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Originally posted by dellwear
[BMost of the rest of the world is either in or just coming out of recession, were not, we should be grateful for that.[/B]
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Our Gordon continued Tory spending plans for about two years and has followed a more or less Tory-style economic policy ever since. Only in the last couple of years has he begun to creep back towards tax-and-spend, and if he keeps it up we'll soon see how well we cope with the Global recession. Some of his decisions are likely to have serious long-term consequences. I'm one of the lucky few employees left in UK in a final salary pension scheme, but my contributions have already gone up a huge chuink thanks to Gordon's stealth taxes.
What I'm saying is that after a mere six years in power it is far too soon to sing the praises of Labour's 'economic success'. The Tories presided over rising unemployment in the early/mid 80s because they were brave enough to take on stalinist nationalised industries which were over-employing to a ridiculous extent while simultaneously managing just about the worst productivity levels of any leading industrial nation. They turned things round then ruined it by linking the pound to the European exchange rate mechanism ... and having learned their lesson, the Tories are now largely anti-Euro while Labour can't wait to cause a far worse mess by taking us into the Euro.
By 1997 the economy was improving steadily (why d'you think Gordon decided to stick with Tory policy?), unemployment was plummetting but the electorate was simply tired of the Tories and their 'sleaze' ... something else that pales in comparison with the current spin-obsessed Government's antics.
(No offence but if you're 22 you were born in 1981-ish, two years after the Tories came to power, and you can't have been very aware of political life until maybe 1990. If you're appealing to personal recollection to back your view, you can hardly claim to be seeing the whole picture.)
Now why is this anything to do with car tracking?
It's because of this: The fundamental ideological difference between the Tories and the 'Labour Movement' (interesting that you use that phrase as I think there is a significant difference between the Movement and the current party leadership) is that Tories believe in the freedom of the individual, wherever possible, to make their own decisions and choices. State interference in the life of the individual is as minimal as reasonably possible. Meanwhile Labour's instinct is to plan, control and engineer. It is naturally attracted to schemes that force people to do what they determine is good for them. Nanny knows best, after all.
This is why schemes like this are typically Labour and why putting an end to them is simple - get Labour out.