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Originally Posted by Guinness
Sorry Margaret I have to disagree with that...
We are not in the position we are in because of the last government. It's a myth perpetuated by the tory media based on what was meant to be a stupid in-joke by the outgoing treasury minister (there's nothing left, we spent it all), which was pounced on by the tory spin doctors. That's the kind of crap joke I might leave in the empty coffee jar at work before I have a few days off.
The last government left us with one third of the debt we are now in, they did this by spending on health, welfare and education, and they had to deal with a worldwide recession. Yes they were numpties..but..
This lot have killed people with their policies, just like Thatcher did and just like every tory government before them. And we are worse off than we have ever been with no sign of the light at the end of the tunnel, despite endless promises of tough love and all in it together.
You are right that political parties don't care..but what is your alternative?
Russell Brand says don't bother voting? Maybe you could pointlessly spoil your paper? Vote for a guy who has ignored his promises and the wishes of his electorate? Post endless links on forums without explanation? Bitch and whine on a local forum and do zilch about it? (thats me by the way as if you hadn't guessed ).
How do you make a guy who used to work in a printers but became your representative listen, and more importantly ACT on your view instead of his own or his party leaders?
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Guinness, it would not be good if we agreed on everything.
It is your prerogative to hold differing views - I respect that, because they always seem balanced and considered.
As for the story about there being no money left...it was reported in more than just the Tory biased newspapers......and whether it is true or not we - the plebs, have no real way of knowing.
If it was a joke, it was in very bad taste.
Suffice it to say, that the last incumbents presided over a banking crisis, which they knew about and failed to act on....OK at the same time there was a toxic banking situation over the pond which compounded this crisis.
There were other serious failings of the last government...that isn't to say that the current incumbents are getting it right either.
They were left with a poisoned chalice - and had the Labour government be re-elected who knows whether things would be different - we can never know.
As to the alternative - well, if I knew that I wouldn't be sat here tapping away on a computer - I would be proclaiming my solution from the housetops.
Similarly I do not know how we get our elected representatives to comply with the wishes of those who elected them....Einstein, I am not!
Some interesting points have been brought up by a couple of posters.
When a party is in opposition they snipe at the government, but yet when they get into power they do nothing about the things that they sniped at the previous government for...and this is true of ALL parties.
In my considered and humble opinion thay are all a shower of Fisons.