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RealityLicks -> RE: Polling Day in the UK (5/3/2008 5:35:58 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Politesub53
RL, i am between Portsmouth and Brighton. As for Browns economic wonders, how do you work that out ? Most of his policies have closely followed the Conservatives, with the gap between rich and poor expanding. This at a time when you would truly suspect a decrease. Now we also have the problems with the banks, caused partly by Browns baby, the FSA. He has also been lucky to be in power when there has been a period of world economic stability. So to consider him some sort of financial genius, is wishful thinking.
Hmmm, well the systemic problems in banking are actually governed by the Bank of England not the FSA and Brown's reforms are still widely praised by independent sources. Its curious that you consider Brown "lucky" when things improve but culpable when they deteriorate.
Freeing the Bank to set interest rates has created an environment of low inflation that has been the envy of most of the developed world and aided those on low incomes a great deal. Think the Tories are going to go back to the old way of doing things?
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Its all too easy to knock the traditional Tory or Labour voter, by making statements such as "New Honda Civic" Or "Dole scroungers"Most voters though can see past that tactic and vote on results. Labours problem is they promise and dont deliver.
The point I was trying to make was that the housing boom has transferred wealth from the young to the old. The amount your Dad paid for a house won't buy you an ex-Council lock up. And I didn't mention "dole scroungers" - that's Toryspeak.
It's all very well people being annoyed at the Gov't but when it leads to entrusting a project like Crossrail - possibly the largest civil engineering project since the Channel Tunnel - to a certified cretin like Boris Johnson, simply to prove a point, then I can only respond with disgust.
We have a fucking muppet - who actually looks like the Swedish chef and makes less sense - posing as a politician in City Hall... and that is not a good thing.
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