Is there anyone who is voting Labour and prepared to tell us why?

[mj.scuba 10]

Well the Election is getting closer and a lot of people on here have hinted at voting Labour without giving us their reasons.

 

After just watching the Prime Minister who could be in charge of the country after the next Election I have to admit that the prospect of this scares me.

 

Why should anybody trust this dross ever again:

Soundbite politics & spin doctors

Sleeze and Tony's cronies

Good day to bury bad news

Sexed Up Dodgy Dossier

Invasion of Iraq

Presidential style government

Intimidation of independant BBC

David Kelly affair

Poor state of armed services accomodation

Lack of kit for armed services

Filthy hospitals

Targets targets targets

ASBOs

Cash for Honours affair

Community Support Officers

Unelected Prime Minister (Gordon Brown)

Unelected Prime Minister (Lord Mandy)

Bitter infighting between PM and Chancellor

Home office leaks, Damien Green arrested

Uncontrolled immigration & illegal immigrants

British jobs for British people

Expenses affair

McBride smear campaign

ID cards & super databases

Proliferation of speed cameras

Fuel protests

Stealth taxes

10p tax row

Gurkhas

Closed door inquests

Tax credits mess

90 day terror detention

PFI

Over subscription of Universities

Destroyed credibility of A Levels

GCSE Exams mess

Data losses

Cash for votes

Jails full, early prisoner release

Taking wounded soldiers to court to contest compensation

Sex offenders working in schools

CRB checks backlogs

Passport backlogs

Tuition fees

RIPA abuse

Safe seats for sale to union officials

Borders deliberately opened to engineer a society in favour of Labour

Brown's lies to Iraq War inquiry

Disrespect to armed services & their families

Broken manifesto pledges

Lies about income tax rises

"Forces of Hell" unleashed on Chancellor from No.10

Patronised Britain's biggest business leaders

Total lack of leadership

...and Browns top ten financial blunders

 

Please note this is not an exhastive list of Labour failures.

Edited April 12, 2010 by mj.scuba
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[brianthedog 10]

I'm just waiting for someone to mention the Tories and then relate it to Maggie as a reason for keeping Brown in...

 

Mock the Week made me laugh last week - ripping it out of Brown and pointing out that nobody else in the Labour party feels they should be leader as they could do a better job. Imagine that? A whole load of people running/ruining out contry and not one of them think they'd be better than Brown. Very worrying.

[max 13]

Cut and paste for me but there's something for everyone here:

 

1. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s

2. Low mortgage rates

3. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.35

4. Record police numbers in England, Scotland and Wales

5. Cut overall crime by 35 per cent

6. Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools

7. Best-ever primary school results

8. Funding for every pupil in England to double by 2008

9. Employment is at its highest level ever

10. Written off up to 100 per cent of debt owed by poorest countries

11. 85,000 more nurses

12. 32,000 more doctors

13. Brought back matrons to hospital wards

14. Devolved power to the Scottish Parliament

15. Devolved power to Welsh Assembly

16. Dads now get paternity leave of 2 weeks for the first time

17. NHS Direct offering free convenient patient advice

18. Gift aid was worth £625 million to charities last year

19. Restored city-wide government to London

20. Record number of students in higher education

21. Child benefit up 25 per cent since 1997

22. Created Sure Start to help children from low income households

23. Introduced the Disability Rights Commission

24. £200 winter fuel payment to pensioners & extra £100 for over-80s

25. On course to exceed the Kyoto target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2010

26. Negotiated the historic Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland

27. Over 30,000 more teachers in England schools

28. All workers now have a right to 4 weeks’ paid holiday

29. A million pensioners lifted out of relative poverty

30. 800,000 children lifted out of relative poverty

31. Introduced child tax credit giving more money to parents

32. Scrapped Section 28 and introduced Civil Partnerships

33. Brought over 1 million social homes up to standard

34. Free school milk for five, six and seven-year-olds in Wales

35. Banned fox hunting

36. Cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since the industrial revolution

37. Free TV licences for over-75s

38. Banned fur farming and the testing of cosmetics on animals

39. Waiting times for operations halved

40. Free local bus travel for over-60s

41. New Deal - helped over a million people into work

42. Over 1.5 million child trust funds have been started

43. Free eye test for over 60s

44. Five, six and seven year olds in class sizes of 30 or less

45. Free entry to national museums and galleries

46. Overseas aid budget more than doubled

47. Cancer death rates down by 12 per cent, saving 43,000 lives

48. Cut long-term youth unemployment by 75 per cent

49. Free nursery places for three and four-year-olds in England, Scotland and Wales

50. Free fruit for all four to six-year-olds at school

[Rioja 10]

I haven't decided who to vote for yet. It certainly won't be the Tories.

 

All the best policies of the Labour Government (National Minimum Wage, investment in public services, tax credits etc) were opposed by the Tories whilst most of the poor, ill thought out and rubbish policies (anyone for war?) were supported by the Tories.

[SimpyTimpy 10]

I'll be voting Labour - mainly for the reasons highlighted in the above post.

 

You may think bad of me for choosing to vote Labour because of the issues over their tenure as government - however I think a lot of people are being naieve thinking that the Conservatives could do a better job.

 

It's a hell of a lot easier to be the opposition than it is to be in power. I'd be interested in seeing a similar list of the failures of the Conservatives in ensuring accountability and all the changes in policy since 1997.

 

I have a feeling it wont flatter them

[brianthedog 10]

Max - number two makes me laugh. You think low mortgage rates are a good thing then?

[mj.scuba 10]

Max - number two makes me laugh. You think low mortgage rates are a good thing then?

 

....and they're set by the BoE, not government.

[Entwhistle 10]

Cut and paste for me but there's something for everyone here:

 

Whoops wrong one!

[mj.scuba 10]

Max - do you have a source for the cut and paste list please?

[Entwhistle 10]

Well the Election is getting closer and a lot of people on here have hinted at voting Labour without giving us their reasons.

 

After just watching the Prime Minister who could be in charge of the country after the next Election I have to admit that the prospect of this scares me.

 

Why should anybody trust this dross ever again:

Soundbite politics & spin doctors

Sleeze and Tony's cronies

Good day to bury bad news

Sexed Up Dodgy Dossier

Invasion of Iraq

Presidential style government

Intimidation of independant BBC

David Kelly affair

Poor state of armed services accomodation

Lack of kit for armed services

Filthy hospitals

Targets targets targets

ASBOs

Cash for Honours affair

Community Support Officers

Unelected Prime Minister (Gordon Brown)

Unelected Prime Minister (Lord Mandy)

Bitter infighting between PM and Chancellor

Home office leaks, Damien Green arrested

Uncontrolled immigration & illegal immigrants

Expenses affair

McBride smear campaign

ID cards & super databases

Proliferation of speed cameras

Fuel protests

10p tax row

Gurkhas

Closed door inquests

Tax credits mess

...and Browns top ten financial blunders

 

Please note this is not an exhastive list of Labour failures.

 

 

 

 

Yes, but apart from that they aren't so bad are they?

[anarchist 10]

Cut and paste for me but there's something for everyone here:

 

You missed cut huge holes in spending on the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, so our troops had to manage without essential helicopters. Although they did increase spending on body bags.

[brianthedog 10]

Reading through that list certainly is impressive. They given a lot back to the people. A hell of a lot. Where on earth did all the cash come from?

 

And just to pick out a few others (I don't want to quote such a long post)...

 

6. Literacy and numeracy generally rise year on year regardless,

9. As is the country's population,

13. Irrelevant. The NHS is now a mess,

18. Charitable donations are tax-free; not something you can thank Labour for,

20. Studying media studies? In all fairness, there's a hell of a lot of graduates serving me a pint in pubs at the moment,

21. Mmmm. Child benefit - three letters here; CSA.

 

That's all for now - meeting!