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joeysteele · 15-08-2011, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

I didnt know that. My knowledge of politics is slim to none. In that case I take it the lib dems sold out about the uni fees? Since that was (or I believe it was) their main selling point for the vote?

On topic, they will probably sell out again and just bow down to what the tories want. Spineless bastards.

This is not the solution at all. It will make things 100x worse. Why the **** cant someone who actually has brains be in power?

That is exactly right Vicky,as a Student I was almost stalked as were all other Students by Lib Dem candidates promising that we could trust them and that they would 'never in any circumstances' all their words, support cuts being made in the first year of Parliament or support the raising of tuition fees.

It was my first ever vote in an election and for my sins I trusted them,I never will again.
Yes though, the only way the Conservatives can govern and can get policies passed in Parliament is with the Lib Dems 57 votes, the only other allies to the Conservatives are the D.U.P. in Northern Ireland but they only have 8 MPs,so they cannot help the Conservatives.

Every party,except the Conservatives, that stood in the election was against cuts in the first year while the recovery was weak and also any rise in tuition fees either.
Only the Lib Dems supported opposite policies once they got the votes trusted to them and the seats they won from those votes.

I just hope the Lib Dems force the Govt to throw out knee jerk policies that are very badly presented, badly thought out and plain wrong.

Omah · 15-08-2011, 01:55 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14527540

Mr Cameron called for 'urgent action' on troubled families

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Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will put "rocket boosters" under work to turn round 120,000 troubled families in the wake of recent rioting.

He said the government should be less sensitive to claims that intervening was "interfering or nannying".

Mr Cameron said bureaucracy was slowing support for families facing multiple problems.

Labour leader David Miliband said parenting was a big issue, but warned against kneejerk reactions.

Mr Cameron has previously championed a drive to "turn around troubled families".

He has sought to boost the use of the family intervention project model.

This seeks to help families who face a combination of problems such as drug and alcohol abuse, illness, mental illness, unemployment, poverty and anti-social behaviour and truancy.

'Problem'

Support can involve allocating a single social worker to gain an overview of the problems facing the family, including having to deal with up to 20 different government agencies and support services.

"We've got to get out there and make a positive difference to the way families work, the way people bring up their children," said Mr Cameron, speaking at a youth centre in Oxfordshire.

"We need more urgent action... on the families that some people call 'problem', others call 'troubled'," he said.

In December, he appointed entrepreneur Emma Harrison as a "family champion", to lead a drive to get workless families back into employment, also using a similar model.

At the time, she said there were thought to be 125,000 that have never worked, and these are the "troubled families" that a lot of social problems "stem from".

However, Mr Cameron said bureaucracy had "held back" this work, and promised to "clear away the red tape".

Most support for families with multiple problems is now run by local authorities, funded by the Early Intervention Grant, which was essentially cut by 11% in 2012.

So where's the money going to come from for this "Big Idea" ......

The whole statement seems reminiscent of Cameron's "vision" of the now-discredited and abandoned "Big Society" .....

Livia · 15-08-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Omah

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14527540

Mr Cameron called for 'urgent action' on troubled families

So where's the money going to come from for this "Big Idea" ......

The whole statement seems reminiscent of Cameron's "vision" of the now-discredited and abandoned "Big Society" .....

It's going to come from increasing your council tax.

Omah · 15-08-2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

It's going to come from increasing your council tax.

That's what I thought .....

Livia · 15-08-2011, 02:00 PM

Ohhhhh please stop changing the thread title. It's SO annoying.

Omah · 15-08-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Ohhhhh please stop changing the thread title. It's SO annoying.

I have been advised by forum moderators that I should not create too many threads about the same topic and that I may edit thread titles to reflect my latest post, if it is an update .....