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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Ministers encourage tactical voting.
Just to carry on the positive vibe that oozes from a Labour campaign proud of their achievements over the past 13 years and campaigning on continuing their record of achievement.
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Yes and lets face it they've 'saved the world', 'broken the cycle of boom and bust', 'taken control of our borders', 'sorted out crime and antisocial behaviour', 'ended child poverty' etc. etc. etc. so ought to have plenty to boast about....
New Labour's supporters ought to dwell on the fact that it really isn't difficult to spend money like so much confetti. This is especially true when it is money you don't have but can borrow (or 'steal' for that matter), the real pain of paying for which is passed on to future generations but the kudos for which sates even the most egotistical politicians.. The
difficult bit is 'earning' the money then ensuring every penny of it is spent as wisely as possible, providing the required level of services etc. whilst ensuring value for money for the taxpayer so that more is achieved for less. New Labour have consistently done the reverse - achieved so much less for so much more! Brown's 'prudence' was nothing more than a cynical con trick aimed at the gullible, the naive and those so clouded in judgement by their disdain for the previous Tory government that they'd have voted for and accepted just about anyone or anything other than them. Now they're on the run, having finally been rumbled as the opportunist idiots they are, we can expect any amount of negative campaigning, smears and slurs from people who turned political spin into an art form.