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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I hoped for good success for the Coalition kazanne,however,no matter what I do in my life, if I have a goal and plan a means to get to that goal but it is taking me too long to succeed,I look for a better way.
Labour who I felt were a total joke in 2010,I didn't blame them for the financial crisis, okay they could have done more to control things in the UK but they had no real control over the collapse in all other Countries which still would have massively affected the UK even if we'd ad the foresight to prepare for it.

Labour though,had a plan to cut the deficit in 4 years,making 20% less cuts and protecting the fragile recovery by not making severe cuts in the first year.

It was argued by the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, that was dangerous and unambitious and to still have a deficit barely halved by 2015 would be a disaster for the UK.
Rightly with a stronger plan, they formed a Coalition to all but clear the deficit by 2015, make more severe cuts from the first year,this they said would reduce the deficit quickest and protect the fragile recovery.
That simple has not happened, the cuts in the first year have had a devastaing effect and took us into a double dip recession,the heartless welfare reforms and ven more heartless ATOS testing has been in effect a hammer taken to the most vulnerable people in society with much more pain and more heartkess reforms still to be made all through next year.

The deficit was reduced by only 25% in the whole half of this Parliament,2 and a half years, it is now rising again due to the Coalitions new borrowing needs.
That is failure by any means the way I look at things and I think this Govt is too reforming, it should have waited to plan these reforms and look for other ways that wouldn't cause distress to the weakest in society.

I hoped the failure of the Conservatives to win an overall majority and therefore not get endorsements for the severity of their policies in the election and then having the Lib Dems in Coalition would have had a massively moderating effect on those extreme plans of reform,making sure too that compassion was a main order of the day as to any reforms.

That did not happen either, I find it sad that I heard from David Cameron today no understanding and compassion for the weakest and most vulnerable or indeed any let up in the hammer being used against them.
He said he is on the side of the risk takers, what risk takers, it was the risk taking Banks that helped bring about this Global financial mess,on the side of the likes of them.

We have a major question as to what to do in the future after the 2015 election as these are staying on this failed track, although they argue things are getting better becasue they are getting worse slower.
The answers for me are that moderates and consensus politicians from all parties should be planning the way forward.
That is never likely to happen but for me, one thing is sure,after this speech today by the Prime Minister, the answers are nowhere to be found now in this Coalition.
For me also.the NHS reforms will see that neither of the Coalition parties are trusted with that after the next election.

Whether Labour could have done it or not in reality, their modest reforms,the plan to only halve the deficit in 4 years and avoid really severe cuts to the most vulnerable in society,especially in the first year and also making 20% less of cuts in total, for me suddenly seems to have been more realistic and fairer from what we have had.

It pains me to say that but I have seen,and am seeing how the genuine disabled have had anxiety,confusion and even uncertainty and fear thrust on them from this heartless Coalition.
They ignore all the main charitable and other organisations who have, and who are, warning of the devasatating likely effects of the welfare reforms on the most vulnerable and such lack of compassion as that gets no support from me.

The polices over the last 2 and a half years are failing and causing too much added hardship. everyone expected some hardship but it is in the main all directed at one section of society and unfairly in my view.
Nothing David Cameron said today, gave me any hope he was going to insist on far more compassionate policies,he is staying with the failing ones still running.
I am really sad he failed to do any of that. I hoped for much better from his Govt in Coalition with the the Lib Dems.

Wowee joey, you have really studied this government comparing and contrasting them to what was happening globally in 2010. If more people have your clarity of vision to not look back, refusing to be led by the nose there may be a chance for this country! =)