David Cameron: Airbrushed for Change. The man is so fake it’s actually

Comment on General Election 2010 Poll Results by Helen.

David Cameron: Airbrushed for Change. The man is so fake it’s actually unreal. I can safely say him and George Osborne has nothing in common with any ordinary British people, apart from the fact they disagree with eachother. Please also bare in mind that the Iraq War happened after cross party voting, and Cameron himself voted FOR the war. I don’t think the election 2010 vote can be based on the Iraq/Afganistan war, as both parties would have done the same thing. In fact, the Tories wanted to go to Iraq sooner than Britain actually did.

The reason Brown is unpopular is because he is unpolished and not media savvy. A bit of intelligence would suggest this doesn’t mean he is a bad political leader. I don’t therefore see the image of the party leader as a hugely important issue.

The recession IS a global issue, and if you think this is a poor excuse, be specific and name the Labour policies which have directly led us into recession? Conversely, hypothetically had the Tories been in power, explain specifically how they would have kept us out of recession? Sadly, this recession was inevitable because of the way the western economy has developed. Yeah under the Tories, we might have had slightly less debt, due to less public spending. Big WOW! 1000 billion in debt under Labour or 999 billion in debt under the Tories (but less spent on the NHS); I’d take the improved public services any day, and anyone else who has benefited from the much improved NHS should feel the same.

So with Iraq/Afgan/Recession all likely to have happened regardless of the party in charge, what are we left with? Expenses? Both parties, Tories using the money for moats around castles, Labour perhaps not as decadent but still immoral.

Then what? In my opinion, in a nutshell, Labour policies relate normal people and promote equality in health and education, and collective society, which is reflected in some of their policies; eg. minimum wage, Surestart, record levels of NHS investment.

The conservatives care about well off people, and normal people (as long as aspire to be well off). Their policies tend to promote social climbing, private enterprise and try to encourage traditional family values (eg. married couples allowance). They also appear to want to dismantle or talk-down national institutions like the NHS and the BBC. I personally find this all a bit sickening.

The really is my political summary, and that is the best way I can explain why I vote Labour.