Expat owl Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 ]The Country is calling for an election[/b]. Please sign petition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33327 Well 4600 misguided Labourites are !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Prime Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 but it's not, because it's a lie. It is a fact beyond debate that by May 2010 the economy was out of recession due to measures taken by Brown and Darling. His contribution to international policy to stop depression taking root is also well known. Since then the UK has gone back into recession twice. Regardless of who anyone supports those are facts, not hazy impressions or partisan points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMoon Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Well 4600 misguided Labourites are !!! The petition has only just started and is going up by around 10 per hour! http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 The petition has only just started and is going up by around 10 per hour! http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33327 You do realise that posting the link multiple times doesn't make the count go up don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Statisticically ery little. I don't know where these numbers come from. For the record it's about 60,000 families in the UK, most of whom are in the south east where housing costs are much higher than the rest of the country. Capping benefit to £26k for these families is expected to save approx £275m out of a benefit budget of almost £200bn. The savings are approximately 0.2% of the total budget. Given that the savings are a tiny fraction of the budget it's probably fair to say that the families involved 'enjoy' a disproportionately large amount of attention from the government and right-wing media. The policy will have almost no economic impact and I guess if you want an example of gesture politics it's just about the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat owl Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 The petition has only just started and is going up by around 10 per hour! http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33327 Wow, 10 per hour. That's an indication that the whole country wants change then if ever I saw it !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 [/color] stick to topic or create another thread Why? You never do, and it's germane to the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I think they are building a much fairer society. Was it ever fair that hard working people work all week, pay their taxes, only for people on benefits to get more than them, paid for by hard working people? Limiting benefits to £26k was one of the fairest things a government could have done. Not everyone gets that amount, when I was on JSA about 4 years ago I got just over £60 that was it. A long way off £5000 never mind £26000. A lot of this is just divisive tactics from Cameron, I read today that they are going to get 300,000 under 25s on a new credit which will get them off signing on, all this will do is reduce the unemployment figures by 300,000 with them still out of work. Cameron is very good with smoke and mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 In a leaked Lib Dem memo which advises their MP's and remaining councillors which line to take, the Liberal Democrats are to attack their Conservative coalition partners in the new year by telling voters they can't be trusted to look after the interests of normal people and are focused only protecting the very rich! Well why the hell are they allowing them to govern, helping them destroy the NHS and privatise the education system and attack the welfare state and holding back economic recovery? And that shows exactly why a coalition is good. You don't want a nodding "yes sir" partner. You want someone always there, challenging, as if they were the opposition - but one with some power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 And that shows exactly why a coalition is good. You don't want a nodding "yes sir" partner. You want someone always there, challenging, as if they were the opposition - but one with some power. The thing is that on every policy of any substance or anything that has introduced massive structural changes the LibDems have been a nodding "yes sir" partner. To suggest the LibDems have challenged as if they were the opposition is absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.