When is democracy not democratic?

[Batcher]

Latest polling from Sky News

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Well that would be a straightforward Lab/SNP coalition catastrophe.

[MicrosoftBob]

Well that would be a straightforward Lab/SNP coalition catastrophe.

Could be worse, it could be a Labour/Green coalition

[scooterscot]

It's quite something so many people would again vote for the red or the blues considering how much damage they've done.

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Could be worse, it could be a Labour/Green coalition

Greens won't get any MPs - not enough to matter - and even if they did they'd simply be ignored so it would be a de facto Labour government. Maybe that would BE worse though

That poll shows UKIP having only 2 seats, which doesn't sound right to me.

[Batcher]

Greens won't get any MPs - not enough to matter - and even if they did they'd simply be ignored so it would be a de facto Labour government. Maybe that would BE worse though

That poll shows UKIP having only 2 seats, which doesn't sound right to me.

Any Green or Plaid MPs will join with the SNP MPs to push an anti-austerity agenda. If Labour want to be in a government coalition they will need to give concessions to the left parties.

UKIP will prove to be a very minor party (if they don't implode by May 7th)

[DodgyAgent]

Any Green or Plaid MPs will join with the SNP MPs to push an anti-austerity agenda. If Labour want to be in a government coalition they will need to give concessions to the left parties.

UKIP will prove to be a very minor party (if they don't implode by May 7th)

When somebody says "anti austerity" what do they mean? If it means go out and borrow money why don't they say it and be honest enough to admit what it means. They could could call it "entitlement" or "borrow more"
It is like "climate change" by its very nature it is a phrase designed to mislead and manipulate.

[MicrosoftBob]

When somebody says "anti austerity" what do they mean? If it means go out and borrow money why don't they say it and be honest enough to admit what it means. They could could call it "entitlement" or "borrow more"
It is like "climate change" by its very nature it is a phrase designed to mislead and manipulate.

It means they want to spend more of others people money, without having the means to pay for it and they refuse to pay their debts, all the while expecting the IMF to bail them out when it all goes tits up

[DodgyAgent]

It means they want to spend more of others people money, without having the means to pay for it and they refuse to pay their debts, all the while expecting the IMF to bail them out when it all goes tits up

That's what I thought

In other words it is a "leftyism"

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When somebody says "anti austerity" what do they mean? If it means go out and borrow money why don't they say it and be honest enough to admit what it means. They could could call it "entitlement" or "borrow more"
It is like "climate change" by its very nature it is a phrase designed to mislead and manipulate.

What rot. There are obviously (even to you) different rates at which you can aim to repay a debt, and different places you can make cuts. "Austerity" means trying to pay things off as fast as possible in a way which makes this fact visible and engages the public so they feel the pinch but believe it's for common good. Anti-austerity says there has to be a way which will let you sort things out in a less severe manner.

Of course some people are out of touch in both camps. But in general austerity is like "lets put everything into overpaying the mortgage" and anti-austerity is "just pay the mortgage" rather than "stop paying it and refuse to answer the door when the bailiffs come".