that are meant to be representing Labour in Coventry.
True, but they probably should if they have a private funded pension.No one gives a fuck apart from the top 5%
Doesn't seem to be the uproar about the Chancellor getting his figures wrong by many billions on the Today show this morning that there was when Abbott made a much smaller mistake.
Doesn't seem to be the uproar about the Chancellor getting his figures wrong by many billions on the Today show this morning that there was when Abbott made a much smaller mistake.
Don't forget, we're all in this together.Tax cuts for millionaires, lunch cuts for infants-good deal.
May has also claimed that the decrease in the value of sterling has nothing to do with Brexit.
Well she is right. The pound has been falling for 3 years next month. Way before the referendum result. You could argue brexit has sped that process up but to say brexit is why the pound is falling is simply wrong.
I thought the Tories were economic masterminds?
So the chancellor who gets his figures much further from the truth is better then?Far from it as I'm sure you agree. Hearing Diane abbot on her figures for labour is a much better option for the country of course. Made up figures that will work :banghead:
So the chancellor who gets his figures much further from the truth is better then?
strange isn't it, they're almost guaranteed to get elected, their manifesto doesn't add up, but it get a fraction of the scrutiny from the right wing press that the Labour one under the leadership of the seemingly unelectable Corbyn gets.Turns out the Tory manifesto doesn't add up either.
Wow, what a choice
Yep - educational professionals, medical professionals, the Institute of Fiscal Studies were all on earlier saying the same - that it simply doesn't add up.strange isn't it, they're almost guaranteed to get elected, their manifesto doesn't add up, but it get a fraction of the scrutiny from the right wing press that the Labour one under the leadership of the seemingly unelectable Corbyn gets.
No one gives a fuck apart from the top 5%
...and the unemployment rate is at the lowest for 42 years. You probably don't give a fuck about that either.
I wasn't aware only the top 5% had pensions either. Silly me.
Also, scrapping free meals for infant aged kids and using the funding for free food at breakfast clubs. The kids that need those free meals the most are the infant aged children. My wife works at a school with a pre school attached, so I shall take were professional word on it.
but that does include nearly 1 million people on zero hour contract employment which skews the figures.
No one gives a fuck apart from the top 5%
...and the unemployment rate is at the lowest for 42 years. You probably don't give a fuck about that either.
I wasn't aware only the top 5% had pensions either. Silly me.
The fuss over this is odd. It was the Tories who introduced free school meals for infants. Labour never saw fit to introduce such a measure did they?
It was a nice idea, but wasteful because it wasn't means tested. I don't see the sense in funding free school meals for the children of wealthy families. Those most in need will still get free school meals anyway - as they always have.
For some middle/lower income families that do not qualify for free school meals it will be an additional expense - I am in that bracket. I'll have to fund meals for my daughter again, but do you know what, I'm not going to object to feeding my own children - and if I were unable to I would be claiming free school meals anyway and would also be receiving thousands in tax credits every year to support those children. There are much better ways of supporting children living in poverty - ways in which money is properly targeted at those in need. Just like fuel poverty payments going to millionaire pensioners. Where's the sense?
Would much rather this money be diverted and used as part of a schools investment program. As sensible policy in my opinion.
BTW, my wife is a year 1 teacher working at a deprived primary school in Coventry, so I guess we'll have to toss a coin over whose professional word we take on it.
You mean like the bedroom tax and the tripling of tuition fees?It was introduced thanks to the Lib Dems, like most good things that happened under the coalition.
It was introduced thanks to the Lib Dems, like most good things that happened under the coalition.
You know damn well that the only reason the unemployment rate is so low is the sham that is zero hour contracts. If someone was offered 3 hours work a week they would not be classed as 'unemployed'
It was a stupid idea and yes I agree the odious Nicholas Clegg was well and truly behind it.
He also pushed for electoral reform, which I assume you disapprove of since it challenges your hopes of a one party Tory state.
So you believe a majority vote is fair do you so if someone gets 52% of the vote that's case closed and move on?
You mean like the bedroom tax and the tripling of tuition fees?
I believe a party's representation in Parliament should reflect its share of the vote. I also believe that safe seats dissuade voters of other parties turning out and swing seats encourage tactical voting. Neither of which makes our major parties accountable.
It's a difficult one. My instincts lean towards PR - purely on the basis of fair representation. It would lead to a permanent coalition - and this can sometimes lead to stagnation and inertia - but also cooperation and compromise. You'd also have to take the rough with the smooth. At the last election you'd have had 50 UKIP MPs returned (and their % of the vote was probably suppressed because of the FPTP system and that would have led many to conclude it would be a wasted vote. They might reasonably have polled 20% in a PR system at that time). Communists, BNP - they'd all be represented. Perhaps that is a good thing and would represent the true will of the people. No system is perfect, but perhaps we should be careful what we wish for.
Yet the number of people in part time work because they can't get a full time job has not returned to pre-recession levels, nor the number of people in temporary jobs because they can't find a permanent job...and the unemployment rate is at the lowest for 42 years. You probably don't give a fuck about that either.
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