Economy only: which party policy works best and why?

mewbie_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Suppose, for example, UKIP, offered you lower taxes? Would that chnage your vote?

No. They're a bunch of losers, and lunatics. Europe is here to stay, it should form a part of our future. IMO.

Bit more on reason for choice which realistically I see, still, as being between two parties. Eighteen years (is it really eighteen years) of Labour should have been enough for them to implement a modern and effective Socialism Lite. They failed. That's enough for me, time to try a slightly different direction.

Being a totally selfish voter (I wasn't always), I want a party that might not trample on my specific needs at this moment in time. Which is simply lower taxes. I don't really expect them to undo IR35, the pension rip off, N.I. scandalous increases, etc. - what I hope is that they won't get worse as quickly as if Brown had another term.

mewbie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I never vote. I know that all parties take more money from me and never give anything back... so it'd be a choice between somebody who slaps you a lot and somebody who hits you instead.

No choice.

Go for the slapper.

And StevieJ - no I don't expect lower taxes, I hope for less higher ones.

zappahey

mewbie wrote: »

Eighteen years (is it really eighteen years) of Labour

Twelve years, so far. you're thinking of the Tory run from '79 to '97

Mr_Mumble

Vince Cable would have nationalised Barclays and in hindsight that would have been a disastrous step. As a libertarian my rule of thumb is that the best party for the economy will be the one that taxes us the least and lets us get on with our own lives the most. The former is especially important for economic growth - vital considering the amount of debt Britain is getting itself into. For the parties I'm aware of I'd therefore rank them thus:

UK Libertarian Party
UKIP
Conservatives
New Labour
Liberal Democrats
Greens
BNP
Respect

mewbie_2

zappahey wrote: »

Twelve years, so far. you're thinking of the Tory run from '79 to '97

Ok thanks. Feels like eighteen.

kabayiri

I listened to Vince Cable on a Mark Thomas podcast recently, and he didnt duck any question...and was refreshingly honest about how much of a financial mire we are in.

I couldn't see any other politician from Lab/Con doing that.

lostinrates

Mr_Mumble wrote: »

UK Libertarian Party

http://lpuk.org/pages/manifesto.php

As I missed the much publicised announcement about them scraping Income tax, and can't find it detailed on their site I'm really not much wiser.

I did do the test though. It was hard because a lot of that answers for me were ''undecided'' but their is only a yes/no choice. As it was seems I'm moderately liberal:bu ignorant of the economic policy!

ETA: oops, it was a link, I thought it was a heading, lol http://lpuk.org/pages/manifesto/economy.php

whathavewedone

I'm going to be voting conservative.

There are a few things that I disagree with cameron about - the biggie being grammar schools - I'd like to see them brought back - but if we're talking about the economy - it's a no brainer - got to be the tories.

None of the parties have really set their stalls out yet but labour intend to get us out of recession by spending more on public services and raising taxes.

The conservatives do not want to increase taxes but want to reduce public spending.

It's a no brainer for me I'm afraid. For all the money that's been thrown at the NHS and education since labour came into power I honestly can't see an improvement.

Every state school teacher I know feels completely disillusioned with the constant tinkering and government interference and say that it's an impediment to doing their job properly.

As a mother of young children the replacement of GPs coming out to homes out of hours with NHS Direct is an utter abomination. Your child could be dead by the time you've answered 101 questions, waited for a nurse to call you back and then been told to either give them some calpol (jeez, really I never thought of that) or call an ambulance if you're really concerned. You'd think such a reduction in services would have saved us money but no! Gps' salaries went up by a huge amount for working far shorter hours. All to encourage women to become gps. Call me old fashioned but if you want to have a career when you're a mother you get a nanny. It's what people in private practice have to do after all.

It certainly does feel like labour have been in for at least 18 years. I voted for them in 1997 but never again.

The other reason for voting conservative is that it is the most expedient way of getting labour out.

I wouldn't vote liberal - they have a really poor record in local government - I certainly wouldn't trust them to run the country.

Have you heard about the liberal council in Rochdale that's introducing a 2 drink per person system in the pubs with turnstiles in an effort to reduce binge drinking? This in the middle of a recession with 6 pubs closing per week and they want to make going to the pub as joyless an experience as going to the post office.

If they have a few "bonkers" ideas now imagine what they'd be like in power?

The country needs someone who's going to pull the reins in on spending right now and the government most likely to do that (and most likely to get into power) are the conservatives.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I've always been a conservative voter but I don't like the conservative party as it is at the moment.
I don't have a clue who I'd vote for this time,but there's only one thing for sure no matter what they say they're going to do and what they actually do,do is always a different matter.
They all promise you the earth and then never deliver.

lostinrates

Just as a little nudge, I did hope this wuld specificlly focus on economic policy, not tactical voting or other considerations. The question was designed to be on topic.