defsdoor wrote:VNVObit wrote:
Saw this on Channel 4 last night
While not a fan of Will Self do think he's right that the election was dominated by preying on people's fears
Well I for one was scared shitless that another Labour government would ensure my great grand kids would still be paying for their recklessness. So much so I actually let my daughter vote.
Problem with that is the only words on the voting slip she recognised or understood meant we ending up voting for the Green Party.
A number of Tory policies (lower housing grant, affordable rent, right to buy extension) create significant future liabilities for future generations which aren't actually capped. As to the structural deficit, a significant proportion of that was their own underinvestment when times were good (I'm thinking of the pension liabilities in particular).
They have a tendency to go for short term financial options that become unaffordable in the long run which tax payers pay for, including future generations, e.g. communications infrastructure.
They've never been strategic in a business sense (if you think of them as effectively the directors of UK plc) and having a five year term tends to have them focusing on what they can show at the next election rather than establishing a vision for, say the NHS and having complimentary policies in transport, food (think sugar), environment, etc. that actually help manage the costs over time.
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