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Posted by michael on August 13, 2011
I was quite surprised to see the following item in the Daily Mail. I know that it is my view that Labour did immense harm to the British society, in particular to our children, whilst in power for 14 years.
But I did not expect the Labour party to actually agree!!
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Ed Miliband has admitted Labour is to blame for undermining the ethics of British society.
The Labour leader conceded yesterday that the moral decay which David Cameron has blamed for the looting occurred on Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s watch.
He admitted: ‘We did better at rebuilding the fabric of our country than the ethic of our country.’
But in his most provocative comments on the causes of the riots, Mr Miliband claimed that the mayhem of the last week was partly caused by poverty, an argument already made by his deputy Harriet Harman.
‘We have got to ask why do we have people in our society who feel that the way they can get on and the right thing to do is go and nick the telly, engage in the kind of looting we saw,’ he said. ‘We have got to avoid simplistic answers. There’s a debate some people are starting: is it culture, is it poverty and lack of opportunity? It’s probably both.’
Polls show that the public rejects claims from left-wing politicians that poverty and cuts causes lawbreaking.
One survey this week found that just 8 per cent of voters believe the Government’s cuts were to blame for the riots.
Mr Miliband said the riots showed young people have no ‘sense of right and wrong’ and sought to claim the rioters were the same as bankers. ‘It’s about irresponsibility, wherever we find it in our society.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2025457/London-riots-2011-Nick-Clegg-denies-rift-police-says-ministers-arent-trying-armchair-generals.html#ixzz1UvlnUABL
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Posted by michael on August 11, 2011
The true legacy of Labour is becoming more clear as time goes on.
The focus has been on the complete mess that they made of our economy.
The total waste of tax payers money has left the UK with so much debt that we simply cannot afford to properly care for those in need – there are just so many of them now!
But what did the education system do to our youth? Labour policies made ‘adults’ out of children. They introduced a massive divide between adults and children.
Labour policies taught children that they had the ‘right” to behave as they wanted, that they could do as they wanted and that adults / parents / authorities had no right to tell them what to do!
We now have a lawless sub-class in our society – ruined and damaged children who will mostly grow up to be ruined and damaged adults.
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Posted by michael on August 10, 2011
I have just heard Hazel Blears talking about these ‘thugs’ who need to be dealt with ‘properly’, and the ‘generations’ of criminals in families.
These concerns were simply IGNORED by Labour over the last forteen years!! All sensible people knew that bad behaviour needs to be punished BUT Labour did not allow children to be punished. They had armies of do-gooders who made EXCUSES for bad behaviour of children. Courts could not deal properly with teenagers and youngsters who were basically out of control. A whole generation of children were taught by Labour’s incompetent social policies that they could behave AS THEY WANTED with no fear of consequences. Even if they were caught these children would often receive benefits such as holidays. In my view Labour’s economic and social policies have damaged the UK severely!
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Posted by michael on August 9, 2011
The rioting has shown that we can save a lot of public money by reducing our police force significantly.
We clearly don’t need so many police since they don’t actually do anything in riot situations.
I was impressed at how they could all get dressed up in their protective riot gear and then just stand and watch these moronic youth smashing and burning cars and shops!
Where were the water cannon, the dogs, the rubber bullets, tear gas??
It looked to me like the police made a decision not to take any action in case they annoyed these rioters! Or did the police believe that the rioting would stop if the police didn’t get involved?
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Posted by michael on August 1, 2011
Those people who are due to retire are beginning to realize that the pensions that they have paid for over the years are not going to be enough to live on!
I just hope that they remember why our pensions are going to be so poor for years to come.
Gordon Brown and Labour introduced a tax on pensions which has significantly reduced the values of our pensions.
Why did he do this? Was it just a deliberate political attack on the middle classes?
But he knew what he was doing and he knew the consequences for peoples pensions! People are beginning to realize now that they are going to have problems when they retire. Many will have to work for longer.
The damage that Labour did to our economy will have ramifications for all of us for years to come!
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Posted by michael on July 4, 2011
Ed Milliband is apparently wondering where Labour go from here!
It is clear from events over the last 40 years that Labour stands for one thing only. That is the desire/need to spend all the UK’s money and to tax us all significantly more simply because Labour needs to keep spending!
This urge to SPEND is at the heart of Labour. Just look at history!
Either the IMF come in to fix the economy following a Labour government OR the Conservatives have to sort out the UK economy which a subsequent Labour government simply bankrupts again!
People might not mind this inbuilt desire for Labour to bankrupt us every time they are in power IF we got some long term benefits from it. But we don’t!!
In fact we are nearly always left far worse off financially following a Labour government!
Note to Ed Milliband: The problem that you have is that Labour almost bankrupted the UK last time in power and it will be difficult to exceed this achievement when you next get into power.
But I am sure that the next Labour government will find a way!!!
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Posted by michael on June 22, 2011
The unions and the Labour party need to learn the financial lessons that Greece is now going through! Labour totally messed up the UK economy in their time in power!!
Yet the unions, who own labour, want to have their cake and eat it!!
The unions striking for more money and less cuts is so, so cynical. The Labour party caused the financial problems in the UK yet they don’t want any consequences of their own actions to affect themselves and their members.
The trade union members did not cause the problems BUT they voted for the people who did! The cuts have to be made or the UK will go the way of Greece. Doesn’t anyone in Labour remember the consequences of the IMF running the UK after a previous Labour government bankrupted the UK economy?
I hate this greedy, selfish attitude of the trade unions. As long as they are OK it doesn’t matter what happens to anyone else!!!
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Posted by michael on June 2, 2011
This is not a humiliation for England!!!
The English FA have stood up for what is right. FIFA has proved that it is little more than a secret, self-interest group with very little public accountability.
Rumours and accusations of corruption mar the credibility of FIFA. And the secrecy amongst the members is totally unacceptable for the international organisation managing the game of football throughout the world.
Blatter has conceded that some major changes need to be made, for example allowing all the members a vote on major decisions. But who knows whether this will actually happen!
In my view FIFA is not fit for purpose and needs root and branch reforms. It would be best to completely scrap FIFA and set up a new , democratic organisation to handle the game of football.
This gravy train must be derailed as soon as possible!
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Posted by michael on May 6, 2011
It is quite amusing to see all these people complaining about libdems breaking their promises. They know that these pledges were given as part of the Libdems election campaign.
These complainers know that these pledges cannot be implemented unless the Libdems are elected.
I would guess that most of these people are Labour supporters trying to break the coalition, or they really do not understand the political facts of life!
The UK owes the LibDems a favour for keeping Labour out of power. Just look at the immense damage that Labour did under Blair and Brown.
Most of the Labour ministers are the same ones who were in the last government. Could anyone actually trust Labour not to complete the job and actually bankrupt the UK if they got back into power?
I wouldn’t!
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Posted by michael on April 7, 2011
It is interesting to see all these anti-cameron/conservative posts on the various newspaper forums.
The comments tend not to be at all constructive, simply slagging off cameron or clegg or the conservatives in general.
These people all have short memories – it was the Labour government that so messed up our economy that the UK needs to cut costs which means some public services need to be reduced.
The coalition government is not cutting services for fun! It has to be done to avoid the same fate as Ireland suffered and Portugal has now fallen into.
Being taken over by the IMF has a dramatic affect on the public services on the country. The UK has avoided this disaster so far.
Remember the IMF taking over a failed UK economy before? That was a Labour government – they seem to make a habit of almost bankrupting UK economies!
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