Martian Sunrise
pfm Member
I thought it was a new episode of the thick of it!
It was frightening - I got the sense that the Conservative Manifesto had been thrown together as an after thought with little substance and even less to back it up. The lack of detail was flabbergasting. Arrogant is not the word.
The questions around where money was to come from to fund things like the NHS were not even remotely answered.
It seems to me that the she is basing our future on a strong economy that she has no idea how to deliver.
As much as Corbyn makes my skin crawl May is even worse.
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Soz, but that was a dour 0-0 draw, in which May had the slightly better game.
Really? You know the manifesto is now being presented as aspirations and not an actual plan? Do you think she looks strong and decisive after u-turning on NI contributions and social care? I know the answer is usually "I listened". No. get it right in the first place.
Immigration figures while TM was Home Secretary. Compare them to what was promised. How much confidence does that give you that he will succeed this time? She might be helped by a tanking economy post Brexit.
The NHS. It's not doing well or do you see it differently? The £8B isn't new money, she did also say it was coming from changing priorities (or something similar) and not just from a better economy. She couldn't answer what the other methods were. If the £8B is just coming from an improved economy, do we not get it if the economy doesn't grow? How do you take the "record amounts" statement? Is that generosity or the fact that things go up in price so you have to spend more, we've got a larger population etc and in real terms the money isn't going up?
It wasn't a competition for Andrew Neil to win or lose. It was about TM getting her message across and for that message to stand up to some examination. The questions were quite simple and TM gave very political answers. For example do you know if tax and NI will go up or not? It hasn't been ruled out does sound like something you can really vote on.
Don't worry, I'll be just as rude to the others this week
Really? You must be an exceptionally poor judge of character!