The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[peteblue]

If you can't make the connection between "workers being poorer than ever" and DEBT then you are forlorn. What goes for personal finances go for public finances too.

Remember Labour claimed that that the Tories plans would result in even higher unemployment? That the private sector wouldn't be able to absorb the masses of public sector redundancies? Well that proved completely wrong - the private sector has created MORE jobs than even the most optimistic projections just a few years ago.

Labour are shocking, and their "something-for-nothing, someone else to pay" ideals are immoral and offensive to a free and prosperous society. History bears that out. Every Labour government has been a failure and damaged the UK's standing.

Nicely put.........

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Labour winning this thread's poll still.

Looking at that, the first party to offer free cheese on toast for the under 55's will walk it...

 

[daylightrobber]

But not by enough for an overall majority..........

I'd happily have confidence & supply with Cheese on Toast

 

[daylightrobber]

Nicely put.........

Deluded.

 

[neil999]

If you can't make the connection between "workers being poorer than ever" and DEBT then you are forlorn. What goes for personal finances go for public finances too.

Remember Labour claimed that that the Tories plans would result in even higher unemployment? That the private sector wouldn't be able to absorb the masses of public sector redundancies? Well that proved completely wrong - the private sector has created MORE jobs than even the most optimistic projections just a few years ago.

Labour are shocking, and their "something-for-nothing, someone else to pay" ideals are immoral and offensive to a free and prosperous society. History bears that out. Every Labour government has been a failure and damaged the UK's standing.

hmm, so the 3 re-elections of labour governments and stable economy are just being ignored then? do you remember massive interest rates under the tories in the late 80s, early 90's?

 

[peteblue]

I'd happily have confidence & supply with Cheese on Toast

Cheese on toast would make a better and stronger PM than Miliband...........

 

[glorydaze]

Looking at that, the first party to offer free cheese on toast for the under 55's will walk it...

What about the over 55s you heartless monster.

 

[glorydaze]

hmm, so the 3 re-elections of labour governments and stable economy are just being ignored then? do you remember massive interest rates under the tories in the late 80s, early 90's?

How about inflation at 26% under Labour in the 70s?

 

[peteblue]

How about inflation at 26% under Labour in the 70s?

I miss Labours inflation tbh, the mortgage as a % of the house price used to just disappear as every worker fought to get a bigger piece of the pie and house prices used to double in a year..........

 

[The Mighty Quint]

What about the over 55s you heartless monster.

Offering it to over 55's aswell would cost a further 2bn according to Ed Balls, got to draw the line somewhere pal.

 

[beautifulthing]

How about inflation at 26% under Labour in the 70s?

Oil crisis following the spat between Israel & the Rest. Inflation was worldwide. It wuz OPEC what did it, guv.

 

[daylightrobber]

I miss Labours inflation tbh, the mortgage as a % of the house price used to just disappear as every worker fought to get a bigger piece of the pie and house prices used to double in a year..........

You're only as good as your last match.

 

[peteblue]

Offering it to over 55's aswell would cost a further 2bn according to Ed Balls, got to draw the line somewhere pal.

Apparently Balls left a note, "there's no more cheese, we've eaten it all"............

 

[evilwebby]

What twaddle. The personal finances of the poor alone mirror the finances of the country? Perhaps I should mention that the richer are richer than ever too.

The private sector has created more low paying, part time, zero hours jobs. Young people are being forced into workfare. The workers of the country are being exploited for the benefit of the rich. We've had the argument a million times on here. Another one in denial.

Where does government fund it's programmes? It doesn't fund it from the moon. It funds it FROM THE PUBLIC - ie YOU AND ME.

How terrible that young people can't just sit on the dole and get their own social housing at the expense of hard working people any more. I used to work in a supermarket for £2/hr not that many years ago, but you know what? I worked my way up. That opportunity doesn't exist for young workers anymore. The last Labour government has priced those people out of work.

 

[neil999]

How about inflation at 26% under Labour in the 70s?

never happened mate

im just fed up of the tory line on the economy when its nonsense, BOTH parties have bad records on the economy in different periods in history

 

[glorydaze]

Oil crisis following the spat between Israel & the Rest. Inflation was worldwide. It wuz OPEC what did it, guv.

USA 12, Germany 6, France 14, Spain 17 at roughly the same time.