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When can we get rid of this government?

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abraid · 16/04/2009 12:54

When is the earliest we can throw them out? I feel like starting a calendar and ticking off the days.

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mrsmaidamess · 16/04/2009 12:54

What do you suggest as an alternative?

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abraid · 16/04/2009 13:00

The Tories.

I'd vote for them this afternoon if they'd set up the ballots in the village hall. I've just looked at the damage Labour has done to my savings--that's over a decade of careful thrift so that I would be OK in my old age. I usually earn below average wages, btw. First they started taxing the dividends in my pension, now I am earning about 1% on my savings balances.

I wouldn't trust this lot to look after my children's piggy banks without losing it all.

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QuantitativeMeasure · 16/04/2009 13:02

Didnt the Tories cause the last recession?

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abraid · 16/04/2009 13:03

Yes, and Gordon's caused this depression. After promising an end to boom and bust.

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QuantitativeMeasure · 16/04/2009 13:03

Just shows that they are all shit then?

ForeverOptimistic · 16/04/2009 13:06

I want them out. I don't trust anyone in the labour party at all, they are all out for themselves. They are a disgrace.

It is likely that I will vote Tory (for the first time) but they don't fill me with confidence either.

JustCallMeGoat · 16/04/2009 13:07

has gordon brown caused the worldwide collapse of the markets? god you are dim if you think the tories would have done any better.

JustCallMeGoat · 16/04/2009 13:08

thatcher and reagan started all the greed and crazy free market shit.

QuantitativeMeasure · 16/04/2009 13:08

I dont know who to vote for. They are all fucking liars.

Jaquelinehyde · 16/04/2009 13:09

Well I will be voting to keep labour in at the next election.

I think it is naive to think that the tories wouldn't have taxed you to high heaven as well. They also wouldn't have introduced half the measures for low income families that labour have.

This is a worldwide recession and has not been caused by the Labour party regardless of what the tabloids would have us believe.

Obviously this is only my opinion and I fully expect most of MN to disagree

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abraid · 16/04/2009 13:10

JustCallMeGoat, he caused the credit crunch in this country. He rewarded people for spending money they did not actually have. He punished people for saving.

And he has done this from the day Labour took over.

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Nancy66 · 16/04/2009 13:11

I believe the party we have in power is largely irrelevant to be honest.

We live in a perpetual cycle of boom and bust, and that's never going to change.

The country mostly runs itself regardless of who the government is.

Kayteee · 16/04/2009 13:16

Would anyone consider voting LibDem?

I'm seriously thinking about it

Jaquelinehyde · 16/04/2009 13:18

Oh God no, I would rather spoil my vote!

ForeverOptimistic · 16/04/2009 13:18

I'm serious considering not voting.

ForeverOptimistic · 16/04/2009 13:20

Seriously.

Jaquelinehyde · 16/04/2009 13:20

If that's how you feel Forever then still vote but spoil it. The at least it will be registered.

TheFallenMadonna · 16/04/2009 13:20

Somebody is going to be running the country ForeverOptimistic. You need to choose the least worst option from those that have volunteered to do so.

QuantitativeMeasure · 16/04/2009 13:20

How do you spoil a vote?

TheFallenMadonna · 16/04/2009 13:21

It will be ignored. Candidates are only interested in spoilt ballot papers in so far as they can try and make out that it is a vote for them.

JuxaLOTmoreChocolate · 16/04/2009 13:25

Godron did sell off all the gold reserves. I'm not sure how relevant that is, but it didn't seem to be a particularly good idea, as he sold them when they were at an incredibly low price.

I'm seriously thinking about LibDem.

I have a very soft spot for Gordon though, as he gave me money at a time when dh was holding my lack of income over my head in a way that was bordering on abusive. Child Tax Credits changed the balance of power between dh and I, and started the process of returning to a more balanced relationship.

ForeverOptimistic · 16/04/2009 13:27

But they are all so similar.

Emmeline Pankhurse may well turn in her grave but women like her fought for us to have the RIGHT to vote, it doesn't mean that we have to vote. If I lived in Zimbabwe or Afghanistan I would racing to the ballot box but in his country there really isn't much between them. I quite like our MP (Tory) as he has campaigned on local issues so I may vote to keep him in but if I am honest I don't really care who is in power if the choice is between the 3 main parties.

ForeverOptimistic · 16/04/2009 13:28

Sorry about the typos.

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 16/04/2009 13:32

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Nancy66 · 16/04/2009 13:32

I think it's important to vote - especially for a woman. It's only been 80 years since women have had the right to - that's within my grandmother's lifetime.

there are many countries where women STILL can't vote and probably never will be.

Even if you vote for some local nutter representing the teapot party - you should still vote.