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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
well you should look at the long term and I dont just mean in the future i mean over the past aswell
Just where is the bribery ?
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I am looking over the longer term.
Before Labour came to power they said they would not get rid of student grants - they did and they introduce tuition fees on top!
Then they said they would not introduce top-up fees - they did!
Last election they said they would not put up income tax - they did not but they put up National Insurance by 1% and removed the cap, which is as good as putting all the income tax bands up by 1%!
Now they say they are going to give OAPs a discount on council tax but we all know that the council tax will go up for most people due to the revaluation in 2006 so that will probably wipe out the £200 bribe within a year.
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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
Edit: as for 50 days before the election. you got some inside information or have I missed the official announcement that the election is @ xx:xx:05 ?
AFAIK any election date atm is purely rumour and conjecture by others
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It has been stated from sources within the government that the 05/05/05 date is what is being targetted and only something major in the meantime would prevent it from being that date so we might as well assume it will be in 49 days time unless we hear otherwise.
I think we will probably have to agree to disagree over this as it is obvious that we both have stong but opposing views. I am very much anti-Labour and object to the way they reverse their election promises. I almost voted for Labour in the 1996 election as their policies sounded reasonable but I am glad I did not now. As it happened, I voted for a minority party in that election and was one of the voters that could have prevented Labour gaining a seat in my old Castle Point constituency so that was almost as bad as voting for Labour. I have learnt my lesson now, though, and will be voting tactically in this year's election.