Ed Miliband’s pledges

[Platypus]

I have. At least the trains would run on time, even if they were only transporting us to the disposal camps.

Is it wrong that this made me laugh?

[lilelvis2000]

I would say that any political party that believes that it has any major impact on the economy is talking out their ass. And Britian has been deep in debt of many centuries, so that kills the whole "so and so have bankrupted the economy" argument.

Its a choice between knobs and posh knobs. The end result will be the same either way.

[vetran]

I would say that any political party that believes that it has any major impact on the economy is talking out their ass. And Britian has been deep in debt of many centuries, so that kills the whole "so and so have bankrupted the economy" argument.

Its a choice between knobs and posh knobs. The end result will be the same either way.

if they sign up for PFI with ridiculous repayments, build the client state,ruin education etc then yes they can have a massive effect.

IDS & Gove may be a bit odd but they are working hard to repair Labour's mess.

[DodgyAgent]

I hardly feel the Tories have fixed anything much. Poverty is a bigger issue now than it was when they got in.

I think they're the best of a bad bunch, that Cameron is the best party leader by far, and I don't agree with the "grass roots views" of the Labour supporters I know but let's not get carried away applauding the Tories' achievements.

You are a miserable ungrateful unappreciating little leftie. The current coalition have done wonders to achieve a turnaround in the economy without resorting to Thatcherite policies This Coalition can be compared with our greatest governments - Telegraph
As for poverty there is only so much a government can do. The electorate would not stand for the reforms needed to reduce poverty or improve the NHS. A bit of gratitude even though it flies in the face of the bigoted left wing position is due

[lilelvis2000]

if they sign up for PFI with ridiculous repayments, build the client state,ruin education etc then yes they can have a massive effect.

IDS & Gove may be a bit odd but they are working hard to repair Labour's mess.

Education seems to have been in a state of flux over the past 20 years. We'll find out if it has been improved. Salaries for skilled people are so piss poor in the UK that brain-drain will increase I figure. So the UK will be no better off.

PFI is a scam, nothing but a scam to leave future generations in poverty. But overall its a tiny percentage of GDP. Main problem I see in the UK is a lack of investment in technology, lack of investment in tools to improve productivity and tulip wages.

We are eating our children for our own materialist gains. When I look at my kids, I wonder what crap they will be left with .

[DimPrawn]

Anyone who takes any notice of LibLabCon "promises" needs to be sectioned.

LibLabCon policy is:

Open door immigration, encourage more at every opportunity
Money printing to spend on housing immigrants
Attack IT contractors at every point, if possible just imprison them
Love in with the EU overlords
Hand out work permits to India like sweeties


I think that's the main policies covered.

[DodgyAgent]

Education seems to have been in a state of flux over the past 20 years. We'll find out if it has been improved. Salaries for skilled people are so piss poor in the UK that brain-drain will increase I figure. So the UK will be no better off.

PFI is a scam, nothing but a scam to leave future generations in poverty. But overall its a tiny percentage of GDP. Main problem I see in the UK is a lack of investment in technology, lack of investment in tools to improve productivity and tulip wages.

We are eating our children for our own materialist gains. When I look at my kids, I wonder what crap they will be left with .

As a populace we are too "welded" to the welfare state, NHS and socialist institutions to want to change. The coalition have done wonders to get us all back to work. The fact that we are not earning enough is because we are not ambitious or hard working enough and too dishonest to blame ourselves

[FatLazyContractor]

The fact that we are not earning enough is because we are not ambitious or hard working enough and too dishonest to blame ourselves

That perfectly sums up an 'Agent'.

[d000hg]

You are a miserable ungrateful unappreciating little leftie. The current coalition have done wonders to achieve a turnaround in the economy without resorting to Thatcherite policies This Coalition can be compared with our greatest governments - Telegraph
As for poverty there is only so much a government can do. The electorate would not stand for the reforms needed to reduce poverty or improve the NHS. A bit of gratitude even though it flies in the face of the bigoted left wing position is due

Oh do push off. I'm not a leftie. But it doesn't make economic sense to try and fix the economy by sanctioning benefits claimants - the savings are tiny and even more so in proportion to the inconvenience caused. Taking away someone's benefits for a month because they're a few minutes late to the JobCentre saves pennies only. And with unemployment falling, targeting those on benefits makes even less sense!

[MicrosoftBob]

It does look like the usual political sledgehammer, cost savings are incidental they know that

But really it's an attack on the unworking Chatsworth class which is Labours core vote these days