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MoneySaving Poll: Which coalition would you vote for?

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  • Gemini.IDF
    Gemini.IDF Posts: 105 Forumite
    dastep wrote: »
    Just watched the Tory Manifesto on television and the commentator asked the question: What would you like the government to give you?

    My answer: Nothing!

    The government is not there to give to one and deny another. It's job is to provide for the common defence of the nation, keep the schools running, fires out, bad guys off the street....etc.

    The welfare state used to be a safety net to catch the poorest and vulnerable in society, but now, it's a way of life and a selling point that politicians use as a launching point for their run for power and pretty soon it will be the end of Great Britain when the government can't pay for the interest on that £1.4 trillion debt....not too long to go now.

    I guess it's part of the 'fairness agenda' that everyone loves talking about. Like the advert for mascara, you're worth it, or you deserve it. Hey it's only fair that you have a piece of the cake cause you're worth it. Doesn't matter that it has to be paid by your neighbour or brother-in-law, you deserve it because that's the fair thing to do, right?

    People seem to forget that £1.4 Trillion elephant sitting on the coffee table and instead vote for whoever will promise to 'give' them something from Father Christmas' big bag of goodies. Free school meals, free childcare, free, free. Like the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang....and it's all FREEEEEE!

    It's completely irrelevant that all these giveaways are not doable and will come from the person who lives next door to you, but who cares, it's all FREEEEEE, right.

    Just the world we live in now, give me, give me, give me and don't care who pays for it.

    Very well said. Couldn't have put it better myself. :T
  • The Tories, in any coalition, will promote a culture of greed, intolerance of difference, and of hate.
  • Cyberman60
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    Thank God it's not just MSEers who get to vote! Most votes for a LibDem/Tory or Tory/UKIP coalition! What we have already or the fascist version! Good grief!

    Bexster:)


    Best for the country though as we need to get the Deficit and National Debt under control quickly before we end up like Greece or Argentina !!

    The lefties are in denial as usual. :eek:
  • Cyberman60
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    jan_altus wrote: »
    The Tories, in any coalition, will promote a culture of greed, intolerance of difference, and of hate.


    That's clearly absurd. They are promoting aspiration and hope rather than reliance and despair on the state. People are greedy for benefits methinks. :p

    How much are the socialist Bliar and Mandelson now worth ? :rotfl:
  • Cyberman60
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    Does rather indicate what have previously believed true. UKIP is just the Tories pretending to be working class, and offending the said working class with their extreme views in the meantime! No coalitions. I'm afraid I disagree that the government isn't there to give you anything. They work FOR US! It seems to have got lost that they are the ultimate public servant. I believe the main reason for extensive voter apathy is because polititians across parties are seen to only be serving themselves. I'm afraid voting to keep fat cat business leaders safe from the taxmans clutches at the cost to the remaining 90% of the public means voting for the Tories in any form is a no. Until there are politicians in power who can't claim £35 for their breakfast and claim people can live on £7 a week ( for those not in the know this is Iain Duncan Smith - DWP) we have no chance of having a Government who looks after the best interests of the majority. It's not rocket science, think about the type of people who go into politics and their motivations? You only need to look at the expenses scandal to see the tip of the iceberg of the morals the people we elect to represent us possess.


    A major sea change is needed, something none of the main parties presently offer

    Bexster:)

    What tosh. The Tories are the party of working people as they have proved every time they've been in power by reducing taxes for the majority, and creating far more jobs than the wildcat strike supporting lefties ever could. :T
  • Cyberman60
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    I shall just be pleased if there is another coalition. This would at least offer some protection from both the Looney Left and the Rabid Right ;)

    As UKIP are further to the right than the Tories, your thoughts here are slightly illogical. However, UKIP will be good in a coalition as the Tories need a nudge to get us out of the EU and to properly control immigration. :T
  • System
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    Quite

    No need to wonder why people in England have been googling how to vote SNP ;)
    Cyberman60 wrote: »
    As UKIP are further to the right than the Tories, your thoughts here are slightly illogical. However, UKIP will be good in a coalition as the Tories need a nudge to get us out of the EU and to properly control immigration. :T
  • UKIP/Green and UKIP/SNP would be entertaining if nothing else. Well done to the 255 people who have currently voted for that. I think working with Natalie Bennett or Nicola Sturgeon would make Nigel Farage spontaneously combust.
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  • Redleela
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    My HB and I will be seriously considering emigrating to New Zealand or Canada if we end up with a UKIP government or coalition.
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