What is Labour's Economic Policy?

grizzly1911

[QUOTE=Jennifer_Jane;59217579. I voted Conservative last time because :

a) Labour were tired and had been in power just too long
b) Gordon Brown was.... well, fill in the gap yourself.
c) I believed that the Country would be better with the Conservatives.

If it had been the other way around, I would have voted LibDem or Labour. I voted Conservative because I thought it was in the best interest of the Country to have a change, and the economy, education, etc were in a huge mess. I always thought it was a poisoned chalice for the Conservatives.

I will make my voting decision next time in what I believe is the Country's best interest. Not with the moronic ecstasy of some of the posters on this board.[/QUOTE]

I think one party being in power for too long is part of the problem.

They get tired and complacent, they run out of steam and things they thought they had fixed start to rebound on them. the pendulum swings too far in either direction.

Both parties progressively have flogged off the silver and come up with clever wheezes and accounting practices to give the appearance they are saving the nation from its steady decline.

The GFC and continuing problems in europe and globally just highlight those cumulative failings and the relative impotence of governement to do much about it.

Change on change for the sake of it if no measurable and hard success factors or benefits is like fiddling while Rome burns.

Either party is on a hiding to nothing.

Fella

StevieJ wrote: »

In support of the post by Chewmylegoff, many Tory supporters on this board were orgasmic at the damage the GFC was wreaking on the the UK economy in 2007 and the 'we told you that Labour borrowing would bring the country to its knees' had them cheering to the rafters

If so then those Tories were idiots. Do you have some examples of those posts?

Wookster

I'd like to know who the Tory supporters are on this board. There are stacks of die hard Labour folks who think they were the best government ever, but who are the equivalent Tory supporters?

Thrugelmir

StevieJ wrote: »

'we told you that Labour borrowing would bring the country to its knees' had them cheering to the rafters, (sickening it was) when of course it was a Global crisis that Labour could do little about.

The issues with Browns tenure as chancellor for so long extend far beyond the GFC.

Brown and Blair disagreed as far back as 2005. So there was fundamental disagreement within.

Trouble is. We now have Brown Mk2 . Who was the architect of much of the policy as shadow chancellor.

Hence the lack of change.

StevieJ

Thrugelmir wrote: »

The issues with Browns tenure as chancellor for so long extend far beyond the GFC.

Brown and Blair disagreed as far back as [STRIKE]2005.[/STRIKE] 1997 So there was fundamental disagreement within.

Trouble is. We now have Brown Mk2 . Who was the architect of much of the policy as shadow chancellor.

Hence the lack of change.

I for one am glad the Brown dug his heels in.

Tony Blair has said the UK will face an "interesting choice" over whether to join the euro if the currency's current crisis is resolved.
The former prime minister told the BBC he believed the UK should still be keeping open the option of joining it.

antrobus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

If anyone can shed a light on this topic. Please post. I'm totally bored by the party line now. As devoid of any substance.

Pretty much the same as the Government's. (But shush, don't tell anyone, it'll spoil the fun.)

The arithmetic of debt trumps ideology. (Not that ideology plays that much of a role in Today's Modern Labour Party.)

antrobus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

...Brown and Blair disagreed as far back as 2005. So there was fundamental disagreement within. .

Brown and Blair disagreed as far back as 1994. About the minute that Brown realised that Blair was going to be party leader.

StevieJ

Fella wrote: »

If so then those Tories were idiots. Do you have some examples of those posts?

No, not so easy to find things from back then and I didn't save them, if I chance across I will post.

Wheezy_2

woodbine wrote: »

and yet in june 2010 gideon promised to end the deficit by 2015

Thrugelmir wrote: »

At least get your facts right.........;)

He got them right.

Faced with one of the highest budget deficits in the world in terms of percentage of gross domestic product, Treasury chief George Osborne said his government will eliminate the structural deficit and ensure the UK's debt burden is falling as a percentage of gross domestic product by the 2014 financial year, ending 2015

http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-06-22/uk-government-unavoidable-budget#.URVLO1eTLMs

DaddyBear

They don't need one. They could dress a donkey in a red rosette and most northerners will vote for it.