Paul R
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A win-win surely.Tricky first test for Cameron comes tomorrow when his favourite team, Aston Villa, play his favourite team, West Ham
Paul
A win-win surely.Tricky first test for Cameron comes tomorrow when his favourite team, Aston Villa, play his favourite team, West Ham
They both chuck money at it, in equal amounts. The problem is there aren't enough doctors, and a sizeable percentage of home-grown ones have gone to Oz to get away from the disastrous "Modernising Medical Careers".
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The LibDems got what the deserved for selling out those who voted for them in 2010 so only have themselves to blame.
I live in a small island of red in a sea of blue
So do I. It's called London and think we should go for Independence like the Scots and leave all those provincial towns to the dystopian nightmare they seemingly want.
Lucky you. I have seven years to go, not that I'm counting or anything.
I would have pegged you at 50 or thereabouts rather than late 50's earlier 60's - live and learn.
Unless he's planning to retire early! I'm 47 and seriously considering retiring when I get to 50.
As it stands at the moment, net subsidy to Scotland is about £14.6bn per annum. If that were to end overnight there would have to be something like 15p in the pound increase on income tax rates up there. This is not going to fly obviously. As long as oil stays below $100bbl the situation is unlikely to improve significantly.
The Tory and UKIP vote share would still be below 50%, just. It would have resulted in a safer situation for the country as a whole than we are in now. It would also have been fair and legitimate. The current situation is anything but.
Funny stuff. In 2005 Labour commanded a Parliamentary majority with only 35% of the popular vote. Were you concerned about legitimacy then?
Have these people forgotten that there was a referendum on changing it in 2011, and the result was a comprehensive vote to stay with the current system ?
That suggests to me that the country doesn't think the current system is too broken.
We'll be seeing that during the next 5 years in the UK for sure.Some casual observations from afar...
If you add up the Conservative and UKIP votes, I think they outnumber the total for Labour, Lib Dem, SNP and Green combined. If correct, then the results of the UK election would seem to be representative, and the majority have spoken.
Here in the US, there are more total Democrat than Republican voters nationwide. Funny thing is, even in states where the Democrats are a majority, the Republicans still often win the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. It's because of gerrymandering. If a state elects a Republican governor, he can ensure that voting district boundaries are drawn in such a way so as to prevent serious challenge to incumbent Republican representatives. It is an insidious and pervasive practice.
But based on votes per seat, gerrymandering would appear to be somewhat less of a problem in the UK. Also, generally speaking, when it comes to electing leaders, it would appear that the UK is a more conservative country than the US.
Groundhog Day.There is no way any politician, least of all Cameron, is going to destroy the NHS. NHS spending rises by similar amounts under both Tory and Labour govts.
Probably not a specific reason for voting tory but regardless, a tory vote is for a party that does not support the notion of the NHS.There is a difference between cut-backs and what thebiglebowski was claiming - that everyone who voted Tory voted to get rid of the NHS.
I think most people who can would happily pay an extra £10 per week in tax if they genuinely thought it could fix the NHS and help those that really need helping. Sadly there seems to be no voting option that can achieve this.
Groundhog Day.
Money is not the be all and end all.
Funny stuff. In 2005 Labour commanded a Parliamentary majority with only 35% of the popular vote. Were you concerned about legitimacy then?