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He won!

 

After a tight race with his brother David, Ed managed to come out on top. In my opinion he was probably the best of a bad bunch, but he is a terrible speaker and has little charisma. At least we hopefully will not see the continuation of New Labour like we would have had under David Miliband. So for that I am quite happy!

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Now that this is over, I hope that Labour can get back on track and start the long task of taking back the country from the Tories :thumbup:

 

Strongly agree. Hopefully. :thumbup:

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Indeed. When the austerity measures are implemented by the Coalition the country will be banging on Downing Streets doors. The Liberals will be out of power for decades once more and Labour will push to the left hopefully. With that push those union members on the streets and all the people out of work will hopefully see Labour as the party it once was, a step removed from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the assaults it conducted on Civil Liberties. Ed Miliband is perhaps not the greatest candidate in terms of charisma, but hopefully he will be strong enough to kick aside all the New Labour politicians.

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Make an UK politics thread because i understand no [cabbage] of all this.

 

And frankly dont care about all the threads either D:

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Make an UK politics thread because i understand no [cabbage] of all this.

 

And frankly dont care about all the threads either D:

I fail to see what you mean? There's only ONE thread about UK politics right now.

 

And if you don't care, or want to understand, then don't come in.

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Because the Labour party has been so good for the UK for the past 15 years..

I don't think we're doing that badly buddy.

Say that to our figure of national debt + deficit

The situation is a GLOBAL crisis, you can't attribute everything to our Government. The entire world messed up.

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Because the Labour party has been so good for the UK for the past 15 years..

I don't think we're doing that badly buddy.

Say that to our figure of national debt + deficit

The situation is a GLOBAL crisis, you can't attribute everything to our Government. The entire world messed up.

 

 

So you're saying that the gross misspending by the government on stupid projects and spending way outside our means of paying off was the world's fault? No it was Labour's fault.

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So you're saying that the gross misspending by the government on stupid projects and spending way outside our means of paying off was the world's fault? No it was Labour's fault.

'Stupid projects' is subjective.

 

And not ALL our debt came from that, the failure and subsequent bailout of the banks was a global problem.

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The situation is a GLOBAL crisis, you can't attribute everything to our Government. The entire world messed up.

 

Yeah, but you can attribute the National Debt to the government, they spent it. And I'm ignoring the bank bailouts with that (since they'll probably be repaid), it's the massive spending on public services which is worse.

 

I'm very surprised Labour elected a man who won't be elected Prime Minister but maybe they want to go back to being the party for the trade unions. Either way I hope he does well, but David would have seemed the much more natural choice to me.

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The situation is a GLOBAL crisis, you can't attribute everything to our Government. The entire world messed up.

 

Yeah, but you can attribute the National Debt to the government, they spent it. And I'm ignoring the bank bailouts with that (since they'll probably be repaid), it's the massive spending on public services which is worse.

 

I'm very surprised Labour elected a man who won't be elected Prime Minister but maybe they want to go back to being the party for the trade unions. Either way I hope he does well, but David would have seemed the much more natural choice to me.

You're right that they did waste money, but every Government does.

 

And I think they want to get off the New Labour trip and take it back to their more fundamental principles because a lot of traditionally Labour supporters just see New Labour as a synonym for Conservative.

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Pirate, why don't you make an American politics thread? Or do you feel America is more important than England.

I know its probably a little hard to believe but we are just as equal as you.

 

Gordon Brown was a good politican, he knew what he was going and he was a heavyweight. Newspapers and chat shows started causing him trouble by claiming that he started the world financial crisis.

Four years till Labours back, hopefully the conservatives won't have abolished voting by then.

 

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Labour spend the money and make us go into debt -> conservatives sort out the mess and get a horrid reputation from the people in return.

 

The vicious cycle which is UK politics.

 

 

Except the problem with this is that the British Labour Party were at the forefront of the solution to the Global Recession. All the actions to combat it taken by Brown in the end turned out to be correct because the UK economy saw steady growth. Now with the Coalition's austerity measures most economists are talking about the dangers of slowing down. I agree that public services should be evaluated and cut according to necessity, but that economic investment is the best path to recovery.

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Good, good. Ensured that Labour won't be elected in the next decade, at least.

Well we know that Lib Dems won't get another chance for a shot at the seat, that's for sure. Not with Nick 'The traitor' Clegg. And the Conservatives will be blamed for a lot of crap for the next 4 years. Job cuts, higher taxes... I don't think the country is going to be a fan of them. Tbh, I found that people didn't *want* Conservatives, they just *didn't* want Brown. And, with Brown gone, and a shiny new leader - Labour have a chance.

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Liberal Democrats > Conservative Party > Labour Party. In my honest opinion, fundamentally I would rather Labour than Tories but I think the Labour party's view on identity cards and holding DNA is curbing of civil rights. I like the fact that the Tories are more socially liberal than Labour, but I dislike right-wing economics. And therein, I find the Lib Dems have the perfect ground. And the British National Party just scares me.

 

In light of other peoples posts - Wasn't the United Kingdom in huge debt partly because of the past Labour Government anyway?

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Except the problem with this is that the British Labour Party were at the forefront of the solution to the Global Recession. All the actions to combat it taken by Brown in the end turned out to be correct because the UK economy saw steady growth. Now with the Coalition's austerity measures most economists are talking about the dangers of slowing down. I agree that public services should be evaluated and cut according to necessity, but that economic investment is the best path to recovery.

 

Brown's recovery package was a brave piece of politics which in my opinion was entirely the right thing to do. But to say that his economic policies caused the recovery or saved us from the recession is (I think) giving them a bit too much credit. Initial stimulus, yes, but Labour's proposal to continue massive investment in public services and the economy completely ignored the deficit problem, which in the long run is a lot more serious problem than this recession if left unchecked. That's why the Tories are cutting so much, it's not for the sake of it (although a bit of fiscal prudence makes a nice change from "throw money at it and hope" Brown), it's to get a hold on the deficit.

 

And I think it's unfair the way a lot of Lib Dem supporters are labelling Nick Clegg a traitor. It's one thing to be a minority party of perfect principle but to actually take the opportunity for power and the ability to govern is something entirely different which he should be applauded for. He's trying to make changes that he thinks are right, and is in a better position to do so than any Lib Dem for many years.

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Except the problem with this is that the British Labour Party were at the forefront of the solution to the Global Recession. All the actions to combat it taken by Brown in the end turned out to be correct because the UK economy saw steady growth. Now with the Coalition's austerity measures most economists are talking about the dangers of slowing down. I agree that public services should be evaluated and cut according to necessity, but that economic investment is the best path to recovery.

 

Brown's recovery package was a brave piece of politics which in my opinion was entirely the right thing to do. But to say that his economic policies caused the recovery or saved us from the recession is (I think) giving them a bit too much credit. Initial stimulus, yes, but Labour's proposal to continue massive investment in public services and the economy completely ignored the deficit problem, which in the long run is a lot more serious problem than this recession if left unchecked. That's why the Tories are cutting so much, it's not for the sake of it (although a bit of fiscal prudence makes a nice change from "throw money at it and hope" Brown), it's to get a hold on the deficit.

 

I agree with you here, almost entirely. I think cuts should be made where necessary but should go hand in hand with further investment where necessary. For that reason I can acknowledge that cuts made by the Conservatives are to an extent the right policy to pursue as long as they are directed at services that are in some sense expendable. There are a number of issues, firstly the areas that are being cut, secondly the investment that will be made in the economy and thirdly the fairness of the cuts on the working classes.

 

 

And I think it's unfair the way a lot of Lib Dem supporters are labelling Nick Clegg a traitor. It's one thing to be a minority party of perfect principle but to actually take the opportunity for power and the ability to govern is something entirely different which he should be applauded for. He's trying to make changes that he thinks are right, and is in a better position to do so than any Lib Dem for many years.

 

The problem is that as a party they have to respect that fact that they were nominated on a certain platform. If you saw Question Time recently with Vince Cable, it became quite obvious that he had flipped on many of the key principles that he stood for, wrote about and campaigned for on the hustings. We may admire Clegg's willingness to take the bull by its horns and lead his party into a coalition where he may have the ability to soften the Conservatives' policies, but in and of itself his position isn't one that most liberal people who gave him their vote wanted.

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I agree with you here, almost entirely. I think cuts should be made where necessary but should go hand in hand with further investment where necessary. For that reason I can acknowledge that cuts made by the Conservatives are to an extent the right policy to pursue as long as they are directed at services that are in some sense expendable. There are a number of issues, firstly the areas that are being cut, secondly the investment that will be made in the economy and thirdly the fairness of the cuts on the working classes.

 

Yes, that's true. I suppose it's largely a matter of opinion at this stage because the full effect of the cuts will not take hold for a little bit yet. We'll have to see how they're carried through.

 

The problem is that as a party they have to respect that fact that they were nominated on a certain platform. If you saw Question Time recently with Vince Cable, it became quite obvious that he had flipped on many of the key principles that he stood for, wrote about and campaigned for on the hustings. We may admire Clegg's willingness to take the bull by its horns and lead his party into a coalition where he may have the ability to soften the Conservatives' policies, but in and of itself his position isn't one that most liberal people who gave him their vote wanted.

 

I'm very much in favour of holding politicians to their campaign promises, but you have to admit that the Lib Dems are in a fairly unique position of being in power, but not really. I do agree that Vince Cable should be criticised if he has flipped his positions based on what he was campaigning on, unless he's genuinely changed his mind, perhaps in light of new evidence, which I don't think is unreasonable to do. But I think the venom that a lot of people seemed to express towards Nick Clegg purely for dealing with the Conservatives in principle is a little reactionary and very naive. Although I don't think that's a view that you seem to hold.

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