What are Tories not doing right?

[AtW]

I think William Hague would be much better, but he had his chance.

He had his 8 pints, and the chance had him

Portillo would have been a good PM with Ken Clarke as Chancellor.

[DodgyAgent]

He was right on a number of things - particularly when it came to banks getting into debt games.

Doesnt make him competent to deal with the problems does it? A mate of mine also predicted all this and he's a banker who doesnt earn much.

[AtW]

A mate of mine also predicted all this and he's a banker who doesnt earn much.

Is your mate a respected member of Parliament with a Shadow Chancellor job? If no, then he can't get elected and won't have a chance to become Chancellor.

Vince is highly competent when compared to Osborne, and certainly Darling.

[OwlHoot]

That's a bright idea!!! The last time a Monarch forcibly disolved a Westminster parliament there was a civil war culminating in the execution of the Monarch.

<pedantic>
Charles II dissolved Parliament and ruled alone until his death (in bed) several years later in 1685.
</pedantic>

[AtW]

<pedantic>
Charles II dissolved Parliament and ruled alone until his death (in bed) several years later in 1685.
</pedantic>

[TykeMerc]

<pedantic>
Charles II dissolved Parliament and ruled alone until his death (in bed) several years later in 1685.
</pedantic>

I stand corrected.

[Bagpuss]

People are sick of a two party dictatorship, where nothing much changes. Politicians will behave discracefully, power will corrupt, the economy will go from boom to bust, the same civil servants will continue to run things behind the scenes.

It's like a pathetic soap opera, and the sadist thing is some people fall for it and actually believe in the system. When the fact is nothing significant ever changes from within the system, change always comes from outside of the political process.

[BrilloPad]

When the fact is nothing significant ever changes from within the system, change always comes from outside of the political process.

Hasn't Simon Cowell made a threat to enter politics?

[HairyArsedBloke]

Hasn't Simon Cowell made a threat to enter politics?

Cameron is going to make him a Lord and then minister for culture.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

But they were kicked out over their mistakes in the 92 recession (which was nowhere near as bad as this one) and the scandals of the mid 90's. And I think it was quite right they were punished for those mistakes, even though they had actually turned things around the economy was doing pretty well in 97 - we had a budget surplass

So given that things are twice as bad now and we are still in recession (which might technically change shortly - although the perception still won't change), why are things still close.

There wasn't a surplas [sic] in 1997. Labour inherited a deficit - look it up.