[smudgie]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Sorry but I'm going to quote your post from your last paragraph and then work backwards!!

The reason his monetary policies can't convince the masses is because the masses, generally have little idea about how fiscal borrowing/spending works. Now before a certain person jumps in and accuses me of downgrading a populations intelligence, its nothing to do with intelligence and all to do with an interest in political economics... or not. Even my parents (god love em) who are high flying professionals liken fiscal spending/saving/borrowing to how they run their own household. Most people simply don't care about GDP levels so long as their own standard of living is okay.

We can afford to borrow. We can afford to stop austerity and we can afford to spend. If we want our economy to grow and prosper, we have to do all of those things.

I know the British government are always telling us how well they are doing and how popular media echo those sentiments but at this moment in time we are in financial crisis and that crisis is set to deepen because we are running on empty. The Tories are putting their money under the austerity mattress even though they know its a failed experiment and if something radical doesn't happen soon, we are all going to hit depressing times.

Perhaps there could be truth in what you say, I don't know, but it just doesn't alter the fact that he isn't trusted enough to vote for.
Not just the fiscal aspects but on other issues as well.
Brexit and his stance on defending the country haven't gone down well at all.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Perhaps there could be truth in what you say, I don't know, but it just doesn't alter the fact that he isn't trusted enough to vote for.
Not just the fiscal aspects but on other issues as well.
Brexit and his stance on defending the country haven't gone down well at all.

I don't understand his stance on Brexit, he was a remainer but wanted out really, what is he now?

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't understand his stance on Brexit, he was a remainer but wanted out really, what is he now?

Therein lies the problem.
We don't know, if he made more of it either way then the voters would know exactly how he stands.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Therein lies the problem.
We don't know, if he made more of it either way then the voters would know exactly how he stands.

He's been in politics all his adult life, he's a career politician who is out of touch with real people. He doesn't know how to answer a question honestly, because he doesn't even know the answer.

I don't think he's a bad man, and he's well intentioned. But the bottom line is, he's a fool.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Alf

He's been in politics all his adult life, he's a career politician who is out of touch with real people. He doesn't know how to answer a question honestly, because he doesn't even know the answer.

I don't think he's a bad man, and he's well intentioned. But the bottom line is, he's a fool.

I believe he's more in touch with the British public than most MP's. He just doesn't know how to get his message across. He comes over as, not passionate enough and not progressive enough and we all know, if he ever got in, there is going to be some fairly radical changes. We are Brits, we don't like change!!

As for answering a question honestly, I think he holds back on questions because he won't lie. This is why he's not a good salesman; he refuses to sell us something he can't make happen.