Are the Lib Dems' policies really credible?

tomterm8

Problems is, James, while I agree with your point, all you need to do replace 'lib dems' with 'tory' and 'labour' in your post and you get exactly the same result.

We are going to cut the deficit by wizzardie-dizzardie-doo...

Really2

wymondham wrote: »

Yes, but clegg was good on TV, so all of this is irrelevent!!

Cue X-Factor music and voice over man.

Graham_Devon

No, they are not really all that credible. You do need to look at what these policies actually apply to though, as I don't believe the minimum wage is for all.

BUT, neither are the other parties really all that credible. Not when you really look into them.

Me? I'm voting lib dems. Would normally go tories, but cannot bring myself to tick their box after our recent local MP's greed. He still gets paid, waiting on his resettlement payment, but refuses to serve us.

Will not vote for a party who allows that to happen. I know it's prbably within the rules and all that jazz, but it stops them getting my vote.

Blacklight

If you vote Lib Dem and they don't win outright, Gordon Brown remains Prime Minister.

I just thought I'd remind you.

Graham_Devon

Blacklight wrote: »

If you vote Lib Dem and they don't win outright, Gordon Brown remains Prime Minister.

I just thought I'd remind you.

If you don't vote lib dem at all because of that, they will never get a chance.

I'd be happy to see GB as PM anyway, have said it before now. So long as I haven't voted for labour, I'm happy to see him clear up his own mess.

The more people scare others away from voting lib dem because of this issue, the more we are left with the same two parties.

apt

If Labour isn't the largest party after the election Gordon Brown will last in Downing Street for about as long as Heath did after the February 1974 election. I'd rather have Brown squatting in Downing Street for another 48 hours than face the prospect of George Osborne as chancellor.

lynzpower

Making the adult minimum wage apply to anyone from 16, raise the rate from £5.8 to £8.1. In terms of damaging the recovery by disincentiving employers to hire more people, this makes Labour's NI hike look like nothing.

Can you tell me where it says this in the manifesto, which page

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

If you don't vote lib dem at all because of that, they will never get a chance.

I'd be happy to see GB as PM anyway, have said it before now. So long as I haven't voted for labour, I'm happy to see him clear up his own mess.

The more people scare others away from voting lib dem because of this issue, the more we are left with the same two parties.

But if you don't think he can do it and he messes it up further and costs you loads in tax etc.

It is a bit like saying "I don't mind a red hot poker up my ar@s as long as I did not put it there myself".:)

Some people may not know what the outcome would be if liberal did not get a majority GD. So can't really see a problem with people pointing out what could happen if liberal did not get a sizable majority TBH.

lynzpower

Bringing the UK into the single currency - the flexibility of being able to devalue and being in control of our own monetary policy has been essential to the recovery.

The manifesto clearly states that joining the Euro would not be financaially credible and the option to join the Euro would be only after a referendum where the people voted for it

"we believe that the long term interests of Britain is to join the euro, but britain should only join when the economic situation is right and at present it is not. britain should only jolin the Euro only if that decision was supported by the British people in a referendum"

p67 of the manifesto http://issuu.com/libdems/docs/manifesto?mode=embed&layout=http://skin.issuu.com/v/light/layout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&proShowMenu=true

Really2

lynzpower wrote: »

"we believe that the long term interests of Britain is to join the euro, but britain should only join when the economic situation is right and at present it is not. britain should only jolin the Euro only if that decision was supported by the British people in a referendum"

It is an odd policy though because we have seen in this recession what happens if you have a single currency. We would be a Greece, Spain or Ireland now. Also it his hindering those doing well EG Germany.

What actual benefit do they think we would have being part of the euro?