wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help
wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
Because it's my choice and we live in a democracy! But, mainly because I am influenced by geographical location, the fact that I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help and because I dislike many Labour policies. That said, it isn't so much Labour policies I dislike, moreso Corbyn policies because I think he's detached from reality, knows he's highly unlikely ever to be elected so can just promise the earth and not have to deliver.
In honesty I think the Tories and Labour combined would make a terrific Government as they both have good policies but also both have terrible ones. But it's all subjective since the ones I think are crap others may think are great, and vice versa.
Where I live is a wealthy, true blue Tory town. Always has been except for when the LibDems took it for 12 years from 1993 (and I voted Libdem in 1997). So because the town is served well by the Tory council, and because most are well off (don't blame folk for being well off, it isn't their fault), I don't really know any different so I just vote Tory because it suits me, my community and in my opinion the country.
Rolluplostinspace wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help
Unless of course you're extremely wealthy then the government will step in with tax payer money when you've screwed up to make sure you never have to face conseqquences.
Socialism for the wealthy capitalism for the rest of us?
Rolluplostinspace wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help
Unless of course you're extremely wealthy then the government will step in with tax payer money when you've screwed up to make sure you never have to face conseqquences.
Socialism for the wealthy capitalism for the rest of us?
Gigabit wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
Because it's my choice and we live in a democracy! But, mainly because I am influenced by geographical location, the fact that I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help and because I dislike many Labour policies. That said, it isn't so much Labour policies I dislike, moreso Corbyn policies because I think he's detached from reality, knows he's highly unlikely ever to be elected so can just promise the earth and not have to deliver.
In honesty I think the Tories and Labour combined would make a terrific Government as they both have good policies but also both have terrible ones. But it's all subjective since the ones I think are crap others may think are great, and vice versa.
Where I live is a wealthy, true blue Tory town. Always has been except for when the LibDems took it for 12 years from 1993 (and I voted Libdem in 1997). So because the town is served well by the Tory council, and because most are well off (don't blame folk for being well off, it isn't their fault), I don't really know any different so I just vote Tory because it suits me, my community and in my opinion the country.
Absolutely it's your choice but that is a poor reason to do so, just because you can.
Can you explain how you think Corbyn is "detached from reality" and how he has "promised the Earth" please? I don't think fixing a broken railway system, or providing the youth of the country with a home (is this not part of the aspiration you've mentioned), or regulating the banks properly so they don't crash the economy and make the poorest pay for it, is promising the Earth. I think it's providing a society for all to flourish.
What Labour policies do you think prevent aspiration and what Tory ones aspire aspiration - can you point to some concrete examples? I'd say Labour introducing the Minimum Wage increased wealth and aspiration for all in society, especially the poorest.
Which Labour policies do you think are terrible and the same question for the Tories?
Gigabit wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help
Unless of course you're extremely wealthy then the government will step in with tax payer money when you've screwed up to make sure you never have to face conseqquences.
Socialism for the wealthy capitalism for the rest of us?
This is the crux of the situation and what I try to understand from Tories. They never seem - hopefully Wizzy can prove me wrong - to be able to explain the policies that the Tories have that actually are good, their response just seems to be "well remember what Labour did, hmmm!!!!".
Gigabit wrote:Which Labour policies do you think are terrible and the same question for the Tories?
wizzywick wrote:Gigabit wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help
Unless of course you're extremely wealthy then the government will step in with tax payer money when you've screwed up to make sure you never have to face conseqquences.
Socialism for the wealthy capitalism for the rest of us?
This is the crux of the situation and what I try to understand from Tories. They never seem - hopefully Wizzy can prove me wrong - to be able to explain the policies that the Tories have that actually are good, their response just seems to be "well remember what Labour did, hmmm!!!!".
Both parties create problems depending on your viewpoint. One can not argue that Gove is probably the best environment secretary we have had for many years. His positivity and genuine life changing policies - for the good of the environment, are superb. This is one significant positive area that I think the Tories are exceeding at. It isn't all about cuts you know.
wizzywick wrote:Gigabit wrote:wizzywick wrote:Why do I vote Tory?
Because it's my choice and we live in a democracy! But, mainly because I am influenced by geographical location, the fact that I think people should aspire to make a success of themselves without needing Government help and because I dislike many Labour policies. That said, it isn't so much Labour policies I dislike, moreso Corbyn policies because I think he's detached from reality, knows he's highly unlikely ever to be elected so can just promise the earth and not have to deliver.
In honesty I think the Tories and Labour combined would make a terrific Government as they both have good policies but also both have terrible ones. But it's all subjective since the ones I think are crap others may think are great, and vice versa.
Where I live is a wealthy, true blue Tory town. Always has been except for when the LibDems took it for 12 years from 1993 (and I voted Libdem in 1997). So because the town is served well by the Tory council, and because most are well off (don't blame folk for being well off, it isn't their fault), I don't really know any different so I just vote Tory because it suits me, my community and in my opinion the country.
Absolutely it's your choice but that is a poor reason to do so, just because you can.
Can you explain how you think Corbyn is "detached from reality" and how he has "promised the Earth" please? I don't think fixing a broken railway system, or providing the youth of the country with a home (is this not part of the aspiration you've mentioned), or regulating the banks properly so they don't crash the economy and make the poorest pay for it, is promising the Earth. I think it's providing a society for all to flourish.
What Labour policies do you think prevent aspiration and what Tory ones aspire aspiration - can you point to some concrete examples? I'd say Labour introducing the Minimum Wage increased wealth and aspiration for all in society, especially the poorest.
Which Labour policies do you think are terrible and the same question for the Tories?
The minimum wage has severely dented productivity in this country. It's the lowest it's ever been and it has seen a huge increase in social welfare payments and squalid living conditions for migrants who are wrongly told by arseholes in their home country that the streets in Britain are paved with Gold. The minimum wage is both a blessing and a curse, but as I'm predominantly a retail man, worked within the industry on and off for 33 years, full time jobs are a thing of the past and firms willingly take on people to do 9 - 16 hours per week because they know the state will just top up their money with credits so the profits stay in the business and not go to paying staff.
The Tory policies surrounding Police numbers are disgusting. I no longer support the Tories on that. The NHS record? Well, it's politics. Labour will say that the Tories want to scrap it and can't look after it, but as Mrs. May rightly pointed out, over the last 70 years, the Tories have been in charge of the NHS for 43 of those 70 years. Labour just 27. So, I think it's high time both parties stopped using it as a political football.
Young people are not automatically entitled to a home. They have to work for it. Going to University then just expecting society to give you what you want is not what I regard as aspiration. Of course it is vital young people are helped and encouraged to get a home, both parties have different ideas as to how to achieve that. I prefer the Tory option. Why is the Railway in a bad state? Unions that's why. And if nationalised it'll get much much worse. You probably can't remember British rail when the Railways were under national control. It was only 1996 that they went private. Strike after strike after strike. terrible rolling stock, delays due to any reason you can imagine. It is also the first thing that gets its budget slashed in hard times because whilst we can't live without hospitals and doctors, firemen and police, we can make sacrifices with the railways.
Royal Mail has been performing more efficiently since it was privatised too.
I will never ever tell a Labour supporter that they are wrong to vote Labour. There are all sorts of reasons why they choose to. So, it's somewhat disingenuous to tell those that choose to vote Tory, that they're wrong. In their minds they are not. Corbyn will create a country fully dependent on the state. You think taxing the wealthy will be the answer to all the problems. It won't. It will create unemployment so the Government rely on your votes in return for benefits and a threat of "Tories taking your benefits away". Corbyn can promise anything he likes because he knows he'll never have to deliver it. He is a threat to the stability of the Western World, and would be the same as Trump but only in the opposite direction. He wouldn't solve all the problems, he'd create many new ones. If a moderate Labour leader was to come along, I'd have no fear of a Labour Government. No party is perfect. No party is wholly deserving of power. But I choose the party that I think will do a better job of running things. In your opinion the party I choose is not the best one. But in my mind it is.
Gigabit wrote:Corbyn hasn't promised the Earth though. His policies are all used - every single one - successfully in Europe. In fact, most are used in Germany, a country we aspire to be like. When has he said he wouldn't be elected, he ran for PM last year...
MungoBrush wrote:Gigabit wrote:Corbyn hasn't promised the Earth though. His policies are all used - every single one - successfully in Europe. In fact, most are used in Germany, a country we aspire to be like. When has he said he wouldn't be elected, he ran for PM last year...
What about Corbyn's policy to raid the road building budget to give away free bus passes to under-25's
Cost: £1.4 billion
Do you think that's a good policy?
MungoBrush wrote:Gigabit wrote:Corbyn hasn't promised the Earth though. His policies are all used - every single one - successfully in Europe. In fact, most are used in Germany, a country we aspire to be like. When has he said he wouldn't be elected, he ran for PM last year...
What about Corbyn's policy on Trident?
He wants to scrap it
Labour party says keep it
Do you back Corbyn or Labour on that policy?
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