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I would rather anything than Cameron and the Tories - even though a lot of their policies would actually benefit my family, me and our business greatly.
I still remember the Thatcher years and they aren't ones I remember fondly.
But - its all about Democratic choice and that we have a choice, should be held in high regard by ourselves. Political choices are our own and we can argue about who likes which party until the end of days.
I think that politics are in a vicious circle i mean labour got in because people wanted conservatives out and now we have the opposite.
like you say we live in a democracy and at the minute most people do not want Brown, i feel sorry for the man, Tony Blair is the luckiest man alive i think, he left at just the right time and Brown has stepped up and it has all gone wrong with most of his cabinet leaving him in the lurch. He cant do anything right at the minute either, he is however providing much entertainment on the news quiz shows have i got news for you are having a field day.
I think its going to take a long time for things to get sorted out in parliament at the minute but the local election results certatinly show how labour are not flavour of the month.
Going by the result of the European elections, I would be very scared to hold a General election now because of the BNP possibly gaining even more power.
i agree, no matter what happens people are gonna vote to get people out rather than who they actually want inQuote:
Originally Posted by Katy
i dont really support a political party so am not really biased in whether labour should stay or not. however seeing as people are unhappy atm and brown wasnt actually elected in i think there should be a general election so people can have their say. im not opposing anyone here, as everyones entitled to their opinions and political beliefs, but the people who are saying that people should give brown time to change are probably the same people who were quick to want the conservatives out last time. likewise, some of the people who definitely want labour out asap were probably wanting the conservatives to have a chance when they messed up last time (not saying everyone cos obviously i dunno what people think). i just think if you have always supported one political party strongly you are gonna support them when things get bad even if someone else might be able to do the job better. at the end of the day, if more people want labour out than want them to stay then thats what should happen, whether thats the best option or not
i dont really remember what living with a conservative government was like, i was only 9 at the time labour came to power. however looking at local council, kent council is conservative while medway council is labour (im pretty certain, even though medway is in kent for some reason its different). anyway having lived in both medway and canterbury, i have experienced both councils and kent council as a whole seems to do a much better job than medway council who have been pretty useless for ages. although that doesnt say that just cos conservative seem to run a local council better doesnt mean that they would necessary run the country as a whole better
but i think it was only 33% of the population who voted in the european elections, and statistics have shown that the BNP have received less votes this year than they have in previous years but have got into a seat because of the low turnout. If more people turned out and voted i dont think that they would get into power.
There should be one soon anyway as ther hasnt been one held since was it four years ago, they are usually 4 year intervals. So maybe if there isnt one now Gordon Brown can try and hold for a year try and counterargue the BnPs policies give the people what they want to hear and he may be successful next june when there is a legal obligation to hold an eletion. There is only a maybe though and therefore with the ways hes heading waiting may be more harm than good.
In my own opinion a change is what the country needs.
I didnt vote. I know peeps fought for the rights of women to vote and all that... didn't one throw herself under the horse of the then King or something? But I just have nooo interest in helping elect a self-serving person...
I would vote in a general election.... but for whom, I have nooooo idea. As I think they are all as bad as each other... :searchme:
There is a guy at work who daughter goes to school after the summer holidays, he is trying to get her into a school outwith the catchment area as the one for his area is a deprived and low accademic results. I explained the procedures that I went through when I applied for a place outwith our catchment area when Marley started school. He blamed the local council (SNP) who have cut class sizes. I asked him at the last local election two years ago did he vote SNP he said yes, I said well bloody hell mind you. And that is what is going to happen to the rest of the country if voters don't use their vote wisely. Having the BNP gaining seats in europe is a clear sign of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I believe Gordon Brown, love him or hate him, needs to stay and show some back bone, sort this mess out and put measures in place that it can't be repeated by the next lot of ministers. I also believe that a change in government now will do more harm to the economic climate than good.
yeh if i remember rightly from my politics alevel they have to be held at least once every 5 years, although most of the time they hold them every 4 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Katy
yeh i didnt vote either. i was going to but my parents didnt go and i was gonna go when they went so i didnt either. in my area it was only european elections and not local ones and i was pretty happy with what i thought others would vote! (not the way to do things i know!) if id have been in canterbury i might have gone cos they had local ones as well. id most definitely vote in a general election but the european ones dont really count for much as my MEP cant really do much on their ownQuote:
Originally Posted by Pinkbanana