Malt 379 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 (edited) Taken from an interview last year: "He brushes off comparisons with Cameron – "people always make characterisations" – but also goes further than ever in distancing himself from the Tory leader. "I am someone who clearly has completely different values to Cameron. I just maybe see it as so obvious that I don't spell it out . . . You know, I didn't spend my life hovering around the Westminster village – I'm a complete newcomer, I only arrived here in 2005. He [Cameron] was a party apparatchik, I think did some basic PR stuff for a telly company, then was back in politics again. You know, I worked as a journalist for a while, for two years I managed development aid projects in the former Soviet Union, I was a trade negotiator, and the first time I did my time [in] politics wasn't even here, it was as an MEP. So I think I got a completely different outlook. We are completely different in where we come from in our constituencies. And also he clearly has absolutely no feel for the enormity of the task of changing politics – absolutely none at all. He hasn't even changed the Conservatives." Now you'd think they were best mates.. I think the liberals are in for a hammering from their own support from now on at most local/regional elections. Can't see this lot maintaining a stable government for long, just what we need ATM. http://www.newstates...ty-clegg-change Edited May 13, 2010 by maltenby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Its all smiles and politeness at the moment i carnt see it lasting trouble is wat other alternative is their .atb dell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Keswick 119 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Doesnt matter whats been said in the past, they HAVE to get on and work together now! This new government has a shit storm to deal with after 13 fecked up years of what i consider to be the worst government we have EVER HAD! Too many people spending money which they dont have, "just put it on fecking CREDIT CARD"! Now we have to pay it all back... VAT will go up, fuel will go up, other taxes will go up, to pay for the debt of the country and the legacy that LABOUR have left in thier wake. There are HARD TIMES ahead for all and YES the new government will have to make some hard changes that will effect us all. But i would prefer the hard times now for a while longer and reap the rewards later, rather than have a shit labour goverment that were burying their heads in the sand and pretending everything was ok and continuing to spend on fecking credit card, money we dont have!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest busterdog Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Poetry John pure poetry, i couldn't have said it better myself...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Poetry John pure poetry, i couldn't have said it better myself...... here here john for pm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 This new government has a shit storm to deal with after 13 fecked up years of what i consider to be the worst government we have EVER HAD! Worst we've ever had? Try telling that to the miners, steelworkers & fishermen & who lost everything in the '80s.. The lot we've just got rid off weren't great but if you remember, the last lot were got rid of in '97 in an almighty, resounding landslide.. I wouldn't go as far as saying the whole of the last 13 years were fecked up either. In my eyes the problem was they didn't know when to stop spending and start paying back. I agree with your points about the amount of credit people were getting themselves into, but that has happened on a global scale, not just in this country. That was as much the fault of greedy bankers making too much hay while the sun was shining. The sort of terms on loans and mortgages doled out by banks and other financial organisation who we'd always been able to trust, were just plain crazy. The lot we've just got rid off weren't great but if you remember, the last lot were got rid of in '97 in an almighty, resounding landslide.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackay 3,845 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Tony Bliar and his side kicks inherited possibly the best economic situation this country has experienced from the previous tory government, what did they do with it ?, pissed it away. The only reasons I could see anyone voting labour were either, your on benefits and it suits you, you're an illegal immigrant or you work in the public sector. Labour were no friend to the genuine working man in the private sector, christ even their last ditch attempt at saving the country was to raise income tax and hit workers again whilst the workshy skip merrily by. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 The only reasons I could see anyone voting labour were either, your on benefits and it suits you, you're an illegal immigrant or you work in the public sector. How about a person employed at the lower end of the pay scale, or someone who was badly affected by the last time the Tories were in power? I remember being paid 90 fecking pence an hour in my first part time job when I was 14. All legal & above board at the time... I was hoping that the results of this election would send out the message that we're pissed off at the whole system of government, not just whichever party is in power, and bring about total political reform. Fat fecking chance of that happening... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Keswick 119 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 90 PENCE AN HOUR? Feck me, you were well overpaid! As for political reform, there is more chance of that happening now with a coalition government than there ever was with the dictatorship we had before. They only tried to roll over at the last knockings when they KNEW THEY WERE DOOMED! Labour are as slippery as a bucket full of eels... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 90 PENCE AN HOUR? Feck me, you were well overpaid! As for political reform, there is more chance of that happening now with a coalition government than there ever was with the dictatorship we had before. They only tried to roll over at the last knockings when they KNEW THEY WERE DOOMED! Labour are as slippery as a bucket full of eels... That 90p was 90 new pence and all, not old money! They're each every bit as slippery as the last, you've only got to look at the way Clegg's changed his tune as soon as he saw a shot at power.. What bothers me now is that we've replaced one unelected PM with another, (under the current system) and with a sidekick who even less wanted anywhere near the reigns. I think we should have had another election myself, then another & another, until they got the message loud and clear.. ..but feck it all anyway, what will be will be I suppose! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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