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Reply #45 on: April 27, 2010, 23:53:11 PM
I think that the entire tax and benefits system needs a shake-up rather than just giving male/female partnerships a nod.

Two gays or lesbians move in together and they can do whatever they like, they are treated as separate people.

Mixed sex couple move in together and they are instantly penalised and treated as possible criminals.

I would prefer that everyone be treated equally, unfortunately Im not sure the present tax system could stand it.

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Reply #46 on: April 28, 2010, 00:03:07 AM
Cut immigration by 95% and train OUR OWN people to fill the jobs...

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Reply #47 on: April 28, 2010, 01:14:07 AM
its not a lack of training causing so many of our own people not to work....

its that fact that theyre fat and lazy, and live too well off the state to worry about working for a living !

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Reply #48 on: April 28, 2010, 01:31:23 AM
Well, if education was improved and their scummy kids were forced to attend school, the country wouldnt now be in this mess...

Why are they lazy?  Because the State makes it easy for them to be lazy.  

Time for Change.  Real hardline change.

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Reply #49 on: May 07, 2010, 14:40:01 PM
I am finding this fascinating...

The Lib Dems were in a prime spot to do well in this election simple because the other guys are sh*te. BUT because they are too and their leader is well... "who the hell is he?" They have done very badly.
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They now have the biggest say on what happens next. Who they back as a coalition will set the tone from here on in. So the smallest party with the least interest now rests their finger on the button. Labour seem not to be making it easy and Gordon Brown will not be resigning and the Lib Dems will be able to cut deals with which ever wants it most to get some of their polices into action.

Till the next election things are not going to happen very easily either now, very interesting.

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Reply #50 on: May 07, 2010, 14:58:04 PM
Seems pretty obvious that its in the interest of the Lib Dems and Conservatives to join for the majority. I cant see Labour holding on, try as hard as they will. The sooner Brown and that serpent Mandelson are out, the better.

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Reply #51 on: May 07, 2010, 22:04:46 PM
Looks like the Tories and LD are discussing an unholy pact. Doubt if anything will be sorted before at least Monday.

Getting rid of Brown and Mandy would certainly improve Labour chances if it all goes pear shaped within a year. Problem is who replaces Brown?

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Reply #52 on: May 08, 2010, 02:12:50 AM
A Conservative PM....

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Reply #53 on: May 08, 2010, 08:28:28 AM
Milliand or Balls will step into Browns seat.

Im really hoping torys dont sacrifice too much to the lib dems. a vote on PR is fine, but more would suck.
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Reply #54 on: May 08, 2010, 10:19:20 AM
I find it interesting in the sense that the outcome of the election still kind of reflects the general vibe of peoples view on the govt, in the sense that people have lost faith in labour, whilst not trusting the tories enough to put them in power, ish.

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Reply #55 on: May 08, 2010, 10:37:52 AM
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Milliand or Balls will step into Browns seat.

Im really hoping torys dont sacrifice too much to the lib dems. a vote on PR is fine, but more would suck.


I would love to see Balls as the PM, that would make Labour as electable as when Foot was in charge!

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Reply #56 on: May 08, 2010, 22:40:08 PM
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A Conservative PM....


Thatcher was so far to the right you could hardly call her Conservative. Since then they have put in a series of grey compromise men with none of them being electable.

Im not sure about the present one either, he just doesnt seem right. Still a bit too extremist for my preference.

With the Conservatives so far to the right the Labour party moved over into their old position of moderate conservatism by installing Blair!

If you dont think thats the case then have a look at the taxation system and independent bank of England.

The Lib Dems problem now is they have been bypassed, with Labour appealing to its old leftist roots still but also to moderate conservatives.

Had Blair been more against the invasion of Iraq and insisted on real, solid evidence before going in he would still be in power now. Had he admitted fault and made sure the way Iraq was being handled was changed he would probably have been forgiven and still be there. Eventually he seems to have gone for the same reasons Thatcher was kicked out.

If they get a proper conservative, like Tarzan Hesseltine in then I would vote for them.

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Reply #57 on: May 09, 2010, 00:31:15 AM
this is what happens when monkeys are in charge of other monkeys.

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