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MovedGoalPosts · 17-08-2009, 05:46

Only three things? There are a lot more problems to address than that.

1) sort our the pensions timebomb - the country simply cannot afford to have all it's civil servants, local authority staff, NHS and related employees on the overly generous final salary type schemes. Increased spending isn't resulting in better services, it's propping up these slush funds and preventing better services.

2) sort out criminal justice system - no more namby pamby sentencing. Make it understandable to victim and criminal alike. If the sentence is 6 years, that's the time you serve.

3) make party election manifestos a legal obligation, not a wish list that can be cherry picked and ignored at a whim. If an elected government back tracks on it's promise it is forced to hold a new election. That way politicians might actually become accountable to their electorate.

17-08-2009, 05:46	#34
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: You are Prime Minister... Only three things? There are a lot more problems to address than that. 1) sort our the pensions timebomb - the country simply cannot afford to have all it's civil servants, local authority staff, NHS and related employees on the overly generous final salary type schemes. Increased spending isn't resulting in better services, it's propping up these slush funds and preventing better services. 2) sort out criminal justice system - no more namby pamby sentencing. Make it understandable to victim and criminal alike. If the sentence is 6 years, that's the time you serve. 3) make party election manifestos a legal obligation, not a wish list that can be cherry picked and ignored at a whim. If an elected government back tracks on it's promise it is forced to hold a new election. That way politicians might actually become accountable to their electorate.