UK: Who will you vote for?
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- lowimpakt0
(as an outsider) I don't know why every is saying Labour ruined the country. They actually managed to bring the shithole through the longest period of sustained economic growth and they seem to be emerging from the global crisis that involves everyone fast than any other G8 country
There are still parts of the country that are only just getting over the mess the tories left them. Structural and entrenched depravation caused by Tory policies and actions
Even the small things don't make sense. e.g. The tories, including David Cameron, opposed the introduction of things like the minimum wage.
What kind of an asshole would you need to be to oppose the introduction of a minimum wage?
here's some quotes to remind you..
"ECONOMIC GROWTHThe UK has enjoyed steady, if not spectacular, economic growth during Labour's ten years in office – the longest uninterrupted period of growth in 200 years
One of the first acts of the Labour government was to give the Bank of England independence to set interest rates – while the Chancellor set the inflation target it had to meet.
Since then, inflation has been remarkably well-controlled.
The economy has enjoyed a period of low unemployment, with the rate coming down sharply from the high levels of the 1980s.
The total numbers in work are also at a record – but it is still proving difficult to get older men and lone parents back into the workforce.
Now unemployment is creeping up again as growth slows.The one figure that has not been so favourable for the government is the balance of payments.
Britain’s strong growth has been led by consumer spending, and shoppers have preferred to buy the cheap goods on offer from abroad."
- Are you saying you don't see the relation between minimum wage and high prices of local products?raf
- Minimum wage creates unemployment. Say, I have a company. I have £10/hr for 2 employees...raf
- ...if minimum wage is £6, I can only employ one and have to send the other to the bread line.raf
- That's bullshit raf. The minimum wave is essential.********
- for marx, hitler and lenin probably yes, they hate freedom of choicebyname