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The whole of Ni is still counting, as for some reason the Ni electoral Office seemed to give everyone the day off.
Poll: which party are you going to vote in up coming elections?
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My view is borne out of personal experience and living through both the labour government of the 70s and then the Blair and Brown disaster recently.
Actually, the best part is your irrational rant.
In the US, an 800b dollars stimulus plan was implemented in 2009 while in the UK the Govt. started implementing austerity measures in 2010. The graph speaks for itself:
http://aneconomicsense.com/2012/07/...arison-to-the-us-and-to-the-great-depression/
Yes, Brown caused the worst financial crisis since 1927. Got it.
"During his 10 years in office, Tony Blair left the key decisions on economic policy in the hands of Chancellor Gordon Brown.
Economic growth was unspectacular, but steady - the longest uninterrupted period of growth in 200 years."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/business_blair_and_the_uk_economy/html/1.stm
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Great to see UKIP top the poll with labour in second, me very happy bunny, cons are a virus as are those who support them. Just need to convince labour the public should decide on EU. Also, it's gobsmacking that cons are now saying same thing about EU despite what the electorate have said. ignore at their peril.
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I'm in the "Labour should never get in again" camp, but TBH I'm not scared.
Labour got 25.4% of the vote, versus the Conservatives 23.9%. The opposition party getting 1.5% more of the vote than the party in government is just abysmal. The opposition party should always destroy the government in By/Council/Euro elections. Getting 1.5% more is a failure.
The Conservatives got a bit of a wake up knock for being in government, but not as much as the government should. But the Lib Dems, they got a massacre.
As long as call me Dave can man up and get some UKIP votes back, I'd say the Conservatives are safe.
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IIRC the AV referendum billed as "Waaa the current system is unfair, only the big old parties do well". In this election we still used FPTP, but a new party like UKIP did amazingly well, and even an older but small party like the Greens managed to get 3 MEPs. Surely that has nulled the AV argument, as enabling small/new parties to beat the big old ones wasn't meant to be possible under FPTP?
Everyone knows you can spend your way out of debt!
They say those on the right have lower IQ's, but then I see these half-wits on TV and I have to call BS on that! Like it or not but at least Osborne and Cameron seem at least significantly more intelligent then across the bench
It'll be interesting to see who will win the general election next year. It'll be close.
With the economy recovering it seems sensible to keep the status quo. On the other hand, I'm a bit narked off over the 'forced labour' scheme, but we shall see what else influences me over the upcoming months \o/
With the economy recovering it seems sensible to keep the status quo. On the other hand, I'm a bit narked off over the 'forced labour' scheme, but we shall see what else influences me over the upcoming months \o/
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Just read this on Twitter, a succinct summary of everything that's wrong with the Cameroon Tory 'modernisation" project:
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The forced labour schemes are having sever knockbacks, councils and charities are boycotting the schemes in their droves. The cost of welfare reform is running into billions of pounds without any real effect.
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Forced labour scheme?
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I believe the official title was the "back to work" scheme.
Just read this on Twitter, a succinct summary of everything that's wrong with the Cameroon Tory 'modernisation" project:
Crikey lol.
I've just checked my local UKIP candidates and those of neighbouring constituencies and I have 2 Barristers and 1 GP. I somehow don't think that these guys are racist homophobic clowns without a clue, but people who have actually worked in the real world and may be able to make a difference, at some minuscule level.
You must always remember that the press are influenced by powerful parties, especially those currently in power. UKIP is investing in positive publicity, whilst Tories may well be investing in attempting to bring UKIP into disrepute.
If the MEP elections have any indication of the future of the country, I believe it could be a very interesting General election next year. I feel that Lib Dems have died as a party which leaves UKIP, Tories and Labour. Tories have the votes of the people who are (considerably) well-off, but have alienated themselves against the majority of the public. Labour will still be fresh in the minds of the people as being a linchpin in the recession and immigration 'issues', so they may not get full support. UKIP on the otherhand are apparently snowballing success after success...
So not The Forced Labour Scheme after all, but one to help long term job seekers back into work and off of benefits...that one?
The name of the scheme belied it's illegal intentions. I don't doubt for one moment that a swathe of society need a helpful push to get gainful employment, but that isn't the correct way.
Frankly, i'd say it is anyone's guess as to the result of the General Election. So much hate for so many parties that anything could happen.
Where did I say he caused it? People in this thread and on this forum in particular do love to misrepresent what people say. My opinion is that they left the country so indebted and so inefficient that the financial crisis had a significantly larger impact on everyone than had they been more prudent. He was so sure that he'd magically solved the key to financial stability that he often declared "No more boom and bust" while the more realistic among us realised he was running headlong into a future crisis with his eyes and ears covered. Smart move.
Growth is certainly easier when you're buying it with money you don't have. But eventually that debt comes back to bite. And it did.
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I was listening to some political commentator or another today who was saying that under our election system UKIP wouldn't do very well at all, particularly given that polls indicate that over half of those voting for UKIP in a European election will return to the lib/lab/con parties come a general election.
Newark will be interesting, or not...depending on the outcome.
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No, it's to penalise and punish the unemployed for being unemployed, blaming unemployment on the unemployed is a joke. Have a read here..
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18487743
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