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 Sportyteacher  London 18 Feb 16 4.39pm |
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The Conservatives are evidently bringing the public sector to its knees so that more privatisation can take place.Sudden injection of capital and TEMPORARY improvements therefore follow so that The Tories can sing the plaudits of the private sector whilst their shareholder-voters are laughing all the way to the bank. Gullible electorate!
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 18 Feb 16 4.51pm |
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Originally posted by Sportyteacher
The Conservatives are evidently bringing the public sector to its knees so that more privatisation can take place.Sudden injection of capital and TEMPORARY improvements therefore follow so that The Tories can sing the plaudits of the private sector whilst their shareholder-voters are laughing all the way to the bank. Gullible electorate! Nothing more than New Labour did with PFI's though. Temporary improvements, for corporate gain. I'm no fan of the tories, but the country has been let down by successive governments in the pursuit of corporate interests. Elections are like a choice of which dog turd you want to be made to eat.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 18 Feb 16 4.54pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
This trimming of the unnecessary layers of administration generally results in massive problems of misadministration in public services - as it invariably ends up with administrators being laid off, and front line staff having to pick up the slack. I don't disagree that New Labour created excessive layers of administrative functionality - The problem is that these produce administration in response to public demands, inquiries, legislation etc. Also it tends to be this layer that decides where cuts are made, which invariably means they don't make themselves redundant. Cuts invariably impact services far more than service administration. Which is why you end up with a police officer doing more admin work, because the admin clerks have been laid off, and a consultant brought in to train police officers to train officers in paperwork and administrative practices. Its a Kafka farce. Each side generally goes too far, because its committed more to its own popularity, than it pragmatism. You got that right. I would say however is that there is a budget and I find it difficult to believe that austerity measures would be applied if they weren't necessary. It is hardly a vote winner. That is unless you are in the camp that believes that it is all ultimately for the benefit of the fat cats. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Feb 2016 4.54pm)
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| Hrolf The Ganger 18 Feb 16 4.56pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Nothing more than New Labour did with PFI's though. Temporary improvements, for corporate gain. I'm no fan of the tories, but the country has been let down by successive governments in the pursuit of corporate interests. Elections are like a choice of which dog turd you want to be made to eat. So true.
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| elgrande bedford 18 Feb 16 11.26pm |
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I have voted Tory since I could vote,but this buch I despise with a vengeance. They are everything the left have always called the Tories.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 19 Feb 16 12.55am |
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Originally posted by elgrande
I have voted Tory since I could vote,but this buch I despise with a vengeance. They are everything the left have always called the Tories. They always have been, except this lot are arrogant enough to not even bother trying to mask it.
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| Stirlingsays 19 Feb 16 1.48am |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
They always have been, except this lot are arrogant enough to not even bother trying to mask it. The public school 'elites' thing is true of most politicians independent of party. In 1979, almost 40% of Labour MPs had done manual or clerical work. In 2010, it was only 9%. Over the same period, the number of Labour MPs who were journalists and broadcasters more than doubled, and 11% of all MPs now have a background in PR and marketing (this was close to zero in 1979). Sixty per cent of government ministers from the previous government, 54% of Conservative MPs and 40% of Liberal Democrat MPs attended fee-paying schools, compared with only 7% of the population. Edited by Stirlingsays (19 Feb 2016 3.19am)
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Percy of Peckham  Eton Mess 19 Feb 16 6.18am |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Elections are like a choice of which dog turd you want to be made to eat. A succinct but accurate description of British politics! How did we end up with such a bunch of buffoons running the country? Edited by Percy of Peckham (19 Feb 2016 6.18am)
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| Sportyteacher London 19 Feb 16 7.44am |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Nothing more than New Labour did with PFI's though. Temporary improvements, for corporate gain. I'm no fan of the tories, but the country has been let down by successive governments in the pursuit of corporate interests. Elections are like a choice of which dog turd you want to be made to eat. Totally agreeing with you. PFIs have proven to be one such cancer of modern-day public sector structuring with schools and hospitals having cost trusts and councils an unprecedented fortune. Totally unimpressed with previous Labour Government alas Cameron & co have been in Government for nearly seven years now. The latter cannot be excused as to how they have transformed the country for the worst with record borrowing continuing and remaining public sector assets increasingly creeping into private hands.
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| Hoof Hearted 19 Feb 16 12.43pm | |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
I've gone from not even thinking about who to vote for, to being one more f*ck up away from voting UKIP. F*ck em, if you alienate your core support as much as they are, you'll eventually see them leave for someone else. i came to that conclusion about 2/3 years ago and have voted UKIP ever since. Farage talks a lot of sense and never waters down his arguments or waivers from his long term goals. Cameron and Osborne are chancers like Blair and Brown were... more concerned about their continued privileged existence than having any genuine concerns for this nation's well being and prosperity of it's long term inhabitants. Cameron never answers a question directly anymore and this latest charade of negotiating with the rest of the EU with his watered down demands is laughable but for the fact it is supposed to be important enough for us all to make a decision about our future!
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 20 Feb 16 11.55pm |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
i came to that conclusion about 2/3 years ago and have voted UKIP ever since. Farage talks a lot of sense and never waters down his arguments or waivers from his long term goals. Cameron and Osborne are chancers like Blair and Brown were... more concerned about their continued privileged existence than having any genuine concerns for this nation's well being and prosperity of it's long term inhabitants. Cameron never answers a question directly anymore and this latest charade of negotiating with the rest of the EU with his watered down demands is laughable but for the fact it is supposed to be important enough for us all to make a decision about our future! If you vote out, you are aware that it'll be the chancers you mentioned taking us forward as a nation...
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| Hoof Hearted 21 Feb 16 11.52am | |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
If you vote out, you are aware that it'll be the chancers you mentioned taking us forward as a nation... If the nation votes out, then surely it spells the end for Cameron/Osborne? Someone like Boris can emerge as Tory leader and take us forward?
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