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So what happens when the deficit is paid off?

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SpawnChorus · 20/10/2010 11:13

Do you think any of the cuts (e.g. Child Benefit) will be reversed when the economy's out of crisis?

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tokyonambu · 20/10/2010 11:42

"I seriously CANNOT imagine the Tories (or Lib Dems) being voted in again in the next election."

Yes, incoming Tory governments that engage in a programme of cutbacks and preside over a high level of unemployment tend to lose the following election. That's why Labour won their landslide victory in 1983.

sarah293 · 20/10/2010 11:42

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Chil1234 · 20/10/2010 11:42

The current administration may well be 'dicks' but have you seen the alternative? Not a clue between them over there in Ed's sixth-form common room. All very quick to say 'that's not what we would have done' but not a dickiebird about what they would have done instead.

At least politics is interesting again. :)

foreverastudent · 20/10/2010 11:38

Nothing ever gets changed back. Sad

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SpawnChorus · 20/10/2010 11:33

Yeah, but...but...they're such DICKS Grin

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Chil1234 · 20/10/2010 11:29

Someone once said that a week is a long time in politics. Five years is an eternity. A lot can change in that time which is why we're getting all the painful stuff first.

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SpawnChorus · 20/10/2010 11:27

I seriously CANNOT imagine the Tories (or Lib Dems) being voted in again in the next election.

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Chil1234 · 20/10/2010 11:27

The Labour party reversed very little that the previous administration achieved.... no renationalisation of industry, no increase in income tax, no repeal of the legislation on strike ballots. This despite having fought it tooth and nail at the time.

There will be room to give something back to the electorate one the economy gets in safer waters but it's going to be a long process. A Conservative/coalition government would traditionally give more back in the form of tax allowances than in benefits.

ASecretLemonadeDrinker · 20/10/2010 11:26

I do hope CB gets reversed, can't say I'm overly bothered aboput things like the 26k cap etc. Hopefully it means more money for schools etc., I fear though this have given the tories a bad name and whoever gets in after will be wonderful and spend more, but only because of what the tories are doing now

AbsofCroissant · 20/10/2010 11:22

We all go on vaycay and get free ice-cream ALL day long.

Doubt it. The welfare system needs to be reformed anyway, and an economic crisis is the perfect reason to do so. Same with a lot of the other cuts, particularly to the size of the public sector, as generaly those on the righty-wing HATE big government, so this is an excuse to take a giant ax to it. However, if the next government is lefty-wing, chances are they'll build it back up again and find a good excuse to do it.

LaydeeBlahBlah · 20/10/2010 11:18

no - its idealogical
although, the timeframe brings us directly to the next gen election so they'll probably throw some sort of sweetner our way in the hope that we'll forget the utter destruction to our society that they will bring about.
when labour next get in, they will probably work to redress the issues but then will be accused of being a spending party again - same old cycle, same old nasty tories