So you vote Labour out of loyalty to the help they gave

Comment on Reasons to Vote Labour by Sarah in the Desert.

So you vote Labour out of loyalty to the help they gave you in setting up your own business and for the help they give people to get back to work generally then?

I suspect that mainly you have done well is your own natural growth and you would probably have managed this in some other way if it was in your character to do so.

Speaking from experience, the UK is not a great place to live any more and that’s why we and thousands like us have left to spend our earnings in other countries and bring up our children in the manner that we see fit. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mid East, Far East and Northern Europe have seen an influx of people who would rather live in their country than the UK.

Labour won by a landslide in 1997 because of the mismanagement of the Conservatives at the end of 18 years, for the majority of the first 3 terms the economy was actually very strong and doing well.

Labour were supposed to improve the mismanagement at end the end of the 3rd term and most of the 4th and make it better – they haven’t and made some things much much worse by trying to get into every aspect of peoples lives.

“I read a comment on the site earlier that 18 of David Cameron’s shadow cabinet are millionaires”…”I don’t think people like that (born with a silver spoon in their mouth) understand what it’s like to be a hard working British person who despite working hard is still poor and living hand to mouth. The tax break they plan to give to rich people (give to themselves and their friends) despite the recession strongly suggests they don’t care about the “little” people.”

I’m sorry, but this just sounds bitter; Tony Blair (and Tony Benn for that matter) are not exactly descended from paupers are they?

Increasing taxes does not necessarily increase revenues, the Laffer Curve comes into effect at a certain point (taxable income elasticity) and people start hiding their money and avoiding taxes. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ If the tax system is fairer and people are allowed to keep more of what they work hard for then they are less inclined to avoid paying it and actually generate more.

Margaret Thatcher was strongly against a federal Europe and the re-unification of Germany because of their perceived strength in Europe once united. What we have now is a Federal Europe allowing the laws of the UK to be superceeded by Brussels; the free movement of unskilled workers to freely enter and compete with the local market and of course, the wonderfully successful European Convention on Human Rights. Where are we now on Europe? Forced upon the people, a nation divided on the actual benefits of it and the Government now too scared to call an “in or out” referendum.

I agree that the UK had it’s problems before Labour but I just don’t think they were as bad as things are now.