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Originally Posted by kazanne

I think people will vote for Labour as they will give them what they want(or so they think)while they enjoy all the hand outs ,behind the scenes the country will be plunged into debt again,only for them to escape the blame as the Tories will be voted in again to mop up the mess and deal with the hate and so it goes round,You have to be cruel to be kind and it's about time people stopped wanting something for nowt.

I feel you are right kazanne, people will be voting Labour more at the next election, I also think in spite of anything they say or say they will do.
The votes though will not as such be for the Labour Party but they will be votes against this Conservative Lib Dem Coalition.

I think the Coalition had a good chance and a the perfect time to call for all in the Country to make some sacrifice,for me they failed by getting bogged down with all these costly,confusing and across the board reforms to the NHS and the welfare and benefits system.
They should have concentrated on the reduction of the deficit,they would have had a better chance of holding support by doing that and avoiding confusing reforms that have had to be changed, moderated and looked at over and over and according to the main organisations are still unfair, lack compassion and basically wrong.

For me, Labour just needs to sit there and wait,I just cannot see where anyone who didn't vote Conservative last time would do so next time because of these,what are seen as, heartless policies especially to the weakest and most vulnerable in society.
Labour can just have the open door for all who wnat to see this Coalition gone,the Lib Dems in particular.
I find that sad,although I haven't a single scrap of trust or respect for the Lib Dems now, since I had high hopes for this Coalition and hoped for good compromises as to policies and more compassion too with more emphasis on concensus.

These are the issues I hoped Letterman would have raised with David Cameron on his show.

'The Truth', really good reading and interesting,I agree with just about all of what you detail there.
I don't accept we were are or near bankrupt though, near bankrupt Nations cannot give or would be allowed to give such aid as we do to other Countries,or could have got so involved in the Libyan crisis too.
Also with our workforce, there are always the means to raise taxation to clear any real near bankrupt situations if any ever existed.
Governments hate to do that but sometimes it could be necessary,being near bankrupt is such a situation for that to occur.
I expect to hear from all parties at the next election that they have no plans to increase income tax,(despite the deficit likely only being at best halved by then), that usually is the code for they are very likely to do so.