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Originally Posted by vorlon24
Another 5 years of broken promises - yeah, sounds great to me.
Not.
I was at a client meeting last night, and he said that he was always a labour supporter, but not any longer, due to too many broken promises.
We have had 8 years of it, and I've had enough, quite frankly
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Sounds like you are a die hard Tory. Me and all my mates are happy-ish with Labour and will be voting Labour again. And if there was any doubt I don't need 10 words, just two. Michael Howard. However Hyndburn has really benefited and things have never been better in our time.
Considering in 97 the country was down and out it has been a hard slog back but you have to give credit where credit is due. Things are on the up in housing, crime, education, employment and economy, health IN HYNDBURN. Despite the tribal politics it has been 8 years of steady [not spectacular] improvment.
Thats why the only card the Tories have is their old dirty tricks cards of trying to 'lie thing up'. Hospital cleaniless, immigration. They wont talk about the other 3. Dog whistle politics for the minority 30%.
This election has been charaterised by rabid Tories, filling messageboards, phoning up talk shows and trying to 'speak for everyone' that the country is going to the dogs. Its been an energetic campaign but the Tories havent learned the lessons on 97. People dont want bull, they want improvments. Just list them around Hyndburn. Things we never had or have any chance of under Howard. He'll take them all away. Tax cuts for the rich to pay for half price private health care for the rich!!
£35bn worth of cuts including the new deal. So thats no youth traing in Hyndburn, no housing investment and cutting millions from Hyndburns housing programme, scrapping of elevate, scrapping the schools improvment programme, scrapping sure start and childrens centres, cutting police numbers [and probably putting police back in panda cars to make further savings!!] and community wardens [as the local Tories have done already!]. Removing billions from the NHS into private health care for the rich. I am not having any of that. The government has goven millions to Hyndburn Borough Council. Thats right Tory controlled and bankcrupt.
Lets remember the days when we had the softest home secretary and yobs running amok - yes Michael Howard. Where were the tough measures then? I cant remember any? I can tell you this though. We have just had the toughest home secretary I can remember and tough laws have been passed. Most recently the Housing Act to stamp on landlords. Backed up with record police numbers.
Lets remember the last time Tories were getting all aggressive 'about our country'. The minimum wage was going to destroy business and lose millions of jobs. Labour couldn't handle the economy and the country would go belly up within the first term of a Labour govt. All I have to say to rabid Tories is if you go into a bookmakers, make sure you leave your wallet at home. Your predictions aren't very good.
A vote for Howard is vote for a bunch of cranks and crackpots who care very little for places like Hyndburn who have benfitted under Labour. No a leopard does not change its spots Mr Poll Tax, you keep appealing to the ignorant and the selfish and we'll keep voting against you.