The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 1

He's Barking.

[Delta Whiskey]

Having lived through the hell that was the Thatcher/Major years and now the hell that is the Blair/Brown years I really don't know who to vote for. The politicians have let us down, sleaze and corruption on all sides. A pox on all their houses.

[NoKnowledge]

The New Conservatives

Labours got it wrong and the LIb Dems living on a dream world.

The Lib Dems actually say what I want to hear but putting it into practice is a whole different ball game.

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Labour

Would have been Conservative but Cameron is a slimy ****

It's funny how you can make such a wild claim when the Government currently in power has failed terribly over the last 13 years.

Let's have a look at a summary of facts shall we over this time:-

• Crime UP.
• Kids Murdering kids - Big Issue 'Knife culture'.
• Over crowded prisons leading to early releases under Labour's 'Early Prisoner release scheme'.
• Hospitals and Doctor surgeries failing patients by them working to the premise of set Targets introduced by Labour, rather than provide one-to-one real patient care.
• Council TAX risen to extortionate levels under Labour and the MP who was responsible for that area in Government (John 'Two Jags' Prescott) during these rises evaded paying it for years.
• Expenses Issue - Granted this was a Cross Party issue but it happened under a Labour Government - Unacceptable.
• Illegal Immigration - Out of Control under Labour.
• The Great Petrol revolt 2000 - saw the Country in 2000 grind to a halt because of the TAX on Fuel duty.
• Gordon Brown, under his infinite wisdom sold our Gold at rock bottom prices - losing us a fortune.
• The 'Made in Britain' Industry falling to it's knees because of the easy TAX avoidance systems abroad.
• Gordon Brown is not an elected Prime Minister.
• Britain's Roads - 'Welcome to Pothole City/Town/Village, sod it 'Welcome to the United Pothole'.
• Too much 'Red tape and Bureaucracy under Labour.

I could go on - but crikey any of the above should make people see sense that Labour is not the party for the people.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Mick

It's funny how you can make such a wild claim when the Government currently in power has failed terribly over the last 13 years.

Let's have a look at a summary of facts shall we over this time:-

• Crime UP.
• Kids Murdering kids - Big Issue 'Knife culture'.
• Over crowded prisons leading to early releases under Labour's 'Early Prisoner release scheme'.
• Hospitals and Doctor surgeries failing patients by them working to the premise of set Targets introduced by Labour, rather than provide one-to-one real patient care.
• Council TAX risen to extortionate levels under Labour and the MP who was responsible for that area in Government (John 'Two Jags' Prescott) during these rises evaded paying it for years.
• Expenses Issue - Granted this was a Cross Party issue but it happened under a Labour Government - Unacceptable.
• Illegal Immigration - Out of Control under Labour.
• The Great Petrol revolt 2000 - saw the Country in 2000 grind to a halt because of the TAX on Fuel duty.
• Gordon Brown, under his infinite wisdom sold our Gold at rock bottom prices - losing us a fortune.
• The 'Made in Britain' Industry falling to it's knees because of the easy TAX avoidance systems abroad.
• Gordon Brown is not an elected Prime Minister.
• Britain's Roads - 'Welcome to Pothole City/Town/Village, sod it 'Welcome to the United Pothole'.
• Too much 'Red tape and Bureaucracy under Labour.

I could go on - but crikey any of the above should make people see sense that Labour is not the party for the people.

May i say


Well said Sir.

[Lord Nikon]

we need a "None of the above" option as they are all worthless choices.

[budwieser]

So what would your choice be then?

[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Mick

It's funny how you can make such a wild claim when the Government currently in power has failed terribly over the last 13 years.
- Snip -

Im not bothered in all that all politicians talk out of their backside and you can bend any kind of figures to say what you want and can make any claims you want as I am basing my vote on the fact I just don't like Cameron personally, he seems like a ****, makes me feel uneasy and just reminds me too much of Obama.

If the Conservatives had a different leader my vote would be for them but as they don't Labour has my vote, simples.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Sirius

May i say


Well said Sir.

Damn straight
Conservative here (even though they aren't much cop atm). Was going to vote UKIP but that would really be a vote down the drain
Can't vote for a bunch of communists/socialists since their ilk took my grandfather into a forest to be shot

Even though a lot of people on this forum think I am a tree-hugging soppy liberal fellow-traveller , I will be voting, as I have since 1975, Conservative.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Im not bothered in all that all politicians talk out of their backside and you can bend any kind of figures to say what you want and can make any claims you want as I am basing my vote on the fact I just don't like Cameron personally, he seems like a ****, makes me feel uneasy and just reminds me too much of Obama.

If the Conservatives had a different leader my vote would be for them but as they don't Labour has my vote, simples.

So you live in Witney then?

I'm lucky, in my part of MK, we've got a Tory MP and he's pretty good.
Unscathed by the expenses scandal, above average verbal and written contributions to parliment, ex-regular army and now in the TA (he's handy if you need a bomb defused), voted against ID cards and infavour of a proper investigation into the Iraq war, and would also like pubs to use plastic instead of glass in pubs and clubs to reduce the number of potential weapons available to violent drinkers (a somewhat better idea than Labour's plan to introduce safety glass - which once put through the hot dishwasher can shatter into razer sharp shards just by touching them).

[NoKnowledge]

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[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

So you live in Witney then?

Haha no but I have at least met the bloke and that was enough to put me off him.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Haha no but I have at least met the bloke and that was enough to put me off him.

Have you met your Labour MP then? The guy you'll be voting for? Who's he?

[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

Have you met your Labour MP then? The guy you'll be voting for? Who's he?

Dunno and don't care to be honest, just voting out of spite really