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Originally posted by darkangel
where the **** do people think the money for services is going to come from?
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We could start by spending what we already have more wisely. Unreformed public services are a serious risk to this country's future prosperity - as were over-staffed, inefficient, nationalised heavy industries in the 1970s and 1980s.
Tory Blair at least recognises this. Sadly most of his party have not changed to 'suit the undercurrent of the times' as you put it, and want to bolster hopelessly inefficient working practices with ever increasing amounts of our hard-earned cash. Hence constant battles between 'new' and 'old' Labour.
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what are other options for government, the conservatives spent 18 years crippling this countries heavy industry destroying workers rights and bludgeoning common working class people into the dirt under the conservative the rich got much richer and the poor got poorer at least labour have helped staunch off the critical damage the Tories did to the UK
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If the Tories 18 years in office was so universally bad:
1. Why did they win three general elections, two of them (1983 and 1992) at times of great economic distress in the UK? And don't say it was The Sun wot won it, that's hopelessly simplistic.
2. Why did the incoming Labour government in 1997 stick to Tory economic policy for almost two years after taking office? (I'll tell you the answer to that one - it's 'cos Tory policy was fundamentally sound and Labout knew the economy was in good shape).
Do you really believe this country would be in better shape today if were still stuck with the National Coal Board, British Steel and the trade unions that suffocated them, and nationalised utilities including British Telecom? Would we even be using this forum if the 'communications revolution' had been left to that dinosaur?
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does anybody believe the present bunch of lemmings they have at the moment could do a better job.
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Based on this present government's current record, come the next election I intend to do my bit to try to find out.
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the lib's are a joke they have neither the policy's or people to govern this country god help us if they ever get in.
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Now there I agree with you completely. They're a bunch of Euro-sychophants who would sell us down the river to a Brussels-based Superstae quicker than you can say 'common economic policy'.
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it is not possibly without serious parliamentary reform the create a coalition government so it seems labour are the only choice,
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What, coalitions like the ones that have 'ruled' Italy for the last 50 years? Berlusconi is the first man to have run that country for more than about 18 months. Coalitions don't work. They just put disproportionate power into the hands of minority groups - like the Lib Dems.
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labour throughout it's history has changed it's form to suite the public undercurrent of the time what TB has done now is nothing spectacularly new
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Rubbish. Labour gave itself a fresh coat of paint but after 6 years it's flaking off. Tony is trying to hold it together by the force of his personality but it can't last much longer.