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Originally Posted by Eric
Policies are largely irrelevant ... they are like war aims, the aim to rid Iraq of WMDs for example, which tend to disappear once "victory" has been achieved. They are then replaced with other imperatives. What are important are not particular policies, but underlying philosophies.
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I think policies are very, very important. It has never been Labours 'underlying philosophy' to make the poor poorer, to make it that some of the lowest paid workers are taxed 96 pence in the pound for every extra hour worked over their contracted hours - heck I doubt it was Labours underlying philosophy to allow our economy to be the worst prepared for recession than any other industrialised country. Their policies however have allowed this to happen.
I don't for a second believe that the 'wicked tories' want the poorest unemployed, as if it gives them some pleasure, as Mancie would have people believe. It's very easy for Mancie to just come along and write a loud of nonsense. The problem he has is that it is just that - a load of nonsense. Just take for example his view that 'the Conservatives would get rid of the minimum wage', it's rubbish, but it's politically useful for him to get angry about. As the saying goes, why let the truth get in the way of a good story.