Election

[Eagle]

Given the state of the country would Brown be best served by calling an election now and make plans for a Labour return five years hence?

[Paul Kennedy]

Yes, and there is still time to have it on June 4th.

[Dizzy]

Would it make any difference

[Eagle]

Obviously not to serial whingers.

[Lt Kije]

Yes

[Dizzy]

Well that's me put in my place

 

Maybe I should have run up the road to try and catch the low life skallies who were hanging about and having a sneaky look in someones garage round here 15 minutes ago. You never know they may well have managed to stop me from whinging

[Peter T]

Lab. won't want to get back in, in 5 years time. It will take a lot longer than that to sort this financial mess out and they need a clean slate to mess up.

[observer]

We seem to be operating on 15 - 18 year cycles now; with the ovine voters queing up to vote for the fire, when they get fed up with the frying pan. Perhaps the best we can hope for is a hung Parliament - yes, hang 'em all!

[Paul Kennedy]

Didn't think that you supported Capital Punishment, Observer.

[Eagle]

...........only in the capital?

[observer]

I don't, but this would be more like summary justice - after all, Egypt are killing all their pigs!

[observer]

Notice (Bliar II) Wavy Davy Cameron, is promising a Council Tax freeze, if we vote for the Tories - errm, but he doesn't mention the consequent cuts in public services?!

[Eagle]

Taking out one of the levels of management would be a start.

[Peter T]

- errm, but he doesn't mention the consequent cuts in public services?!

 

Are there any left??

[observer]

Of course - you just finish up without ANY public services! The equation has always been fairly straight forward - high taxes and higher levels of public service; or low tax levels and less public services. The Tories can't change, it's in their DNA.

[asperity]

As opposed to the NuLiebour style of higher taxes and less public services I suppose?

[Paul Kennedy]

[wolfie]

I like the Tories latest slogan - 'Vote for Change'

 

Isn't that what everyone did to get rid of em?

 

A more accurate slogan for most parties would be -

 

'Vote for change and get more of the same !!!'

[Lt Kije]

Yep, that about sums it up

[observer]

The reason you havn't got public services Asp; is because Maggie privatised most of them, and this shower never had the bottle to re-nationalise them. As for the equation; the Tories believe in a low tax economy, = minimal public services, = increased poverty, = increased crime, = increased social instability.

[asperity]

That doesn't explain why public services are declining while taxes are going up. And you can't keep blaming Maggie and the Tories because, after all, this shower have been in power for over 12 years now!!

[observer]

If you read my posts properly, you would note that I did blame "this shower" too, for not re-nationalising them; they've thrown money at problem after problem, without any cost benefit analysis, and without securing control and ownership of such things as our railways for example; and (under EU pressure) they're even going to sell out our postal services.

[Lt Kije]

I Agree with observer again

[observer]

Pls stop agreeing with me, your supposed to be supporting the EU pressure to privatise our post office!