George Osborne to cut £3 billion more from public funding if re-elected

So that probably means £6 billion because he doesn't know how to speak the truth. He has vowed that he is going to get tough on corporate tax avoiders (again) but not how (again) and that he intends to cut the top rate of inheritance tax for his millionaire buddies.

Referred to the Labour recession - again - but when asked why he hasn't met his own borrowing targets cited unavoidable global factors like the Euro zone, international market instability, and other factors outside of his control.

Politics really is ****ed. This lot will serve themselves until the next lot get their chance.

 

He's failed to meet any targets he's set and borrowed nearly double what he set out to and now we get another kick in the teeth because he wants to make more cuts...what a joke.

Blaming labour for the recession is wearing a bit thin now as well because I'm sure it was a global recession that affected many more countries than ours.

The election is on my birthday next year and all I want is these *******s out of number ten.... Can you imagine another coalition......UKIP/Conservative???

 

No mention of the part his millionaire banker friends played in bringing about the recession then?

The odd thing is, this sort of guff is only likely to appeal to those who are already dyed-in-the-wool Tory voters. It won't attract those deserting the sinking Lib Dem ship, and at the other end of the scale, UKIP are gnawing at their coat tails. So it's not even in Gideon's own/his party's self-interest.

If they couldn't win outright after three years of Gordon Brown, what chance have they got next May?

 

Cutting the benefits of the sick, elderly and the poor. Obviously to help fund this futile bombing in Iraq.

Nice man.

 

It's not just that either though Ian is it? What prospects do young people have under this government? A zero hours contract on barely enough to survive working two or three days a week when the agency wants you then no work for weeks "while it's quiet"

The little smug faces of the Tory MP's is enough to make you sick when you see them all grinning and clapping along to the drivel Osbourne comes out with.

I'm a labour supporter through and through (each to their own) and at least last week when Ed (I know your not a fan) did his speech to the Labour Party he wanted to give the young people in this country a chance to prosper.

I know you wanted independence the other week but I was glad you didn't get it because you lot up their in Scotland are very important to the north of England and the chances of getting a labour majority next spring.

 

Labour haven't said that they will reverse or even stop the austerity measures either - just for the record.

 

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Very Depressing mate. Unfortunately Labour seem to have burned their bridges with the electorate here in Scotland. I really don't think there will be any rush by voters to elect Tory MPs but because of the jumping into bed with the Torries and the other lot due to the Independence Referendum the SNP look to be in an even more powerful position. I'm led to believe that membership of the SNP since the vote has gone up around 30%.
Still a lot of Nationalistic feeling around. I really do think that Labour were big losers in Scotland due to the vote being lost.

My opinion is that Labour could quite easily lose a few seats in the General Election.

 

They haven`t said they will take another £3billion from the poor either, they did say they would take more from the rich though, The Tories have not said that !

I find it funny that we "need to save £3 biilion " , ironically the exact same amount it is said the attacks in Iraq will cost Britain!! The poorest in society paying for a war, yet again while the rich get richer and the richest will be laughing their tits off !

 

We'll see. If, and it is a big if, Labour are trusted with the economy again then it will be interesting to see how they manage the countries finances this time around.

 

Next time they will let the banks collapse

 

The last Labour government paid back more of the debt than any other government in history. The only reason they ended up showingf such a large deficiet was the Banking crisis and bailing the bast ards out !
Yet it seems that Labour are the ones that got the blame for a WORLD wide problem. This set of ****s have borrowed more money than every single Labour Government in history added together, yet they are seen as the party to look after the finances ! What a load of ballax !

 

It just seemed strange that for a party that love layer upon layer of administration and regulation that there were none in place for the banks. I know this also applied to previous Tory governments but they, the last Labour government, let it get disastrously out of control.

 

That would get my vote. I don't think the bankers ever accepted any blame for the mess they helped create through greed. Actions and consequences.

 

'Here here' or is it 'hear hear'?

The Tories are poison to 90% of the people in this country. Most of the Tory voters are too preoccupied pretending to be middle class, borrowing to keep up, to admit that they are worse off under the Tories. When did being working class become shameful? I work for a living.

As always, Tory spending plans are build on the back of the poorest in society - the least likely to fight back. Galling to watch major international corporations stealing tax revenues 'lawfully' while the government talks tough against the disabled.

 

When I rise to power the first thing I'm going to do is make zero hours contracts illegal.

The second thing I'm going to do is ban buy to let mortgages. Or, I might put a 99% tax on all properties sold after being purchased through buy to let.

 

Gets my vote then

 

anybody who thinks ANY of the current alternatives is the answer is deluded, the next election will be a farce, we are truly fked!

 

What do you expect after only one term? he needs more time.

 

Oh hell yes.

Any profits derived from property ownership - buy to let, flipping houses over after a coat of magnolia and one month of ownership, all that **** - taxed beyond the point of being worthwhile. In addition - if you want to own a second home you need to pay serious tax. If you have enough money to have two houses when some folk can't get on the ladder or get out from under landlords, you need a serious taxation reality check.

Zero hour contracts and workfare are modern day slavery and we ask why people aren't motivated to work? Ask why massive employers (given huge preferential tax circumstances) aren't motivated to hire, train, retain and reward permanent staff?