10 million people voted for David Cameron, i hope those 10 million people can't sleep at night (With the defection of Elaine Costigan to the labour party, clearly there are conservatives who can't!). David Cameron (with his Liberal allies) seems to be doing the best he can to ensure Britain returns to the unemployment figures of the last conservative government. It seems incredible that Nick Clegg can say there is no "ideological crusade" happening and that the poorest will not be hit the hardest by this budget. However, in reality, what can we expect, in a post Thatcher world where the idea of taxing industry, banks or billionares an extra amount during economic decline to ensure the poorest in society are safe is considered dirty.
Lets face facts here, with 3000 police jobs being cut our streets wont be getting any safer, with 25 percent cuts in every department, all areas of public service will suffer and people will lose their jobs, the VAT increase, being a flat rate tax, is going to hit the lowest earner harder, and with cuts in the benefits system at a point when more people are going to be out of work means that everyone will be living in fear on what could happen if there laid off. Add in the fact that there was a guarentee over NHS funding, a service that is slowly being chipped away at by the Coalition, under the pretence of removing bureaucracy and replacing services that are not cost effective. The cold hard truth of this matter, as Michael Gove admitted on his last visit to Question Time, is that the wealthy have the ability to gain access to private services that they can use rather then the public sector, therefore a Tory front bencher doesnt need to worry about implications for them of cutting parts of the NHS for example, while we may all be in this together, some of us are more in it then others.
We must also remember that there are a great deal of items still "under review" such as the fuel allowance, free bus pass's and free T.V license for the elderly. As ive stated above, those who are wealthy or have amassed large savings wont be too worried at that thought but the majority of pensioners rely on those benefits. This is a prime example of the poorest being hit hardest, and as i remember, David Cameron promised that it was all Labour propaganda. What about the rest of the Tory promise's? Reclaiming power from europe? Restoring discipline in schools? Curbing immigration? Could he change his position on these?
The simple answer, Yes. As i remember he also made a promise on having a referendum on the lisbon treaty, a promise he retracted and now when push comes to shove we will find that it's impossible to reclaim power without leaving europe , restoring discipline in schools will require a return to corporal punishment (which would also require us to repeal the HRA and leave europe) and there would still be plenty of dissent and lead to a vast increase in people dropping out of school, and as for curbing immigration with only a temporay cap on economic migrants, one of the smallest groups and a open policy with europe, it would also be impossible.
10 million people voted for the conservatives at the last election (and people say 16-18 year olds are irresponsible) and those 10 million should be ashamed of themselves. Regardless of what you think of Labour, surely they are better then this.
Lets face facts here, with 3000 police jobs being cut our streets wont be getting any safer, with 25 percent cuts in every department, all areas of public service will suffer and people will lose their jobs, the VAT increase, being a flat rate tax, is going to hit the lowest earner harder, and with cuts in the benefits system at a point when more people are going to be out of work means that everyone will be living in fear on what could happen if there laid off. Add in the fact that there was a guarentee over NHS funding, a service that is slowly being chipped away at by the Coalition, under the pretence of removing bureaucracy and replacing services that are not cost effective. The cold hard truth of this matter, as Michael Gove admitted on his last visit to Question Time, is that the wealthy have the ability to gain access to private services that they can use rather then the public sector, therefore a Tory front bencher doesnt need to worry about implications for them of cutting parts of the NHS for example, while we may all be in this together, some of us are more in it then others.
We must also remember that there are a great deal of items still "under review" such as the fuel allowance, free bus pass's and free T.V license for the elderly. As ive stated above, those who are wealthy or have amassed large savings wont be too worried at that thought but the majority of pensioners rely on those benefits. This is a prime example of the poorest being hit hardest, and as i remember, David Cameron promised that it was all Labour propaganda. What about the rest of the Tory promise's? Reclaiming power from europe? Restoring discipline in schools? Curbing immigration? Could he change his position on these?
The simple answer, Yes. As i remember he also made a promise on having a referendum on the lisbon treaty, a promise he retracted and now when push comes to shove we will find that it's impossible to reclaim power without leaving europe , restoring discipline in schools will require a return to corporal punishment (which would also require us to repeal the HRA and leave europe) and there would still be plenty of dissent and lead to a vast increase in people dropping out of school, and as for curbing immigration with only a temporay cap on economic migrants, one of the smallest groups and a open policy with europe, it would also be impossible.
10 million people voted for the conservatives at the last election (and people say 16-18 year olds are irresponsible) and those 10 million should be ashamed of themselves. Regardless of what you think of Labour, surely they are better then this.
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