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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Funny thing is I have left wing persuasions but am wavering towards voting conservative. Depends how selfish I feel on polling day as they definitely offer me the best deal for right now, if not I'll go green. Says a lot for the other parties that I can't find a socialist party to vote for. In fact it's been that way since I turned 18 having never voted labour.
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I don't think you are alone. I think Labour have lost their way, and people are beginning to realise that without a buoyant economy, you can't afford the socialist ideals they espouse (and fail to deliver).
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Originally Posted by Damien
Do you not find it weird that the Tories have sudden promised £8 billion more for the NHS, haven't said where it's coming from, whilst Labour aren't promising to match it? I am dubious about that £8 billion. It just seems to have been conjured out of no where out of a panic that they're not moving ahead in the polls.
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Not really, Damien, they have protected the NHS up to now by improving the economy and cutting back bureaucracy and the crazy benefits system. They have proved they can make savings and the scale of the problem is now much reduced. Add to that the benefits of growth, and you've got it.
Labour under their present leadership are economically illiterate and really don't have a clue because they just don't know how to manage an economy efficiently. They say they will take longer paying off the deficit, which means the debt we have to pay back will increase substantially, so there will be no money to make things better under their stewardship.
The current Labour leadership is shameful and the sooner they get their acts together to be able to promise people genuinely better public services, the better. They have a long way to go.