DC writes: one year to go

With one year to go to the next election the Prime Minister writes:



"The General Election is one year away. For each of those 365 days, the Conservatives have one clear message: we are the team that is turning Britain around.
 
"We have set out a serious, long-term economic plan: reducing the deficit, cutting income taxes, backing business, capping welfare, reducing immigration, delivering the best schools and skills - and that plan is working for families across our country.
 
"The deficit has been cut by over a third. Our economy is now one of the fastest growing in the developed world. 1.5 million more people are now in work. Immigration is down. Welfare has been capped. And something I'm very proud of: today 250,000 fewer children are being taught in underperforming schools.
 
"All this means more peace of mind for families, more young people with the chance to get on in life, and more financial security for people across our country.
 
"From the ashes of the Great Recession we are building a Great British revival.
 
"But make no mistake: all this is at stake a year from now. Labour's only plans are for more spending, more borrowing, more debt - more of the same that got us into the mess. They would ruin the progress that has been made.
 
"So our message is clear, consistent and unrelenting: the Conservatives are the ones with the long-term economic plan that is working. If we want to continue this Great British revival, and keep on turning our country around, we've got to keep working through this plan.
 
"That's why I'm asking you to back the plan that is turning our country around by donating £10 today.
 
Thanks,
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David Cameron"

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Jim said…
"We have set out a serious, long-term economic plan" - this should be good

"reducing the deficit" - no where near fast enough by cutting spending of tax payer money

cutting income taxes - we let people keep some of the fruits of their own work, how nice, now are you going to raise the tax free bracket to someone working full time on minimum wage?

"backing business", thats right raising VAT to 20% making it harder to sell your produce to consumers, whilst keeping extortionate tax on fuel so your delivery's are overpriced. Fantastic.

"capping welfare" at the level of someone on a very very good wage, not at the level of the minimum wage.

"reducing immigration" so long as its from outside the EU

"delivering the best schools" so we now have kids who can recited the times tables, oh hang on......

and that plan is working for families across our country. most familys I know are railing against the government overcharging for everything, fuel, VAT, VED, its just one tax after another, the highest diesel duty in Europe, high VED and roads that make the craters on the far side of the moon jealous.

So instead of asking for a £10 donation, why not use some of your unearned inflated salary, paid for from the hard pushed middle classes.

Just a thought dave........
7:58 pm
Jim said…
And then my crystal ball tells me this is the man who will offer a referendum on the eu membership, even though history shows its the same man who unleashed a 3 line whip to ensure there was not one.

Gordon Brown did do the great pension robbery, but then again in 4 years the current government have not reversed this action, you can say he caused it all you like, but the fact is in 4 years the current government have not reversed it.

A fuel duty cut was a must for this governemt yet they have so far failed, a 1p cut is not a significant cut in fuel duty, and freezing current rip off duty is not cutting it either, a significant (10p per litre cut) would make a difference. In fact no, just scrap fuel duty. its a double tax anyway, the price of rhe fuel plus the dreaded VAT.

Give me the option not to pay any council tax, that would be ok, I can sort my own arrangements to empty the bin. Others say that other things would suffer, but what other things? The roads would not (not like they can anyway) but that is why i pay road tax, no street lights, brilliant for astronomy and cars seem to have headlights on them.
no library- well we have the internet.
no civic hall - it can actually be self funding if its allowed to be
no pubic toilets - er, well tell me the difference
no tip - but there is, so long as labour legislation is removed.
No police - wrong, police fire and ambulance services are why we all pay income tax, we sure as hell do not pay it for wastage
7:30 pm
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