El Cid Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 A correction would plunge many into negative equity and trigger a downward spiral in the economy. Much better a slow and steady calming of prices over a prolonged period. It may not work like that, we will either have a bull or bear market. They needed a slow and steady decline in houses prices years ago, long gone are the days when you can blame the Labour party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code word Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 George Osbourne Planning Tax credit cuts: Fair? = NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 George Osbourne Planning Tax credit cuts: Fair? = NO Agree. But that's what you get with a Tory government, fairness doesn't come into it. What do they know about ordinary people's lives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummonds Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Agree. But that's what you get with a Tory government, fairness doesn't come into it. What do they know about ordinary people's lives? it would appear more than you think. it is ordinary people who elect them. just because you don't agree with their policies don't go imagining that the rest of us don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 it would appear more than you think. it is ordinary people who elect them. just because you don't agree with their policies don't go imagining that the rest of us don't. Actually, due to the voting system, ordinary people 'didn't' vote for them but that's just how it panned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) it would appear more than you think. it is ordinary people who elect them. just because you don't agree with their policies don't go imagining that the rest of us don't. The Conservatives got more votes than Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens by a considerable margin. I guess you think that the people who voted Conservative were in some way not-ordinary? I suppose one could argue that they must be wiser than most as they're not in the group that falls for socialist nonsense no matter how many times socialism makes an almighty mess. The battle in modern politics is not between one side who wants to make ordinary peoples lives better and the other who wants the reverse. It's a battle between 2 different approaches to attempt to make peoples lives better. Edited July 18, 2015 by unbeliever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The Conservatives got more votes than Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens by a considerable margin. That is not true. The Tories got 11,334,576 votes, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and SNP got over 14 million votes. Just because the right wing Tory party had less competition from other parties on the right, they won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummonds Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 That is not true. The Tories got 11,334,576 votes, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and SNP got over 14 million votes. Just because the right wing Tory party had less competition from other parties on the right, they won. it is known as our voting system so you might as well learn to live with it when your chosen rabble lose. which judging by the deadbeats in line to become leader might well be rather often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 That is not true. The Tories got 11,334,576 votes, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and SNP got over 14 million votes. Just because the right wing Tory party had less competition from other parties on the right, they won. I didn't say more votes than the others combined. Anyway UKIP got 4 million and their manifesto was not that far of the conservatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Anyway UKIP got 4 million and their manifesto was not that far of the conservatives. So we would agree, left n right about balanced? How UKIP voters voted in 2010 - Conservative 45% Labour 11% https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/02/24/where-ukip-gets-its-support/ Edited July 19, 2015 by El Cid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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