Snazy

Only because it makes me realise how much of a man I really am, compared to some Not implying anything of course lol.

On a serious note though, its refreshing to see everyone agree on one thing. It IS time for a change.
Judging a party on past economic stabiliy of the world, and of previous leaders is a little blinkered I have to say. But of all the people in the running right now, I know where my X would go.

Tax will never go down, CC is here to stay (and WILL spread), cost of living will always be "too high" and earning will always be "too low"
However stability and ability to exist are the bits that concern me. Along with the actual state of the country, with crime and immigration heading the bill there.
While I dont expect to be any better off financially in 5 years time, I hope to be socially better off. We can all have dreams eh

Leslie

Well I can't believe that you might think that I am a dyed in the wool Conservative Pete. I have stated my politics often enough before.

I want what is right for this country since I do still support it strongly, despite the way it has been dragged into the gutter and the moral degradation we see now. All this has been brought about by the policies of the last eleven years. Its all very well for Pete Brant to mutter about low inflation etc. but the answer is in my previous post anyway and the result is what we are seeing now.

Please don't assume that I do not remember the errors etc that were made by the Conservatives, I am honest enough to say that I was disappointed in their performance in many ways and as was said, they too were in power for a long time and I think that is never a good thing from my experience. I will say though that Maggie always supported this country through thick and thin, and that was worth a lot.

I am looking back on more recent times however and what I see is not just disappointing but more like frightening. I stand by what I said in my earlier post but also I fear for our future when I see what has been laid in place over a long period of time and how it is now beginning to show. I see us being handed over to that corrupt organisation over the water with fat jobs for the "boys". We will no longer have a discernable democracy

This is not Labour as we knew it Pete, it is a self seeking combination of the worst sides of old Labour who at least tried to do their best for the people if inefficiently, and a form of Conservatism which they are incompetent at anyway. No wonder the "Old Labourites" are showing concern.

I still have a respect for old Labour as in the Attlee government which instituted things like the NHS and the eleven plus exam which helped to lift me out of a lower working class family into a decent education and eventual career. That sort of thing is unacceptable now to the PC Plonkers of course who now want to drag all down to the same far lower levels.

I don't know if the "Turquoise Chameleon" can reverse our country's awful decline, but I have no faith in the present incumbent or any of his cronies. The bast party political broadcast I heard recently was for UKIP, at least he appeared to be standing up for this country!

Les

[Davey]

A Recession and Housing market crash are both self-fulfilling prophecy's.. Now mark professionals are more public about the prospect of one and/or the other it they will inevitably happen.

[Davey]

It doesnt really work like that.. The massive inflation in the housing market has been the main boom to the economy but at the same time interest rates have been low encouraging people to borrow and spend.. If everyone had just sat on their homes like eggs and saved all their money while wages were above inflation etc. then yes in a perfect world we would all be better off BUT at the same time the economy only boomed because people were spending money like it was going out of fashion BECAUSE they had made so much on their homes and because inflation was slow low. So in retrospect if we had all sat on our homes/earnings like eggs the economy would NOT have grown... You personally may have been shrewed enough to make a gain but if it wasnt for all the money-spunking fools in this country you'ed not have made a penny.

lozgti

So.

If you went into the vaults of the Bank of England there is no gold.

You will soon find though all the rubbish mortgages that banks sold being off loaded to the B of E in return for a better bit of paper that they can flog to get more money to lend all over again

Bankers must be laughing their socks off.Talk about a win win situation.

Wonder if they all have a bath in the pots of money the B of E keeps giving them?