1001 reasons NEVER to vote Labour

[AlfredJPruffock]

'Priority for criminals' over jobs


Jobcentres will be told to prioritise finding work for criminals under new Government plans.


Jobcentre workers will be awarded maximum points on a 12-point scale if they place an ex-offender in work, including ex-convicts.

Minister for Skills Phil Hope denied that the proposal would mean discriminating against other jobless people.

[Fungus]

Surely you remeber the winter of discontent and the basket case of an economy we had in 1979.

[snip]

Good post.

Thank God someone can remember the mess this country was in when Mrs T took over. The Tories sorted out the structural problems in the economy such as corrupt unions, overmanning and inefficiency. This country was the laughing stock of Europe if not the world. Remember British Leyland and Red Robbo? Remember Scargill? Remember that made in Britain meant badly made unreliable tulipe?

The result of the restructuring was a period of high unemployment. But we became competitive and flourished as a result of the restructuring. And the workforce became more skilled due to higher education.

Here's the irony. Mrs T. and the Tories get the blame for high unemployment, and the miners strike (which broke the militants). New Lier get the credit for the modern economy that Mrs T. largely created. Who says New Lier aren't lying opportunists.

I guess Mrs T. was not media friendly and fluffy like 'Tony' and his play mates.

Fungus

[Fungus]

Oh dear

Yes. A no hope case. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat its mistakes. Or something along those lines.

Fungus.

[Jabberwocky]

Yes. A no hope case. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat its mistakes. Or something along those lines.

Fungus.

Vote Tory for something along these lines ...

[hyperD]

Socialism is particularly popular with people who would never directly help their fellow man, but they claim the higher moral ground by declaring to want to help their fellow man by taking someone else's hard earned money and redistributing it to someone else who has not earned it.

How anyone can have such a perceived hatred for someone when he wasn't actually earning or acquiring assets during the majority of the Thatcher years seems like someone who was surrounded by traditional whinging labourites or pinko students and simply swallowed the soundbites whole without challenge.

Personally, I have more respect for the hardened liebourite who votes at every election than someone who churns out the same boring stereotypical, anti-Thatcherite nonsense on one hand, and then admits he doesn’t vote because “all parties are the same”.

And can we get this "low" unemployment issue out of the way once and for all:

Unemployment in this country is much the same as it was during the 90's: the total figure has been manipulated. So when Bliar and co. respond to any attack on their quasi-socialist policies by saying unemployment is lower than Germany, since the Tories, France [and any other EU country du jour], please remember they have spent the best part of 8 years moving people onto incapacity benefits, in "education", 800,000+ into public sector non-jobs, miscellaneous, etc

And don't forget the continual atrophy of job quality during the reign of liebour - the swathes of middle managers of yesteryear now sit on the tills of Tesco's... but still register on the employed radar.

Anyone working as a contractor should feel lucky that the previous government created the environment to do that. If brown and blair had their way, the likelihood would be that you would not have the freedoms that you enjoy now and you would be forced to join the ranks of employees of big business or the state.

[expat]

Anyone working as a contractor should feel lucky that the previous government created the environment to do that.

Sorry, can't let that one go. I started contracting in 1978, well before Thatcher was elected. It was good then too.

[hammer]

Yes. A no hope case. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat its mistakes. Or something along those lines.

Fungus.

Neither of youve understood a word have you. Thats died in the wool tories for you.

Who do people vote for. Tories who made unemployment hell or labours who make it bearable? Whether its right or wrong me old china, thats what people think and its what occurs. Sorry to wake you up in the real world.

No good you bleating about learning from history. Tories have got to learn from the last 3 election defeats. Its no good shouting from the rooftops about this and that if you stay in opposition.

[DimPrawn]

Reason number 137. Voting for the new lie only encourages people like Benn0 and Hammer.

[DodgyAgent]

Neither of youve understood a word have you. Thats died in the wool tories for you.

Who do people vote for. Tories who made unemployment hell or labours who make it bearable? Whether its right or wrong me old china, thats what people think and its what occurs. Sorry to wake you up in the real world.

No good you bleating about learning from history. Tories have got to learn from the last 3 election defeats. Its no good shouting from the rooftops about this and that if you stay in opposition.

And that basically sums you up. "I'm alright Jack" I pay my taxes so the problems of the poor are someone elses. Unemployment should be hell, if it wasnt then there would be many more unemployed. In Poland unemployment is hell which is why so many of them are over here doing tulipe jobs. In Germany unemployment is "cushty" so no one works. Where does it lead? In Germany it is a vicious circle because more tax is being taken to pay people not to work which means no one starts businesses to employ people.

Who would you employ? A Polish .net developer who has spent the previous 2 years wiping the bums of old people in a care home or a German who has spent the previous 2 years on the Rock and Roll?

[DimPrawn]

Who would you employ? A Polish .net developer who has spent the previous 2 years wiping the bums of old people in a care home or a German who has spent the previous 2 years on the Rock and Roll?

I object to the word .NET and bum wiping being in the same sentence. JAVA and bum wiping, yes. .NET and bum wiping, no.