Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Politics

Prime Ministers Questions

53 replies

Onetwothreeoops · 23/02/2014 09:31

BBC link

It really is time our politicians stopped behaving like children, it's a national embarrassment. Well done Ed for tackling this.

OP posts:
JanineStHubbins · 25/02/2014 16:30

That's not the issue at hand. Nice try though.

Wait a second.... is that you, Dave?

Isitmebut · 25/02/2014 16:52

Most of the PMQT I remember are based on the following, and this was how we got here.

Immigration - problems caused on housing, school places, diluted grades, the rising unemployment from 2004 e.g. well over 500,000 under 24-years old to just under 1 million before the election.

Pensions - private pensions/private sector pensions screwed, and pathetic state pension rises through a global boom.

Financial Crash - Brown's change to a regulatory tripartite he could control, so as he wanted looser credit growth regulation, the UK worst hit, why did only the UK have to nationalise large banks like RBS and Lloyds, why didn't Northern Rock get help the others did months later?

Manufacturing jobs - 1 million lost in their first 8-years, 2-years BEFORE the financial crash.

Public Sector - increased by 1 million from 1997 to 2010 why? Increased Quangos seven fold costing hundreds of £billions - so LESS private sector jobs paying for ever more public sector jobs, heavily subsidized by unsustainable City profits = an hugely unbalanced economy.

National Debt - in the early 2000's Brown adopting 1997 Tory spending saw the annual spend/receipts balance, then went on an irresponsible spending splurge, spending £30-40 billion a year more than what we earned, instead of paying off debt.

Energy - saw 20 odd power companies merge down to 6, didn't build a single nuclear reactor, so face power shortages/cuts, never mind price rises.

Cost of Living - put up Council Tax 110% plus FOR WHAT, NiC's, other taxes including fuel duty, House Stamp Tax from a flat 1%.

Any other subject can you think Miliband blames the coalition for causing ay PMQT I can open your mind to???

Isitmebut · 25/02/2014 16:57

Miliband was happy to shout down the opposition when they had 170 down to at least 100 seat majorities, now when he tries to blame the coalition for HIS parties mistakes, he don't like being called a hypocritical, incompetent non entity by all those on the opposite benches.

Less opportunism and failed ideological rants from Labour, a quieter House. Simples.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page