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Old 11-10-2018, 19:33   #1515
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
Neither Labour or the Conservatives look at finance properly. What should happen is during the good times, taxes should go up and be invested for the bad times, so that taxes can be cut to help people in the lean times.

Instead, taxes are cut when people have spare, and raised when people are short.

Meanwhile, how many years should a government be in power before they stop blaming their predecessors?
You are right to a degree, but at least the Conservatives put some of the spare money away. Labour just tend to blow it all.

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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
Been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt.

When even local political groups replace the good councillors who stray from the party line and actually represent their ward, there is neither the money or the will to change anything. In addition, how can anyone change the system when the party currently in power is only delaying reducing the number of MPs (and making their hold on government stronger in the process) because the DUP are holding a gun to their heads.

Until the Conservatives support a decent PR electoral system, nothing will change, their sheep are sufficient in number to prevent them needing to.
It's hard enough to make decisions now! PR will just make it harder, as a permanent arrangement.

If you want a strong government that is able to make decisions, don't vote for proportional representation!

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No one seemed to be sufficiently convinced that the Tories were the best party for the job at the last election, but then unstable governments are what is likely with our electoral system and devolved parliaments with parochial political parties.
Quite clearly, the financial mess, and the austerity measures that were needed to sort that out, was down to Labour.

So yes, 8 years down the line, if Labour think they cannot be blamed for our current situation, they'd better think again!

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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
Neither Labour or the Conservatives look at finance properly. What should happen is during the good times, taxes should go up and be invested for the bad times, so that taxes can be cut to help people in the lean times.

Instead, taxes are cut when people have spare, and raised when people are short.

Meanwhile, how many years should a government be in power before they stop blaming their predecessors?
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