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Oh Dear - Tories dreaming up "fairness" taxes

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    #11
    So unfortunately, the next General Election gives us the choice between New Labour (no thanks), New Labour (the Tories led by softie Cameron) and the Lib Dems (snigger).

    Excellent.

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      #12
      Where are all the proper Tories? At least if Boris gets in in London he might be able to undo some of the damage done by loony livingstone.

      As for the others, would Hague be an improvement?

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        #13
        Too Northern.
        Too bald.
        First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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          #14
          Originally posted by _V_ View Post
          Too Northern.
          Too bald.
          Regionist!!
          How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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            #15
            http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6992734.stm

            Labour has appointed Margaret Thatcher's favourite ad agency Saatchi and Saatchi to handle its advertising at the next general election.

            The slogan which won the agency the account was "not flash, just Gordon", Campaign magazine reports.

            The appointment comes amid speculation Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to call a snap election.


            So Labour is now Tory and Tory is now Labour?

            The world has gone mad. Perhaps they should merge and form a new party.
            First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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              #16
              Originally posted by _V_ View Post

              So Labour is now Tory and Tory is now Labour?

              The world has gone mad. Perhaps they should merge and form a new party.
              Indeed. A complaint often made of the American system, was 'there's not much difference between the Republicans and Democrats'. TV pundits, unconvincingly, tried to explain the 'differences'. Of course there where none.

              Pseudo-democracy has now infected every aspect of British life. Choice is dead. You can have any colour you like, so long as it's black.

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                #17
                Tories and Labour are both using Clintonesque 'triangulation' tactics to go after the centre ground.

                The Labour party is no longer a socialist or social democratic party, and they have moved to monopolise the centre, depriving the Tories of those votes. The Tories are going after the same centre ground, abandoning the right, or they cannot be re-elected (in their view).

                We will end up with a sterile centrist technocratic debate which will focus on competence but not on ideology.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Lucy View Post
                  Where are all the proper Tories? At least if Boris gets in in London he might be able to undo some of the damage done by loony livingstone.

                  As for the others, would Hague be an improvement?
                  Boris? BORIS?! BORIS???!!! He's a proven talentless, numpty tit.

                  Ken is (sadly) about as good as London's likely to get. I'm no Leftie; but then neither's Ken these days (see Tube strikes, etc.)

                  There is no Dick Whittington waiting in the wings, ready to transform London into some sort of Shangri-La. Sorry.

                  Boris? Leave it out.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Troll View Post
                    Good list - the civil servants will never vote tory as they know their non jobs will go...
                    I'm not so sure - things have taken a serious slide in the Civl Service since 1997

                    My other half works for Hector and apparently the jobs arent what the used to be - lots of temps, low job satisfaction, forcing staff onto call centres etc etc
                    Do what thou wilt

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