So how will the next election go?
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So how will the next election go?
A long way off yet but what do you think will happen?
Lib dems are buggered, if the Tories couldn't win a majority the last time I can't see them winning one after all the austerity measures. So is the most likely outcome an outright Labour majority?
Lib dems are buggered, if the Tories couldn't win a majority the last time I can't see them winning one after all the austerity measures. So is the most likely outcome an outright Labour majority?
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Lib Dems will be blown out the water. At the moment the polls suggest a Labour win. I can only hope this is the case as a Tory majority would be a disaster for the country. They are right wing enough as it is , and thats with some small concessions to the Lib Dems, left to their own devices they would be to the right of Thatcher.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
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Narrow Labour win IMO despite Milliband.
The Tories will lose not because of the austerity measures, but because they haven't delivered on any other single major policy in their manifesto (much to the dismay of most of the NSR massive )and they shafted the Lib Dems who were too power hungry and stupid to realise it was happening.
The Tories will lose not because of the austerity measures, but because they haven't delivered on any other single major policy in their manifesto (much to the dismay of most of the NSR massive )and they shafted the Lib Dems who were too power hungry and stupid to realise it was happening.
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Lib Dems will be blown out the water. At the moment the polls suggest a Labour win. I can only hope this is the case as a Tory majority would be a disaster for the country. They are right wing enough as it is , and thats with some small concessions to the Lib Dems, left to their own devices they would be to the right of Thatcher.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
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Privatisation of the NHS (Thatcher just let it rot, but never dared to actually get rid of it) This is already happening.
Demonisation and cutback for anyone out of work in a shrinking economy - Thatcher shifted millions onto income support to get the jobless figure down, but still provide benefit. This Government is seeking to get everyone out of work on to Jobseekers, which they can cut back, in an economy where there are fewer and fewer jobs.
Education system - Thatcher brought in GCSEs to replace O-Levels and CSEs. Now Gove is reverting that change and going back to the idiotic "big single exam" system.
Demonisation and cutback for anyone out of work in a shrinking economy - Thatcher shifted millions onto income support to get the jobless figure down, but still provide benefit. This Government is seeking to get everyone out of work on to Jobseekers, which they can cut back, in an economy where there are fewer and fewer jobs.
Education system - Thatcher brought in GCSEs to replace O-Levels and CSEs. Now Gove is reverting that change and going back to the idiotic "big single exam" system.
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Lib Dems will be blown out the water. At the moment the polls suggest a Labour win. I can only hope this is the case as a Tory majority would be a disaster for the country. They are right wing enough as it is , and thats with some small concessions to the Lib Dems, left to their own devices they would be to the right of Thatcher.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
UKIP might get a seat..maybe, but they are nothing more than a pressure group.
I really don't think Labour will win the next election. They have an unelectable leader, and I believe there is a massive trust problem to overcome.
Cameron is still liked and respected by many people. I don't believe they can afford to lurch to the right, and therefore will not.
If Obama can get re-elected (which looks highly likely) then so can Cameron. Let's not forget the huge challenges he has had to face.
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If Tories get boundary change thing through - what happened to that? - that will give them a big advantage. If Scotland says cheerio then Tories are in for life
Clegg has to go. David Laws?
Be good if UKIP could get a high profile, Boris type, leader.
Milliband. Oh dear. 'Nuff said.
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Clegg has to go. David Laws?
Be good if UKIP could get a high profile, Boris type, leader.
Milliband. Oh dear. 'Nuff said.
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I think the interesting thing will be if Cameron is still leader by the time of the election. For a lot of the reasons just stated, its conceivable the Tory party will ditch him, maybe for Boris, maybe for David Davis (who came second to Cameron in the last leadership race).
If they do do that, then I think the Tories will get a majority, if not, then I can see more small parties/independents becoming MPs with effectively another coalition. Can't see Labour getting a majority, its too close to their last Government which went pretty badly for them.
If they do do that, then I think the Tories will get a majority, if not, then I can see more small parties/independents becoming MPs with effectively another coalition. Can't see Labour getting a majority, its too close to their last Government which went pretty badly for them.
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I really would be suprised if there was anything above 25% of the population voting.
As has been said, Labour have an un-electable leader, the LibDems have killed themselves off as any sort of worthwhile vote due to their chasing of power at any cost
And the Tories have alienated their core vote
Plus every policitian does come across as a money grabbing self centred s**t
As has been said, Labour have an un-electable leader, the LibDems have killed themselves off as any sort of worthwhile vote due to their chasing of power at any cost
And the Tories have alienated their core vote
Plus every policitian does come across as a money grabbing self centred s**t
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I really would be suprised if there was anything above 25% of the population voting.
As has been said, Labour have an un-electable leader, the LibDems have killed themselves off as any sort of worthwhile vote due to their chasing of power at any cost
And the Tories have alienated their core vote
Plus every policitian does come across as a money grabbing self centred s**t
As has been said, Labour have an un-electable leader, the LibDems have killed themselves off as any sort of worthwhile vote due to their chasing of power at any cost
And the Tories have alienated their core vote
Plus every policitian does come across as a money grabbing self centred s**t
Yup. How can we have a democracy if
a) a minority of voters dictate to everyone else who should be running the country
b) the choices available is like choosing between skimmed or semi skimmed; it'll make f**k all difference....
....Things have to get worse before they can get better. Quite a number of the public don't seem to grasp that fact.
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Yup. How can we have a democracy if
a) a minority of voters dictate to everyone else who should be running the country
b) the choices available is like choosing between skimmed or semi skimmed; it'll make f**k all difference....
....Things have to get worse before they can get better. Quite a number of the public don't seem to grasp that fact.
a) a minority of voters dictate to everyone else who should be running the country
b) the choices available is like choosing between skimmed or semi skimmed; it'll make f**k all difference....
....Things have to get worse before they can get better. Quite a number of the public don't seem to grasp that fact.
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i see the Tory treasurer (Lord Fink) has been lobying to get our Tax regime more inline with the worlds Tax Havens - as a panacea to our economic woes
well if thats the answer to the nations problems -- we have interesting times ahead
well if thats the answer to the nations problems -- we have interesting times ahead
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And we might even get some Tax Haven sunny weather?
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I think the interesting thing will be if Cameron is still leader by the time of the election. For a lot of the reasons just stated, its conceivable the Tory party will ditch him, maybe for Boris, maybe for David Davis (who came second to Cameron in the last leadership race).
If they do do that, then I think the Tories will get a majority, if not, then I can see more small parties/independents becoming MPs with effectively another coalition. Can't see Labour getting a majority, its too close to their last Government which went pretty badly for them.
If they do do that, then I think the Tories will get a majority, if not, then I can see more small parties/independents becoming MPs with effectively another coalition. Can't see Labour getting a majority, its too close to their last Government which went pretty badly for them.
A lurch to the right would almost certainly cost them he election.
David Davis..... OMG.
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How will the next election go.
Same as usual,load of b0ll0ocks being spouted out how you should vote for Lab for X reasons,or Con for X reasons,false smiles and broken promises from both sides.
We are for the people,we are for British workers,we understand the ordinary working man/woman in the street,we're are in this together repeated several times in a speech,Con blaming Lab,Lab blaming Con,etc etc etc.I think that about sums it up.
I'm voting UKIP,did last time and will do so this time,lets face it,years and years of Labour and Conservatives,people go out and vote for the same two every election,and expecting some new big change to happen,that the country and peoples lives will become better.Only months a year later for those same voters are contacting radio shows,and saying how they feel let down by the party they voted for,they never delivered,more broken promises.And come the next election,those same people will vote for the same lot that let them down last time,its like kicking yourself in the *** every election,fingers crossed this time eh ...
Same as usual,load of b0ll0ocks being spouted out how you should vote for Lab for X reasons,or Con for X reasons,false smiles and broken promises from both sides.
We are for the people,we are for British workers,we understand the ordinary working man/woman in the street,we're are in this together repeated several times in a speech,Con blaming Lab,Lab blaming Con,etc etc etc.I think that about sums it up.
I'm voting UKIP,did last time and will do so this time,lets face it,years and years of Labour and Conservatives,people go out and vote for the same two every election,and expecting some new big change to happen,that the country and peoples lives will become better.Only months a year later for those same voters are contacting radio shows,and saying how they feel let down by the party they voted for,they never delivered,more broken promises.And come the next election,those same people will vote for the same lot that let them down last time,its like kicking yourself in the *** every election,fingers crossed this time eh ...
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This will be coupled with some other populist right wing stuff like tough attitudes to immigration and crime. Grayling could make a.huge potential impact here.
Btw, I'm not sure why people fear a lurch to the right. Imho it's what this country needs, a proper right wing government to try and undo the damage Labour did to the country over the previous decade. ie unchecked immigration, a culture of encouraging welfare dependance etc.