conservative election tactics

[kendall]

I hope i am not the only person who has not been fooled by michael howard and his australian friends election campeighn. His pathetic popularist campeign pandering too small minded individuals unfortunatly seems to have made some impact. As for his policy on cutting 35 billion pounds from public spending and yet somehow increasing funding in hopsitals and schools is simply obsurd. He streches reality even further with his of shore detention centres for asylum seekers whare will this be exactly mr howard? with the news today that infact the torries plan to cut even more than the 35 billion pledged i do hope the British people keep howard and his party whare they belong no whare near government.

[sledger]

Originally Posted by kendall

I hope i am not the only person who has not been fooled by michael howard and his australian friends election campeighn. His pathetic popularist campeign pandering too small minded individuals unfortunatly seems to have made some impact. As for his policy on cutting 35 billion pounds from public spending and yet somehow increasing funding in hopsitals and schools is simply obsurd. He streches reality even further with his of shore detention centres for asylum seekers whare will this be exactly mr howard? with the news today that infact the torries plan to cut even more than the 35 billion pledged i do hope the British people keep howard and his party whare they belong no whare near government.

howard and his anti gypsie brigade should be kept as far from downing street as possible, i would prefer to see a return of thatcher than this crap get into government. off shore detention centres is a terrible idea. where the hell can they possibly be built? ?

jumping on band wagons ? methinks yes, keep those crooks out of office i say, have them all put in belmarsh

[PY]

Far too many holes in your post but I agree with your sentiments.

I really don't know who to vote for this election (which will be my first).

[sledger]

Originally Posted by PY

Far too many holes in your post but I agree with your sentiments.

I really don't know who to vote for this election (which will be my first).

go for lib dem, or vote labour just to keep ou the tories, as long as they dont get in there will not be a bad result to this election.

[kendall]

there are certainly a lack of decent options. I fell the lib dems have the best policies and would vote for them although they have no chance in winning. It seems the best we can hope for is another 5 years of an average labour administration who have atleat handeled the econemy well hopefully with brown taking over as pm

[Scaly piscine]

No wonder England (in particular) is doomed with braindead simpletons like *some* of the above voting. All the usual nonsense is drummed out like Blairite sheep, 'jumping on bandwagons' - yea I forgot politicians are supposed to be as unpopular as possible aren't they?

The Conservatives aren't great either but I doubt anyone could do worse than Teflon Blair, who's basically a Conservative but with huge tax burdens and a nanny/big brother element thrown in. Also as far as the economy goes it takes a good 5 years before a government begins to truly influence it - watch as it goes down the toilet but the usual dodgy statistics are thrown about over the next few years.

[sledger]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

No wonder England (in particular) is doomed with braindead simpletons like *some* of the above voting. All the usual nonsense is drummed out like Blairite sheep, 'jumping on bandwagons' - yea I forgot politicians are supposed to be as unpopular as possible aren't they?

The Conservatives aren't great either but I doubt anyone could do worse than Teflon Blair, who's basically a Conservative but with huge tax burdens and a nanny/big brother element thrown in. Also as far as the economy goes it takes a good 5 years before a government begins to truly influence it - watch as it goes down the toilet but the usual dodgy statistics are thrown about over the next few years.

you seriously think howard and his goon squad would do better than blair? i am in no way a blair supporter, not even a labour supporter essentially, can you not see that the tories are dire and the worst possible alternative to the current government, they would make a complete mess of the country with their stupid policies, christ you are from the north of england, how the hell can you back the dirty tories like that ?

[age_master]

what does this guy have to do with Australia?

[PY]

Originally Posted by age_master

what does this guy have to do with Australia?

He shares a name with your PM I reckon.

A tenuous link if ever I saw one.

[sledger]

Originally Posted by age_master

what does this guy have to do with Australia?

sssssssh , british politics, although he wants to be build detention centres for illegals on the aussie mainland.

[kendall]

howard has brought in the man who ran john howards successful campeigns in Australia to run the conservative campeighn. he is repsonsible for lots of the popularist drivel that has come out of mr howard recently

[sledger]

Originally Posted by kendall

howard has brought in the man who ran john howards successful campeigns in Australia to run the conservative campeighn. he is repsonsible for lots of the popularist drivel that has come out of mr howard recently

should be deported or detained in a high security facility, those people have no place in decent society, stupid tories, they can all sleep in the flames of the fascist flag in my opinion, (not including ken clarke, george young or boris johnson, anne widdecomb on the other hand shoud be burned alive along with maggie thatcher)

[kendall]

surley under howards policy of restricting imagrents if he won the election for them he would have to be deported but then he doesnt have the wrong colour skin does he

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by sledger

you seriously think howard and his goon squad would do better than blair? i am in no way a blair supporter, not even a labour supporter essentially, can you not see that the tories are dire and the worst possible alternative to the current government, they would make a complete mess of the country with their stupid policies, christ you are from the north of england, how the hell can you back the dirty tories like that ?

The Tories got this country back on its feet in the 80s and early 90s after the utter mess Labour had left it in after only one term. The thing with the Conservatives is that at least there is far less mucking around in peoples lives. If you're in work you at least get the advantages of it and you can actually spend the money yourself rather than have most of it taxed away by Labour. Everything is faffed around with by Labour to an unhealthy degree - all the extra red tape is typical of their style. They inherited one of the strongest British/English economies in decades and not improved anything really - crime is worse, education and health are no better and that's with far more money spent than previously. I just do not see any reason why anyone would vote for them AGAIN - they've no redeeming features whatsoever.

[superkingdave]

I work in the civil service and i can see how much waste there is, how many people aren't pulling their weight and skiving off on sickies all the time, how many people that aren't fit to do the jobs they are given but it massages Tony's unemployment statistics.