Poll: The Last Leaders Debate – Live tonight at 2030 BST on BBC One

Who will you vote for?

  • Labour

    Votes: 67 11.8%

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 231 40.7%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 227 40.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 42 7.4%
  • Total voters
    567
  • Poll closed .
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For anyone who still believes Gordon Brown was a fine chancellor, and in no way contributed to our weakened position post-crisis:

- 2001: Adam Smith Institute warns that the “Chancellor is riding for a fall”, and that “the undermining of the competitiveness of the economy since 1997 could leave Britain particularly vulnerable.” (Telegraph)

- 2001: Gordon Brown warned about the dangers of the personal borrowing bubble and potential downturn. The warnings are ultimately ignored. (Telegraph)

- 2003: The IMF warns Gordon Brown that he will breach his own borrowing rules, and stresses the need to cut the mounting public spending deficit. (BBC)

- 2004: The OECD warns Gordon Brown about mounting budget deficit and rate of government borrowing. (BBC)

- 2005: Gordon Brown changes the economic cycle time-frame in which he measured his ‘golden rule’, so that he wouldn’t break it. (Channel Four) (BBC)

- 2005: UK has slowest rate of growth in 12 years. Gordon Brown “still didn’t heed warnings of slow-down”. (BBC)

- 2005: Gordon Brown is warned he is ”on thin ice with the economy”. (BBC)

- 2005: The CBI warns Brown about the criticality his widening budget deficit and spending ‘black hole’. (BBC)

- 2005: “The fact is [Gordon Brown] had already run out of money this time last year” - 2005, Ernst and Young Item Club, leading forecasting group. (BBC)
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naffa said:
I should point out, that's not what I was saying. I wasn't saying that all the Tory broadcasts were negative (nor was I saying that none of the Labour ones were negative). I was saying that I believe the Labour party broadcasts to be of a far, far higher standard than their Tory rivals.


Also, looking at that video of Gordon, I can't believe how exhausted he looks...
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Ok, but I think the word 'disgusting' was used and I was merely showing a positive election broadcast. I felt it neccessary even more so considering that the people vs Gordon Brown video wasn't even an election broadcast and just a webcameron video.
 
Hung Parliment for the win,

At lease that way they will all know the public don't trust em (politicians that is) and then we will get the best of all policies as no one with have outright authority!!
 
wow, labour are falling apart at the seems this morning. I won't be suprise if there's a complete collapse of the vote come Thursday. Starting to actually feel a little sorry for them now
 
Starting to actually feel a little sorry for them now
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Also interesting to see Ed Balls and Peter Hain out telling people to tactically vote to keep the Tories out in the marginals.

In addition, the bookface poll was always going to lean towards the Lib Dems. it'll be very interesting to see the final result as so man different polls have it all over the place.
 
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scorza said:
UK Manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 15 years

I just hope that the Conservative government don't put this at risk by ill-judged, over-the-top spending cuts. However I fear they will, we all know that the Conservatives don't like manufacturing jobs because it creates wealth for ordinary people.
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why would it have any negative effect???
you need to learn your economics from somewhere other than gordon brown.
 
Neil Andrews tearing strips of a Labour MP in Daily Politics Show just now, i will post a link as soon as it's up

It was about the girl who cried yesterday
 
Dolph said:
As for political funding, it was Labour that kicked up such a stink about Ashcroft, despite them being far more dependent on Unite than the Tories are on ashcroft. People in glass houses and all that.
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The Unions collect donations from millions of members who (theoretically, at least) wish to support the Labour party. Ashcroft is a single rich individual who's primary interests lie outside of this country. One of these things is much more corrupt than the other, regardless of what you may think of the relative merits of a party being in hock to the Unions or in hock to a rich individual.
 
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The Unions collect donations from millions of members who (theoretically, at least) wish to support the Labour party. Ashcroft is a single rich individual who's primary interests lie outside of this country. One of these things is much more corrupt than the other, regardless of what you may think of the relative merits of a party being in hock to the Unions or in hock to a rich individual.
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If that was truly the case, then labour would have nothing to fear from funding reform as all those who currently donate via the union (who automatically opt their members in and are under no obligation to tell them they are donating) would simply donate directly.

The fact that labour oppose the move suggests that Unite should not be treated as a group of individual voluntary donors but as a block donation.
 
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