Tony Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 In another thread Coop76 asked a really straight-forward question if they had a straight choice Labour or Tory then who do you think would win? Conservative -v- Labour If no other political parties existed, which one would get your local and national vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Graham Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 As somebody once said "It's the economy, stupid" Given that Labour always bring the country to its knees it's a no brainer. The British are naturally conservative (with a small c) with an element attracted to the something for nothing culture that Labour offer. But,even Labour are leaving behind those who expect something for nothing. They are moving to the right to get votes from people who actually work. That's why hard core loony lefties complain that Labour are not working in their interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerman Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 As somebody once said "It's the economy, stupid" Given that Labour always bring the country to its knees it's a no brainer. The British are naturally conservative (with a small c) with an element attracted to the something for nothing culture that Labour offer. But,even Labour are leaving behind those who expect something for nothing. They are moving to the right to get votes from people who actually work. That's why hard core loony lefties complain that Labour are not working in their interests. tax the rich and stop the jobs cuts and we will all have more to spend which will put more money back in the pockets of the rich, sounds good sense to me, but the greedy will disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 tax the rich and stop the jobs cuts and we will all have more to spend which will put more money back in the pockets of the rich, sounds good sense to me It sounds good sense to many, but for the trifling matter that it's never actually worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard2miss Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 In another thread Coop76 asked a really straight-forward question Conservative -v- Labour If no other political parties existed, which one would get your local and national vote? Are you the poll meister Tony ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It sounds good sense to many, but for the trifling matter that it's never actually worked. But surely it will this time? All you need to do you see is tax the rich (who will just sit there dumbly and do nothing about it) and before long we'll definitely have enough money to pay off our £5 trillion worth of debt. Hopefully before we hit £10 trillion in 2015. I did some back of a fag packet calculations and I'm sure it will work. It's basic human nature you see. No one minds paying 83% of their income as tax (as they did under Denis Healey's reign as Chancellor of the Exchequer). They'll just carry on working just as hard as before, but for nothing. It'll be a bit like forcing people to work for their benefits. All for the Greater Good y'know. Who could possibly object to that? Certainly they won't become tax exiles or work less hard, deary me no! As every good socialist knows, people love working to fund the government's profligate spending. If they were allowed to keep their own money they'd only waste it buying things they wanted. We should save them from themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 As somebody once said "It's the economy, stupid" Given that Labour always bring the country to its knees it's a no brainer. The British are naturally conservative (with a small c) with an element attracted to the something for nothing culture that Labour offer. But,even Labour are leaving behind those who expect something for nothing. They are moving to the right to get votes from people who actually work. That's why hard core loony lefties complain that Labour are not working in their interests. I think you'll find if the the Conservatives that always run the economy and country into the ground through public cuts services and asset stripping. Labour then have to spend heavily to get the country back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I think you'll find if the the Conservatives that always run the economy and country into the ground through public cuts services and asset stripping. Labour then have to spend heavily to get the country back on track. This just gets better and better! I assume then that seeing as the Conservatives haven't been spending that Labour spend spend spend on the surplus without resorting to massive borrowing? You don't work in the public sector, per chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 This just gets better and better! I assume then that seeing as the Conservatives haven't been spending that Labour spend spend spend on the surplus without resorting to massive borrowing? You don't work in the public sector, per chance? Mecky certainly does!..............can't you guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's a false choice. Many of us consider that both Conservative and Labour (+ LDP) are heads of the same pro-EU hydra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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