General Election: Who the hell am I going to vote for???

He had a rage on him I'm told.
But I also think that he was an honourable man (he has just done five years on the back benches). Not a great orator in the way that Blair and Camoclown are though.

 

We pay 20% of our pensions ( If of course we ever get to claim them before they are taken away) in taxes so hardly getting away with it scott free.

Sorry but the fact remains and the deal was we pay NI whether we like it or not. Fact is of course the money has been squandered elsewhere and that is why the pensionable age has been raised and we wait ages for treatment or even to see a doctor here in the UK.

 

There are plenty of bricks available form the EU so have no fear materials wont run out. But for me the very fact houses are being thrown up on every available patch of land with NO consideration to those around it stinks and the smell aint pleasant !

Bricks and roof tiles from the EU are sub standard to what we are used to. You are correct they will not stand up to the weather in certain areas. In fact some of the French roof tiles imported just seven or eight years ago are failing due to the fact they have inadequate frost resistance.
When these materials were first imported they gained a foothold because they were cheap. Now the sheer demand means the accountants in the supply chain have raised the cost up too and sometimes above the UK produced material. Buy hey who cares we must have thousand of houses no matter what.

 

Why are people demonstrating outside Downing St, we have had a DEMOCRATIC election, have voted in the Democratically elected party, sorry whichever side you wanted, proportional representation or not, bully tactics and mob rule don`t work for me.

 

Proportional representation I think is a much fairer way of forming a government, a more 'balanced' government and I think it is time to change the way we vote. Mob rule didn't use to work for me either but people are fed up and I am not surprised that they are showing it.

Wouldn't this just give us more Council Estates?

 

No offence intended folks

Even with the conservative cut backs even Ed can get a job!

 

NI has created the ultimate political paradox for government for a long time. It became clear in Thatchers time (and for once I cannot blame her for this) that the state has a pensions deficit. So government now loves immigration as it increases the ratio of those working to those drawing the state pension thus avoiding raising the NI contribution. But it has created another political football at the same time.

Because it is their democratic right to demonstrate. Simples

Go back a couple of pages Val.

Peachy @mowgley !

 

And i think this right here demonstrates a massive problem we have

Not being funny val and this isnt an attack on you

but i think everyone agrees more houses need to be built and more affordable housing

Then people dont want it on green belt land or the countryside

Also now people dont want it on flood plains for obviously reasons. Its stupid to build normal houses in areas that prone to flooding

So then you are left with brownfield sites in cities are are sitting empty and derelict and then you say wouldnt this lead to council estates

Seriously!?!

So if we dont develop of brown field sites where else is there?

Also why would changing an unused factory or disused building or empty urban space make it a council estate? They aren't massive large areas of land just lots of little pockets of land that currently arn't being used and could be repurposed.

Plus surely it depends on the type of development whether it becomes a council estate or not and not the type of land it is built on

The biggest council estate round here was built on ancient forest woodland in the green belt in the 70s so the type of land doesnt make a difference.

 

The Conservatives would have got in any way even if PR was used. Well I think they would depending on what majority would be required . It was 38% Cons to 31% Labour with UKIP on 13%. So as far as I can say the result would have been the same.

 

Ah I see I was beaten to the post by FC.

 

I'd be more comfortable with that final column FC,
Jenny

 

To be fair the result would have been very different. It could possibly have been the worst case scenario of Tory/UKIP coalition

 

What do you disagree with longk?
Jenny