@ Sarah In the Desert. When I say Labour inherited a mess,

Comment on General Election 2010 Poll Results by Helen.

@ Sarah In the Desert. When I say Labour inherited a mess, I don’t simply mean regarding the economy. I unlike you and some other posters, do not obsess over and base my entire political thinking on the economy and the EU. You can argue with me until you are blue in the face about these issues and it won’t change the fact that my value system is different to yours, and it always will be. Frankly the country would be in debt regardless of who was in charge, so I don’t spend too much time milling it over as to me, it’s a problem that can never be solved. That’s global capitalism, it will always be like this, and we will always be lucky to live in the UK. When I say Labour inherited a mess, I am talking about what I feel is most important. The last time I checked, this forum was about who we are going to vote for and why, not about economic strategy. Public services, and most importantly, the NHS are unrecognisable now compared to in 1997, and I have personal experience of this. For example people used to wait for CABGs (heart bypasses) for several years in those days, and many people died waiting. When I left the NHS in 2006, this wait had reduced to 12 weeks. Life and death. You see, what’s important to me is simply different to what’s important to you (or at least what you choose to post about). Isn’t it interesting that the people with more Tory leaning posts are the ones which seem to be largely about money $$$$$$$$$.

You write: “What’s wrong with supporting single mothers?” – absolutely nothing provided that you’re not just encouraging them to have loads of children by lots of different fathers because it’s financially better for them to do so; also that the father’s are being forced to take financial responsibility for their offspring and that children are placed with the parent that are best able to provide for them.” I thought the CSA already were forcing fathers to take financial responsibility for their children where possible. What welfare model would you apply to support single mothers? Many are in that situation through no fault of their own, they work, pay taxes and should not be denied support just because there are others that abuse the system.

The insurance you suggest in case you lost your job; are you seriously suggesting that low income families should be taking out private insurance in case the lose their jobs?