Up until 2 weeks ago, I was for the first time in my life going to vote conservative. Having grown up in the Thatcher era (and really mocking her dislike of “society”) to vote conservative would have been a big step. I really celebrated when Labour won in 1997 but have become more and more disillusioned with the Nanny state under Labour.
What has really put me off the tories is the desire to raise the inheritance tax threshold and that they want to stop the 1% rise in NI. No-one likes increased taxes but I think the state of economy dictates that unless we want a really bad education and health service, taxes need to go up. The marriage persons allowance tax changes they proposed is also a mistake in my view.
SO in a constituency where the lib dems are a poor third, I feel my vote has to go to labour
