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The problem with the Labour Party is that, while it may have a number of good policies to offer, I don't have much confidence in their ability to deliver. As against that, the Tory spin machine is a frightening monster, and is capable of shredding the reputation of any other party to its own advantage. The country was running quite well before the banking crisis, but the Tories have made the international collapse and resulting need for austerity seem to be all the fault of Labour, which is just not true.
Giving the present electoral offerings, with their totally negative turn-off and the fundamentalist wings of both main parties waiting to seize absolute power, I hope the Lib Dems will do better than expected, and provide some moderating 'ballast' or leavening within a coalition with whichever one of them is better placed to form a government.
we will have to agree to disagree on this one. Of course the Australian and Canadian economies are smaller than our's but the principals are the same. As for Gordon Brown being praised, yes, of course he isn't all bad but generally his time in power was a time of financial incompetence, incontinence and lies. 'no more boom and bust' what a pathetic claim and what a pathetic lie. A disgrace!
A Labour/SNP alliance would be a disaster for the UK as the SNP trade off for supporting Labour would be another referendum. Miliband is caught between a rock and a hard place and his dithering and unwillingness to answer the key questions last night demonstrated what a terrible prime minister he would be.
We are over populated, short of homes, schools, medical staff, etc.
Immigration must be controlled, and if that means leaving the EU, so be it.
One UKIP policy that the other parties should adopt is that carers should receive as much money as those on Jobseeker's Allowance.
Fortunately I do not have to care for anyone, but I know some who do, and it is 24/7 for them.
Cameron has been keen to blame labour for this but iy us just not true. They have done little to aid recovety. It is the natural process of recovery which has done that.
I believe Ed Milliband is the most honest of tge candidates and would like to see him form a government.
However, they have done little to help the economy and have renaged on many of their promises.
I will despair if they do get in again!
So Conservative, with support from Lib-Dem, Plaid Cymru and Northern Irish.
I think it would be a grave mistake if we left the EU so neither UKIP's insistance that we do or Camerons referendum make any sense to me.
I have faith id Ed Milliband. He is the most transparent and honest of them all.
I would like to see a labour government which stands for the things I believe in.
I also think that people don't see the big picture regarding immigration. We actually NEED these people. They are prepared to work hard and do jobs that the british appear to think are not good enough for them.
Many employers would agree that without these immigrants they would be in a mess. We need to 'get over' this ridiculess, short-sighted belief that we would be better off without the immigrants.
Also - look up Ed Milliband on Wikipaedia and see his qualifications - they are much better than Cameron's and he has more ministerial experience. I believe he is the better man and would love to see him get a majority. Unfortunately there are far too many people who don't know what they are talking about and they are likely to vote the wrong way for the wrong reasons!
He has spent his whole life in politics and comes from a political family so how can he hope to understand business or the needs of British workers. He lives in a £2.5 million mansion and claims to speak for the working class. He hasn't got a clue what its like in the real world for hard working families.
He has proved to be a hopeless leader and most of his party regret not choosing his brother. That said I don't think Cameron is much better but at least the economy is moving in the right direction.
I hope we can keep Labour and the Scots out of it.