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Originally Posted by andrewb
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.
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Think I'll stick by my comment that policies are irrelevant ... more than that they are just bs, tossed out gain votes, and then discarded after a party wins power. The excuse is usually something like: "We would follow up on our promise to (insert bs promise of choice), but the preceding (insert party of choice) govt. left such a mess that we can't do it at this point in time.
I mentioned underlying philosophies .... what I meant by this is that there are certain common tendencies in tory parties (and any other party). I can use the example of Canada. The Canadian tory party is unwilling to do anything significant to help the environment. They cut back government funding for daycare. They resist increases in the minimum wage. They cut access to unemployment insurance. They resist raising taxes for high income earners. They gutted the gun registry law. They wish to re-open the debate on gay marriage, and free access to abortion. They promise to get tough on crime, at a time when crime is on the decrease. Etc. etc. Oh, and with the tories, Medicare is always threatened ... thank god we have a minority govt.