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Originally Posted by Gogogo
Firstly, the Lib dems can promise anything knowing they won't be called upon to deliver, they cannot and will not form the next government.
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Somehow I don't think it's quite fair to suggest that the Lib Dem party is a refuge for people that like to talk hot air for the fun of it. They aren't making promises on the basis that they will never have to deliver on them. What would be the point of that? They are making promises on the same basis as all the major parties do; they believe their policies are best for Britain and want the chance to put them into action. Whether they are right about that or not is a different issue, but let's not descend into petty insults. I might as well suggest that Tone has a secret agenda to wreck Britain just because I happen to disagree with most of his ideas. Plain daft.
By the way, I think you're right, they won't form the next Government, but I think it is plain wrong to say they cannot. The Lib Dems have about as much direct experience of the Cabinet room as Labour did in 1997.
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Secondly, the whole issue concerning immigration/asylum seekers has been completely overblown, a non story.
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The standard retort of a politician who prefers not to engage with a difficult issue. Asylum is a major issue if you live in any community currently being asked to absorb asylum seekers. Labour's record on this is simply abysmal. Let's not forget that it was Labour's complete failure to renew an agreement with the French, initially set up by the Tories, that used to allow the authorities to return anyone found sneaking into the UK from France, back to France, no questions asked. The Sangatte camp would not have been a problem had that treaty still existed. And don't let's start suggesting such a thing was unfair or illegal. Asylum seekers are meant to claim asylum in the first safe country they enter. Last time I checked, France was reasonably safe. But then France is more likely to deal swiftly with economic migrants, while Britain under Labour is known as a place where you can claim asylum and then just disappear when your bogus application is turned down.
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Thirdly, Labour is the only party that in government will keep our economy expanding and deliver much needed economic and social reform.
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With the greatest of respect, that bald statement is just a piece of party political hot air, unless you can back it up with some critical analysis of the various parties and their policies?
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Originally Posted by Shaun
Can someone check the IP of that post as I think someones's hacked Towny's account. Can't think he'd hit that far below the belt!  |
What was below the belt about that?
