The Coalition

[Newcastle Guy]

Originally Posted by gothicform

you've never dealt with him professionally then. the guy is an ignorant ill-informed turd who spouts off opinions about things he has no idea about. my personal favourite was when he decided to open his mouth and slag off the shard for being next to the tower of london without even knowing how far away it was. he ended up being completely humiliated.

Indeed. I thought Vaizey came across as very poor. I had an email back-and-forth with him back when I was a teenager and it became clear quite quickly that the man doesn't know what he's talking about. It's like he's allergic to facts. And seemingly knowing less than Davey D about his own party's policy was one of the most embarrassing things I've seen on QT in a long while. He was a laughing stock.

Originally Posted by larven

Well he's innocent until proven guilty so why shouldn't he get a severance?

The comments from the Unite chairman look like they have been widely condemned, he's even called for public disobedience to protest the cuts during the Olympics.

Another nail in the coffin of trade unionism.

By our political parties, which I've come to learn over the past few years consist of total fools. I don't know why the unions are condemned so much. I'm willing to bet that if we had a side-by-side table of the crap the unions have pulled, the crap the politicians have pulled and the crap big business has pulled, the Unions would come off better than the others. In a time where we've all had it proven (and truly spelled out so that even the dumbest amongst us can see it clear as day) how damaging and careless our politicians and businesses can be, I find it unbelievable that there's still so much animosity towards normal people, and those who try to stand up for normal people.

[WatcherZero]

East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer has just defected to UKIP, he claims David Cameron is out of touch with the Conservative grass roots and not conservative enough on Europe and wind farms.

[Newcastle Guy]

Originally Posted by WatcherZero

East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer has just defected to UKIP, he claims David Cameron is out of touch with the Conservative grass roots and not conservative enough on Europe and wind farms.

What was the point of taking on the tree logo and claiming they'd be the greenest Government ever then?

[Octoman]

Government on the back foot over the withdrawal of the child allowance plans. Tory backbenchers openly talking about refusing to support the legislation when it comes to parliament. Seems to be a growing concensus that the legislation will be watered down to next to nothing and the cash will be collected by cutting the housing stamp duty exemption for foreign buyers.

Sounds good to me.

[gothicform]

why do foreign buyers get stamp duty exemption?!?!?!?

[alphaxion]

We should also get rid of that whole VAT back if you have an address that is outside of the UK when leaving the UK.

[Octoman]

New poll in the Guardian has Tories up to 39% and Labour on 36%. Quite amazing given the unpopular legislation the coalition is pushing through at the moment. They must fancy their chances once they at last get to announce voter friendly policy. Most of the problem is the shambles on the opposition bench. Ed Balls in particular is unlikeable and tarnished with the mistakes of the past. Much as he may be the darling of the party they really need to think about bringing in a new face.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...?newsfeed=true

[wjfox]

They're all crap. The entire political system is crap.

[larven]

Can't see Balls going anywhere, he's a heavyweight in the party and they have no one else to touch him when it comes to economics.

A bit like Brown back in the day actually.

[LondonFox]

The papers seem to think that the voters actually feel that Cameron is up to the job of sorting our countries finance out... to be honest, as much as its a shit time.. I would tend to sway to agree with that.

[Core Rising]

[madjackmcmad]

Originally Posted by Octoman

New poll in the Guardian has Tories up to 39% and Labour on 36%. Quite amazing given the unpopular legislation the coalition is pushing through at the moment. They must fancy their chances once they at last get to announce voter friendly policy. Most of the problem is the shambles on the opposition bench. Ed Balls in particular is unlikeable and tarnished with the mistakes of the past. Much as he may be the darling of the party they really need to think about bringing in a new face.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...?newsfeed=true

Reading the Guardian comments section is as amusing as the Mails. There is general astonishment there are people out there who think differently to they do and because they do they must be thick. Apparently because the Tories have a lead in one poll 'We no longer live in a democracy' and 'It's like living under the early years of the Nazis'