“all the parties seem to have the same sort of policies for

Comment on Liberal Democrats to Win The General Election! by David.

“all the parties seem to have the same sort of policies for a change”

Although they sound very similar, we all know what Labour and Conservatives stand for and they are opposites. I have to be honest to admit I’m not completely sure what the Lib Dems stand for, they’ve not had power in my life time, so don’t know what their true face is.

Conservatives are for rich people as is shown with the way they vote: against national minimum wage, against workers rights, against the NHS, against protecting foxes, stags and other animals from barbaric blood sports.

Labour are for the working class as is shown with the way they vote: for national minimum wage, for workers rights, for the NHS, for banning barbaric blood sports.

Doesn’t matter what the parties leaders say today, it matters what their MPs voting records tell us what their parties stand for and their voting records tells us Labour care about the people and the Conservatives care about themselves!

I’ve not looked into the Lib Dems in detail (they seem similar to Labour) like I have Labour and Conservatives, maybe others could and post what they find?

What Labour and Conservatives and to a lessor degree the Lib Dems have learnt is under no circumstances tell the electorate things they plan to do that will LOOSE votes. They’ll tell us the good stuff they think we want to hear, but not the bad stuff that will loose vote.

David Cameron tells us he wants to cut 6 billion in waste this year. That sounds like a good thing, we should all cut waste. He doesn’t tell us some of that money will be used to give the richest families in the country millions in a tax break or that this 6 billion saving will cost jobs.

David Cameron tells us he’ll stop the Labour job tax, what he doesn’t tell us it’s the business part of the NI rise he’ll cancel, which means the NI tax rise will fall squarely on the shoulders of every working man and woman that pays NI contributions and business will not pay their fair share of this tax rise!!!. Cameron is not stopping a jobs tax, he is taxing the workers only and protecting his rich friends.

David Cameron also doesn’t say where the business part of the NI tax rise he won’t bring in will be found if they gain power after May 6th. Will it be VAT that effects the poorest in society far more than the richest? VAT is the go to tax for the Tories, they brought in VAT in the first place and pushed it up to 17.5%!

The Lib Dems made the mistake of telling us they want a 10 year amnesty on illegal immigrants to pull illegal immigrants into the tax system and crack down on organised crime that takes advantage of illegal immigrants. This is not a vote winner, I kind of agree with the concept, but then I understand politics and especially immigration a lot better than your average man in the street and I’m not convinced it’s a good idea, I’m not sure, but it can’t be any worse than having a million illegal workers in Britain! The average man in the street won’t be so generous and will see this as rewarding criminals who are taking British jobs and will loose the Lib Dems votes.

Funny thing is we already have a 14 year amnesty on illegal immigrants with no questions asked. So the difference between the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives is 4 years, making those who become British citizens pay for the 10 years they broke the law and advertising the amnesty. Not exactly a massive policy difference, but Labour and the Conservatives aren’t talking about an amnesty on immigration despite them passing the 14 year rule.

Conservatives voted against the fox hunting ban. if the Tories have a majority on May 7th they will as a block vote to repeal the hunting ban legislation despite polls showing 75% of the public don’t want fox hunting with dogs.

there are massive differences between the parties, but they have learnt if they don’t highlight those differences they won’t loose votes and the election becomes a popularity contest between the leaders instead of a contest of who has the best policies!

David