Imagine they did win it. They would be a party voted in for being the least hated, not the most liked. Hardly a way to go about things, is it? Isn't that exactly what this country has done for the past god-knows how long? We vote tories. Things go well for awhile. Eventually things go down hill a bit, as it will eventually, and then we vote Labour because the Tories @#$%& up. So new Labour comes in, and we all agree that overall things were a success for a substantial amount of time. Now things are going down hill, so what is going to happen? People are voting Tory, because Labour @#$%& up. I hope this forum is around in 4, 8, 12 years so I can bump this post just to say "Told you so", because I guarantee that when something goes wrong for the Tories, we'll have Labour back in - unless the Lib Dems actually manage to pull off a miracle.
Unfortunatly, the only reason people are paying attention to the Lib Dems is because Clegg is actually quite switched on compared to previous Lib Dem leaders. When Clegg is gone and is replaced by another generic Lib Dem leader, they'll go back to being the 3rd party again. Of course we could start a debate on whether or not the UKs 'First Past The Post' election system is the one we should be using, but as long as Labour and Tory are locking out everyone else it is the system we'll have, because nobody else gets a look in.
Besides that, a lot of the Lib Dem policies in my view will not benefit me, my future, my family, the people I am around whatsoever.
Sure, that might make me a total bastard, but at the end of the day we are all voting on what suits us, and how we see fit things should be done. It doesn't make you a bastard, it makes you informed and doing the correct thing. Voting for who you want because you actually have a real reason. Far too many people don't know why they are voting Tory this time, other than to get rid of Labour. That is the probem this country has suffered for too long.
But looking back, I am surprised you were so anti Conservative about what I said originally. What did you do between the job centre moments, may I ask? Apologies for being intrusive, but how would cleaning litter or doing other chore-like jobs as a stop-gap to fill the time be so bad? I did unpaid software work at home, I did constant placement schemes (web design (which was useless), basic computer skills (even more useless), charity shop work (surprisingly enjoyable, but not useful) and attended placements which were run by people who were "specialists in finding jobs". That last placement pissed me off because isn't that what the Job Centre is meant to do? Help find me a job? So we are we getting fobbed off to others? The last placement I attended 4 of the 5 days, and put in a complaint on the 5th. There were 6 of us on the placement. 4 chavs (but only 1 of which wasn't interested in a job, the rest were wanting a job, but nobody would hire these twats), me, and a highly qualified university graduate, with degrees in accounting. For 4 days we sat reading the local newspaper and checking the Job Centre website (which doesn't display all the jobs in the system, just FYI. Some jobs are only available through the Job Centre staff), whilst 3 of these "specialists" helped the University graduate get a job. They didn't give the slightest f**k about the other 5 of us. Oh, and on a side note, they failed and couldn't get him a job either.
The fact of the matter is, the system is *completely* broken, and cutting money from people will not fix anything, it will only widen the gap between the rich and poor, and put even more people into poverty. I have tried living off of a JSA, and it isn't fun. I currently live in the cheapest flat in the region, in the worst area in the town, and work nightshift for an utter cunt of a company. I rely on the little extra benefits to help me get by - and they want to cut that? That is a slap in the face for people trying to get by.
But looking back, I am surprised you were so anti Conservative about what I said originally.The reason I am anti-Tory is because I can't believe people look at David Cameron and say "Yes. This is the man who needs to be in charge". If you put John Majors face with the words that this man spouts then nobody would even think of voting for him. He is a lying, slimey bastard who is only interested in f**king the poor in order to gain more wealth for the upper class. He is 100% pure stereotypical Tory. I can't believe some of the lies and BS this man comes out with in order to seem less of a bastard than he actually is, and nobody notices. Even when he said "I didn't know I wanted to be in politics when I went to University". Well you must have had some idea you airbrushed ponce, since you studied politics!
Both Cameron and Brown need to be MEN and go take an interview with Paxman. He'll get all the BS out in the open for everyone to see. In fact, it should be a law that if you want to run for PM in the UK then you have to have at least 1 interview with Paxman in the run up to the election. Man up Brown, man up Cameron.
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