Conservatives == Waste of space

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

If http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6407077.stm is anything to go by.

"And no pledges to fund every worthy cause or slash every unpopular tax"

So what the **** is the point of voting for your party then??

[shaunbhoy]

So what the **** is the point of voting for your party then??

After 10 years of this shower you really have to ask that?

[Pondlife]

Not wanting to start a serious discussion in 'General' but would

Mr Osborne said they had made a "commitment to recognise marriage", and were looking at how best to do that - possibly through a transferable tax allowance.

blow S660 out of the water as an issue? Or is it not so simple and I'm missing something (usual scenario)

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

After 10 years of this shower you really have to ask that?

Of course I'd like to see NL out of office ASAP. I am now pessimistic that the damage they have done in the last 10 years (not just economic damage) will be undone in my lifetime, or ever for that matter.
It is time for those who want to be the next Government to start explaining what plans they have to reverse the decline, not how they will continue p1ssing away the (presumably not reduced) tax take.

[mictech]

He will say any specific tax proposals - such as recognising marriage, will be paid for by tax increases on things like pollution.

When will any goverment ever spend the taxs they raise on the problem they are raising them against, green taxs for green solution, road tax for roads.

[Flat Eric]

He will say any specific tax proposals - such as recognising marriage, will be paid for by tax increases on things like pollution.

When will any goverment ever spend the taxs they raise on the problem they are raising them against, green taxs for green solution, road tax for roads.

Yeah, maybe a sperm tax to keep Kimberley happy.....

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

He will say any specific tax proposals - such as recognising marriage, will be paid for by tax increases on things like pollution.

When will any goverment ever spend the taxs they raise on the problem they are raising them against, green taxs for green solution, road tax for roads.

LOL

Try googling "ponzi system" / "ponzi scheme" to see how Government tax/spend works in practice.

[shaunbhoy]

It is time for those who want to be the next Government to start explaining what plans they have to reverse the decline

The problem with that is if they announce their plans too soon, the NL charlatans will simply steal and rebadge the better ones and try and pass them off as their own to the large dim gullible electorate.

[Buffoon]

The problem with that is if they announce their plans too soon, the NL charlatans will simply steal and rebadge the better ones and try and pass them off as their own to the large dim gullible electorate.

Maybe they should have policies like, "We will put B'liar and his cronies on trial for coruption, etc". Labour wont nick that and the voters will love it.

[Troll]

Mr Osborne said they had made a "commitment to recognise marriage", and were looking at how best to do that - possibly through a transferable tax allowance.

That would be discriminatary and probally illegal under Human Rights bollux