So it's May 6th after all

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I strongly believe that Labour will win, Cameron does not have the bottle to win, he will come out with all that crap, aexactly the same as what Thatcher did, If Cameron got in, he would do what Thatcher did, and that would be to tear the country to bits to save money, he will help the rich, but everyone else, can go stuff themself.
The Thing about Brown is that, he has run the country, he has the experience, no matter what people will say, about wars etc. We need a man who can run the country, with bottle, and that is not Cameron.

It could be a shocker with Lib Dems coming a very close second, and don't forget the BNP might win a few more seats, than before.

Labour themselves have admitted they will need cuts of a similar scale to Thatcher's. I should say in the occasional moment of honesty that has been said, Brown tends to lie and discuss 0% rises or make promises that front line services won't be affected and he can make guarantees.

There is absolutely no evidence at all that Cameron will follow similar policies to Thatcher and even if he did so what? During that period the economy went from a Labour-induced IMF bailout and general strikes to a surplus. Incase you hadn't noticed Thatcher won 3 general elections 'coming out with all that crap' so evidently some people quite liked the message.

In between your 'helping the rich' diatribe in many ways the gap between rich and poor hasn't been larger in a very long time, and as far as people helping themselves goes have you seen John Prescott / 2 Jags or the mass of 'New' Labour employees troughing themselves on the public purse?

Describing Brown as having bottle is laughable. If he had bottle he'd have had an election to get his own mandate, instead he has clung onto power for as long as is feasible and delayed going to the country.

Experience you have to worry about given Brown's experience. Not sure if that's the kind of experience I'd put on my CV.

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

A former neighbour, native of Germany, recently rengurned to her home country. Unfortunately she fell ill and spent quite some time on hospital. Whilst there she suffered MRSA, C-Deff, and food poisoning. This was in Dusseldorf's top hospital. By the end of it, she was begging to be sent back to the UK.

Thanks for demonstrating my point that larger expenditure per head certainly doesn't indicate better care by default.

[Dai]

Originally Posted by Damien

..both savings and no reduction in public services which doesn't make sense to me?

That's actually quite easy to do Damien. If you do away with the micro-management and mountain of statistics demanded by Labour and actually leave the professionals to do their jobs you can dispense with a huge layer of middle management prodnoses.

That represents an enormous instant saving and would actually benefit the front-line workers.