Sunday 19 April 2015

UK General Election Special.


                                   

I've been trying hard not to do an 'Election special', but could no longer hold back my enthusiasm.

Not long to go now. The race is on and the knives are out. So, who will you vote for, and how will you decide?

Until we have 'legally binding' party manifestos we will continue to be fed gushings of promissory tripe from all hopefuls (more nurses, more teachers, more child care, more benefits, free sweets, etc); all of which is subsequently forgotten.  If one thing is true in politics, it's that we can no longer base any voting decision on any party's pre-election manifesto. Failure to deliver such promises within a four/five year term of office really ought to be subject to prosecution. Some bloody hope!

No; much better to look at 'track records' before putting your X in any particular box. We must ask ourselves who, after one or two terms in office, regularly leaves the country in a better, or worse, state than when they took over. This obviously rules out voting for Labour, as their record is simply abysmal (amongst myriad other reasons). It also rules out voting for UKip, the Greenies, Lib Dims, and all other also-rans, as they are mostly 'single issue' idealistic parties.; untried, untested, and by the sound of them probably all plain incompetent.

I shan't divulge who I hope will be successful, but here is a highly accurate, totally non-judgemental, and non-partisan, breakdown of the main protagonists and their policies.


Conservative: Lower taxes, some frugality, higher employment, strong economy. Always a safe pair of hands.

Labour: Higher taxes, higher spending, higher debt, and much higher unemployment (can you honestly imagine the financially illiterate Red-Ed, Balls, McCluskey, and Harperson running the UK?.... Matron!). Far too dangerous.

Lib Dims: Gawd only knows (I don't think they have a clue themselves).

UKippers: Beer, anti-Europe, vaguely-hidden racism, and more beer.

Greenies: Bicycles, tree hugging, tofu, rights-4-rabbits, and sandals, all under the 'leadership' of a very odd Australian woman.

All others: Of no importance whatsoever.....All financially juvenile blockheads, with some being more dangerous than others (especially from North of the border).


There; I told you it was non-partisan. When the time comes I do hope that the people of the UK will vote for continued prosperity. If they don't, gawd 'elp us; we could even end up with a Red Ed/McCluskey/Sturgeon coalition, and find ourselves in the 'Gordon Brown Stuff' again!!

p.s. And do remember your Latin....
Left: Sinister (as in sinister). Right: Dexter (as in dexterous). Need one say more?


21 comments:

  1. Agree absolutely with your assessment Cro (although my father - who was a participant in the General Strike of the twenties - will no doubt turn in his grave). Our MP has been William Hague - a man greatly admired around these parts - such a good constituency MP too. He has retired and there is a new candidate who is showing his face everywhere and I think sounds very impressive. At a recent yorkshire meeting apparently a farmer stood up and said that he had always thought William Hague had a pasty face and that the party had certainly gone to the other extreme. (He is a British-born Asian)

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    1. I'm a big fan of the Asian community. They're incredibly hard working and ambitious. What we don't need, however, are more of the Keith Vaz ilk, who seems to think he is there ONLY for the Asian community. As your Asian is a Tory, he'll probably be more conscientious. Good luck to him.

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  2. I shall be going for the safe pair of hands option ! I fear what the result of the election will be though, as it seems unlikely that any party will have a majority.

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    1. There are those who are concerned about the economy, and those who aren't. See-Saw politics at its worst.

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    2. There are those who are concerned about the economy and understand economics and those who are concerned about the economy but don't understand economics.

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    3. There are those who understand; and those who don't (about everything).

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  3. I'm with you and should the Conservative lose, at least they won't leave a note in the treasury saying we have spent it all, the country is broke!

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    1. And no doubt they had a good laugh about it too.

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  4. I have long held the opinion that we need to abandon political parties. The people need to vote for policies and let the professional civil servants get on with the job.

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    1. Yes, you're right, as long as the policies are 'legally binding'. At this very moment in the UK vote catching policies are being bandied about like chocolate bars.... and we all know what they're worth. Not even the paper they're not written on!

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  5. Yes you are correct election policies must be made legally binding. We have the same problem in Ireland where politicians are blatantly lying through their teeth while electioneering.

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  6. Thanks for this insight of what's going on up there.

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    1. As long as you don't take what I've written TOO seriously!

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  7. Definitely non partisan lol.

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  8. Well, seeing as where I live is Tory country and David Cameron is our local MP and the Duke of Marlborough our near neighbour, anyone else's vote hasn't a hope of getting their candidate into Westminster.

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    1. What you might call a 'safe seat'. Not so much fun!

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  9. Oh, non-partisan, yep right, Cro! Completely objective! I shall be watching with interest from this side of the world.

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  10. The Electoral Commission said 1.8m applications to register have been made in the past five weeks, mostly online.
    Of those who have signed up since 16 March, 569,771 of those were 16 to 24-year-olds.

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  11. Hopefully they don't fit the usual Tory demographic!

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