2015 UK General Election

[tweebie1999]

Which part is rubbish Frank?

Of course there has been intervention in the economy, there always is. Adjusting interest rates , tax , money suppy, start up funding etc. That's not what I was talking about. What I am refering to is government intervention into matters concerning private individuals dealings in the free market. I.e the rights of a landlord to increase rents. This is a socialist policy of the type we havent seen for a long time.

[superfrank]

Which part is rubbish Frank?

there has been much more than normal fiscal + monetary policy responses since the crisis started. central banks and govts have intervened all over the place to support asset prices and bailout out the private sector with public money.

what Osborne is doing with housing is anti-free market in just the same way as Miliband's rent controls crap. i'm simply pointing out that we've moved a long way from having true free markets and it's not socialists that have done it this time.

[Euler]

More debating and more politicians carefully using the word 'deficit' and not 'debt' I noticed. I really feel that we are destined to repeat the mistakes of the past until we go completely bankrupt. I don't want to hand that burden on to future generations.

[Archangel]

Unfortunately the way any politician looks at it is with a very short term view. They will happily burden future generation with debt as long as they can borrow enough to keep themselves in power. Debt is someone elses problem as far as they are concerned

[PeterLe]

Ed took a bit of a beating last night! They dont mince their words in leeds!

[Archangel]

i loved Camerons freudian slip."This is a real career-defining election!" before swiftly correcting himself. "Country-defining!"

[hgodden]

i loved Camerons freudian slip."This is a real career-defining election!" before swiftly correcting himself. "Country-defining!"

Almost as bad as his pretending to be a Villa fan one day and a West Ham fan the next

[LeTiss]

That shows how fake politicians are

Nobody ever forgets which football club they support, it's part of their DNA!

Cameron clearly hates football, but to show he's not a stuck up Tory and detached from the masses (especially the working class), he was advised to support a football team

He was designated Villa, and simply associated West Ham with the Claret & Blue of his...cough....favourite team

[Archangel]

how can these guys represent ordinary folk !

[Wyndon]

Agreed. It reeks of privilege.

[superfrank]

unfortunately politics attracts low calibre people these days for lots of reasons (most new MPs are ex-local councillors or special advisers that have never had a proper job).

i'd reduce the number of MPs, double the salaries (for new MPs only) and make a rule that they must have had proper jobs for at least 12 years before running for parliament... and can't be Scottish

[LeTiss]

I notice decent money is starting to appear on a Conservative majority, both with the bookies and exchanges

Perhaps people are becoming scared of a SNP/Labour alliance & will possibly vote tactically for the Tories

At 1.12 laying NO Overall Majority looks as though there might be some movement there

[Archangel]

Did Miliband rule out a alliance with the SNP?
I am guessing this is just tactical are the SNP are scaring people to vote Tory. Also SNP are hovering up a lot of Labour voters
Of course once the election is over and Labour need the SNP , they will get together for the "good of the country"

[LeTiss]

"I am not going to have a Labour government if it means deals or coalitions with the Scottish National Party"

The words of Ed Miliband on Question Time yesterday

[Euler]

Wonder if he had his fingers crossed when he said that.

The market is good trading fodder and you wonder if it will go into overdrive next week.