First off stop laughing, I’m being serious and though I like the Liberal Democrats I’ve only ever voted Lib Dems tactically once when I lived in an area where Labour couldn’t win, so I have no vested interest in making this sort of stuff up. I’ve been running a “Who Will You Vote For In […]
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My tendency would be to vote labour, however a lib-dem win would be very illuminating, even if highly unlikely. They could still hold a massive balance of power should labour still get the most votes, that I wouldnt mind.
The problem with the Tories is that millions like myself remember what happened last time. Millions lost their jobs or their pensions while Major gloated ”if it doesn’t hurt then it is’nt working” the sort of arrogant attitude you never forget.
Previously Thatcher had stood up in Parliament and said no-one would ever lose out by transferring a company pension to a private scheme, and millions like myself found out what a blatant lie that was.
The tories invented the PIA forerunner to the FSA, as regulator, it later emerged that they were staffed by and for, the benefit and protection of the Industry and not the consumer, no surprise there then.
There are just insufficient grounds to vote Tory this time round, no credible fresh start or changes are on offer. People will either drift back to labour, or disaffected Tories ladies will go over to the handsome charistmatic Clegg, the Blair effect.
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The Tories’ manifesto for the elderly includes a surprising promise, to increase pensions in line with earnings, not cost of living increases. For those with long memories (I’m 75), the Tories’ first budget on being elected in 1979 was to do what? Remove this connection, thus reducing state pensions from then until now. I wouldn’t mind betting that state pensions would now be £150 per week, not the £95 we get. What dishonesty by Mr Cameron!
Secondly, they nearly doubled VAT to 15%. Just watch out for these tricks being repeated. For poor and elderly people it could be a costly exercise to vote Tory.
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Do you want Theresa May in charge of your pension?
I have only voted for the Liberals once, but Barbara Castle and friends forming their own party upset the Apple cart.
I have over the years seen too many promises broken by the other parties, its time we tested out the promises of the Liberal party. I have read their realistic manifesto in detail and it ticks all my boxes.
All the scare-mongering by the Tories and Labour only leads me to be more convinced that I should vote for the Liberals, so that is what I will do.
I pray that all thinking people will do the same and give them a land slide victory.
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It was Shirley Williams not Barbara Castle.
Our country has suffered from those old parties. The labour party is dying after Tony Blair quit and David Cameron, although he is a good speaker, but you can tell he is an liar and the country won’t get any better with him. I say enough of those old policies time to see real changes and that won’t happen if we elect any of those old parties. My vote is definitely for Lib Dem.
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I agree with Phil Reeves. Why not give Lib Dem a chance . They are honest politicians. Vince Cable is a capable Chancellor.
Why talk about hung parliament. Why can’t voters make Lib Dem win outright?
Its time for change, how do we say to Labour voters “Vote Liberal and keep out the Tories”
The anti Tory vote should join and it would be a clear victory.
Osbourne running the economy, fills me with dread
I missed the last election debate in Bristol. I do not like feeling ‘manipulated’ and would prefer not to be ‘spun’. So much fakery. Over the years I have taken each election as ‘it came’. I have consistently voted the same way (but was prepared not to!) Vote where your heart leads: the policies, your own potential M.P. If you are happy with your M.P. why vote to change him/her? Don’t be ‘owned’ by anyone. This is u.k., we are not voting for a president, content counts more than looks and ‘charisma’. I will probably vote lib dem (again) but not because the party seems to be ‘flavour of the month’, but because I most agree with their policies. It isn’t right to vote one way just because you wish to be on the winning side. Just vote for who you want to win, regardless of tactics. That way we might get some wonderful surprises!
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The Liberal Democrats manifesto clearly states that they would allow any illegal immigrant who can speak english and has been in the country for 10 years even if they have no leagl papers as long as they haven’t broken the law- surely they broke the law by entering the country illegally. LibDem/Lab/Con ruining this once proud country VOTE BNP
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Nick Clegg talks about the LibDems as a ‘new’ force. They are actually the bulk of the Liberal Party that absorbed the SDP in 1988. (The SDP was a group of right-wing Labour members that left the Labour Party in 1981 led by the so-called ‘Gang of Four’). The Liberal Party in different guises has existed since the early 18th Century (Whigs) and had its high point in the late Victorian Age under W.E. Gladstone. The last Liberal Prime Minister was Lloyd George. The Tories (renamed the Conservatives in 1848) have an even longer history. The Labour Party is the newest kid on the block, being only 110 years old. We do need the new politics; we need a Labour Victory, and we may even need the LibDems to support Labour in a subsidiary role after the election. With the global economic situation as it is, and with the need to handle a huge deficit with skill and compassion, the alternative is too frightening to consider. We must ensure the Tories get nowhere near government, and thus I urge all LibDems of compassion and humanity to vote Labour on May 6th.
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