[Livia]

Originally Posted by kizzy

What is it about money that turns people tory!...

That's a bit of a wild generalisation. You think everyone who's below a certain salary votes Labour?

There are lots of working class members of the Conservative party, just as there are some very rich "champagne socialists" in the Labour party.

The economy was better under Thatcher, whether you like her or not. The Tories inherited an unstable economy from Labour and built it up. Nothing happens over night, but eventually interest rates went down, unemployment went down we had a strong pound... then Labour got in and for ten years steadily spent all the money, sold off our gold reserves, plundered our pension pots... then lost a General Election to the Conservatives. So once again the Conservatives have inherited an unstable economy from Labour. It's like a vicious circle.