Poll: Who Will You Be Voting For In The Next General Election?

pickledpink

chris_spackman wrote: »

With all that is going on we have to look at a few things.

Brown said no more boom and bust. Blair started a spending spree on troops and ammo for a war which very few wanted apart from a redneck in America.

Labour took on good books from the tories and have just ripped all the pages out and replaced it with dribble, debt and numbers people can not work out.

Trade unions have once again caused problems and the membership of these are going up so it won't be the credit crunch thats going to do us, it will be stikes when people are asked to take a pay cut, the same people who will go on strike are the same people who voted these waste of space in.

We pay too much to Scotland in health and education, fact. This needs to be stopped NOW. A drop in VAT is a joke. The council tax needs to be dropped to a fair price, councils need to save money and stop spending on complete !!!!. My council in Bournemouth spent £2m on adverts, £80k on an outside firm to help them save money when they pay someone £100k in house to do the same bloody thing. This is where money can be saved so we can not pay too much thus we have money to spend. What is going to happen to those who can not afford to pay things such as the TV License, another bloody tax or the council tax in full each month. MP's and those fat !!!!!! in town halls should have their (OUR BLOODY MONEY AGAIN)expenses stopped, i mean poor souls having to travel to and from work, what about me and the train fare increase etc? This country needs a radical sort out, declare it bankrupt, kick out all the waste and start again.

I couldn't agree more!!

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chris_spackman

There is a list as long as an MP's expenses receipt of things that need to be sorted out, that is just the tip of the iceberg. If we start with the councils then things would be a little better for us. They are chucking moey away and it's OUR money.

Mandark

chris_spackman wrote: »

There is a list as long as an MP's expenses receipt of things that need to be sorted out, that is just the tip of the iceberg. If we start with the councils then things would be a little better for us. They are chucking money away and it's OUR money.

Nowhere near as much money is wasted by councils as people think. But ok let's say councils hone down their responsibilities so that they do the bare minimum statutory work - fix roads, collect rubbish and that sort of thing, people would soon be complaining because of all the useful additional services which councils currently offer, will have disappeared.

nickmason

Mandark wrote: »

Nowhere near as much money is wasted by councils as people think. But ok let's say councils hone down their responsibilities so that they do the bare minimum statutory work - fix roads, collect rubbish and that sort of thing, people would soon be complaining because of all the useful additional services which councils currently offer, will have disappeared.

Totally agree - it's basically the situation we have in North Dorset. Don't know if it holds elsewhere, but I'd suggest the way to reduce wastage of council tax would be to reduce the burden of reporting/compliance/continually changing dictat from central government and give the councils some independence.

kwikbreaks

Mandark wrote: »

let's say councils hone down their responsibilities so that they do the bare minimum statutory work - fix roads, collect rubbish and that sort of thing, people would soon be complaining because of all the useful additional services which councils currently offer, will have disappeared.

I'm a little mystified here. What are these "useful additional services". I'm afraid I may be missing out on something.

tr3mor

Mandark wrote: »

Nowhere near as much money is wasted by councils as people think. But ok let's say councils hone down their responsibilities so that they do the bare minimum statutory work - fix roads, collect rubbish and that sort of thing, people would soon be complaining because of all the useful additional services which councils currently offer, will have disappeared.

If councils actually did fix roads and collect rubbish then people would be delighted!

Most of us suffer potholes and fortnightly bin collections whilst councils waste money on "useful additional services".

:money:

chewmylegoff

i'll vote tory if they get rid of that osborne twit and replace him with someone who is more qualified than i am to be chancellor.

otherwise i'm spoiling my ballot paper or not turning up.

nickmason

tr3mor wrote: »

If councils actually did fix roads and collect rubbish then people would be delighted!

Most of us suffer potholes and fortnightly bin collections whilst councils waste money on "useful additional services".

:money:

Just a flavour (from a district council, so bin collections "ours", but potholes are county)
Leisure centres - cut
Public conveniences - cut
Tourist advice - cut
CAB - at risk

ultra10

drc wrote: »

I'm waiting to see if Our Leader will pull a Chavez and try and implement a change in the constitution so that he can lead us indefinitely whilst he is saving the world.

Interesting signature, I have been enjoying the latest version (of many) of the Story on the TV tonight I think...Great timing BBC !!! :rolleyes: .. I have no consideration for fundamentalist Islam, however it is a supreme Irony the jewish state has in effect turned Gaza into a "Warsaw Ghetto" with 1.5 Million Palestinians in it !!!

ste1406

storminbalder wrote: »

Utter idiocy. Some people have such short memories. More fool them. Labour for me - not to get Labour in so much as to keep the Tories out.

i totally agree, some people do have short memories and although the labour governement are not brilliant, the conservatives will be far worse should they get into power. they have done a lot more for pensioners, the working man and families than the conservatives ever did.