Questions to the Prime Minister 3/18/2014

Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers budget speech to House of Commons

Ed Miliband did well on the debates tonight.

I don't think he was terrible, albeit clearly worse than Cameron, although it was a completely pointless exercise given their usual failure to answer any questions

Its really grinding me gears how completely Labour are not fighting the narrative that the recession was caused by the deficit and thus it has to be reduced etc. Instead of even challenging this narrative and trying to put the emphasis correctly on financial institutions being reckless, they seem to be corroborating it.

Pacman seemed to give him much less grace than he did with Cameron when they avoided the questions asked.

Both are ****tards tho. One looks like a thin sliced packet of ham and the other has a speech impediment. Neither are therefore fit to run a knees up in a health club, never mind a country's affairs.

Labour are just as much in it for the money as the Tories. This is the narrative that suits both of them and their access to the revolving door between public office and banking bonuses.

We've heard Labour's bull**** for years, and in Scotland they've basically had free rein for decades. Hopefully the pathetic fearful individuals who believed them in the referendum will finally wake up.

Thought there'd at least be some mention in here of the dirty tricks campaign against the SNP leader.

A full two hours before the leaked email was discredited, a record?

What do you think Ed would say when someone asked what his job title was at the treasury when they were being reckless under new labour?

He was literally in charge of long term economic planning not too long before one of the worst recessions in history.

Saw this flying around Cornwall at the weekend...



Never an anti-aircraft gun around when you really need one.

Dont see how this is at all relevant to my post?

Q:Why is Labour not presenting a moah accurate narrative on the cause of the recession?
A:Ed balls job title.....wat

The most accurate narrative might be its all Labours fault (it isnt) but that does not stop them presenting a more accurate narrative than its all the fault of the deficit. Blaming it all on Banks would also run better with there base.

I LDO dont expect any party to run an accurate narrative on the causes of the recession, I am just surprised how neatly Labour are falling in line with the Tory narrative.

Lol. Ed Miliband, not Balls.

His job wasn't exactly to police the banks but it was tangential to doing so.

lol tangential to policing the banks. right. so innocent you are.

I'm not sure what your point is. Id have assumed you would agree with the sentiment of what I posted so I've literally no idea which way you think it's wrong.

Bored already, this "no I'm Spartacus" spiel wrt NHS funding is tiresome

The political debate is really depressing and seems to be getting dumbed down to an incredibly low level. It's working on the assumption that the electorate is stupid and can't see beyond headlines or soundbites and unfortunately I think they are correct in that assumption in many cases.

One thing that annoys me is how a phenomenon that has been happening for years gets symbolically attached to the current administration as if somehow things were magically different when the opposing party was in power.

Tax dodging is the current example.

Zero hour contracts is the better example imo. Really came up under labour, just started getting attention since the recession. Ultimately it's the effect from the cause of making it harder to fire people under labour.

Hmmm.

ZOCs might have started under Labour, but it has definitely grown under the Tories. Not saying it is there fault, but if a social phenomenon grows under a certain admin they have a responsibility to respond even it was set in motion by the last admin.

Tax dodging has existed as a consistent phenomenon since there has been tax, but somehow the Tories are being painted as the party of the rich who are actually facilitating tax dodging some how, even though it has got no worse under them.

The minute our elected executives 'police' anything to do with the City will be truly remarkable. The sun will dry up the oceans before this happens...

unless of course there is vi**ent revolution. fancy it?

Totally agree with the boring and spasticated level of the debate. Every time I hear one of those ****tards speak on the news I struggle to not break things.

I don't know if it's just that I notice it more nowadays, but I don't think I've ever heard this level of complete ****e. That said, I really don't know why I'm even bothering to comment on it.. It's not as if it is in any way surprising. It was exactly the same throughout the whole tiresome referendum campaign.

The Tories blame labour for the recession when there is zero chance it would've been any different if the Tories had been in power. In fact it may have been worse is the Tories may have had even less regulation.

UKIP manifesto they released today was even worse than expected, somehow.

Tax cuts for the rich, living cost increases that will hit the poor the most due to banning all unskilled migrants & a point system for others, closing important departments, leaping out of Europe with no soft landing and worst of all is bringing back the primary purpose rule which is a proven failed policy removed in 1997 four years after its introduction.

The most comical part was to the question of "who will work on farms harvesting produce?" they instantly reversed one promise saying short term migrant visas might be possible. Oh or students might do it, which they won't.

Yes, this is an unfortunate state of affairs. I think the insiders don't necessarily think people are stupid, or even lazy, just busy. They do know that the media is lazy (and mostly stupid.) Even if people try to avoid political events, they can't avoid the distorted drivel we see on a daily basis. This is where the war is front. Not on the stage, but in tomorrow's headlines and soundbites.

I would like to see the major parties be much more aggressive towards UKIP. Language like 'evil bunch of racists' comes to mind.