Originally posted by mrstabbyi blame the conservatives for everything, they had it good then got arrogant and stupid, made everyone vote to get rid of them, now look at the mess were in. if the conservatives hadnt lost it we'd be a lot better off.
Blair continued with Thatcher's ideals hence the wonderful phrase Blatcherism. 20 years of that would screw up any country.
Why do people blame the conservatives for other people's actions? I've heard people complaining that the conservatives moving to the left causes people to vote BNP instead of conservative, hence they are at fault for what the BNP do...
Originally posted by mrstabbyI thought the claim was labour to the right lead to desertion from the old left in inner city areas to the BNP. Right wing tories have got UKIP.
Blair continued with Thatcher's ideals hence the wonderful phrase Blatcherism. 20 years of that would screw up any country.
Why do people blame the conservatives for other people's actions? I've heard people complaining that the conservatives moving to the left causes people to vote BNP instead of conservative, hence they are at fault for what the BNP do...
Originally posted by eamon oTrue, they did bad, but they can't be held responsible for Labour's actions any more than Labour were responsible for Poll Tax.
i blame the conservatives for everything, they had it good then got arrogant and stupid, made everyone vote to get rid of them, now look at the mess were in. if the conservatives hadnt lost it we'd be a lot better off.
Originally posted by mancityboyThis study was done by UNICEF. That should be all you need to know.
The UK has been accused of failing its children, as it comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries.
The Unicef report looked at 40 indicators including poverty, peer and family relationships, and health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359363.stm
Anybody any ideas what we are doing wrong? Any solutions?
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The only decent thing Blair did was give the Bank of England independance - something the Tories would never have done.
Remember in the '80's how the interest rate would mysteriously drop several % in the run-up to an election, regardless of the state of the economy?
Even giving the BoE independance has backfired in that the economy has had it's longest period of sustained growth ever & this is reflected in stupidly high long-term house price inflation.
Nice one Mr Blair!
Bring back the Tories, 15% interest rates & 3m unemployed.
At least my mortgage will be affordable.
If I have a job.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagehoh, hoh, hoh, hoh, hih, hih!
Any chimp can find a book on Amazon. I've yet to see one of those things in a proper bookshop.
Well, excuuuuuse me for trying to help. I suspect those books won't be
displaying in "proper bookshops" any time soon, but I also figure that's what
you've been saying all along.
Am I the chimp king, or what? Hoh, hoh, hoh!
The post that was quoted here has been removedthey became so rubbish that the electorate booted them so far into the long grass, they still havent found their way back onto the pitch yet. its modern history. i blame them for new labour because if they hadnt screwed-up, we wouldnt have had new labout elected.
Originally posted by mrstabbyThey also lost a bunch of votes to the Lib Dems in places like the west country. Which shows the idiocy of the average conservative voter, considering the Lib Dems are more left wing than Labour.
Blair continued with Thatcher's ideals hence the wonderful phrase Blatcherism. 20 years of that would screw up any country.
Why do people blame the conservatives for other people's actions? I've heard people complaining that the conservatives moving to the left causes people to vote BNP instead of conservative, hence they are at fault for what the BNP do...
Originally posted by SquelchbelchYeah, but there were always jobs!
The only decent thing Blair did was give the Bank of England independance - something the Tories would never have done.
Remember in the '80's how the interest rate would mysteriously drop several % in the run-up to an election, regardless of the state of the economy?
Even giving the BoE independance has backfired in that the economy has had it's longe ...[text shortened]... % interest rates & 3m unemployed.
At least my mortgage will be affordable.
If I have a job.
Originally posted by Diet CokeOr you could interpret it as showing that the lib dems are opportunists with no coherent policy framework.
They also lost a bunch of votes to the Lib Dems in places like the west country. Which shows the idiocy of the average conservative voter, considering the Lib Dems are more left wing than Labour.