The Choice for Britain
It does not matter much which football team David Cameron or Ed Miliband support.
It does not matter in the slightest if one of them tripped on leaving the stage after the TV debate the other night.
I have just had a laugh in the previous post about Ed Miliband managing to "Bunny Ears" himself but I would not for one moment argue that this affects whether he should be PM or not.
Nor does it matter if David Cameron had a minor slip of the tongue and said "career" when he meant "country."
But here are three things which do matter.
1) David Cameron realises that the Britain's deficit has to fall, and has succeeded in reducing it by a third in absolute terms or by half as a share of GDP. Which means it is still dangerously high but at least moving in the right direction. By contrast Ed Miliband refuses to admit that the last Labour government spent too much.
How can we possibly trust a Labour government not to repeat that mistake if they won't even admit that they made it?
2) On David Cameron's watch unemployment has fallen and British businesses have created more than two million new jobs, 80% of them full-time. On Labour's watch unemployment rose.
3) David Cameron has committed to give the public a say on EU membership: he has committed himself to a referendum in terms which it would be impossible to wriggle out of.
By contrast Ed Miliband would not give the people of Britain a choice.
It does not matter in the slightest if one of them tripped on leaving the stage after the TV debate the other night.
I have just had a laugh in the previous post about Ed Miliband managing to "Bunny Ears" himself but I would not for one moment argue that this affects whether he should be PM or not.
Nor does it matter if David Cameron had a minor slip of the tongue and said "career" when he meant "country."
But here are three things which do matter.
1) David Cameron realises that the Britain's deficit has to fall, and has succeeded in reducing it by a third in absolute terms or by half as a share of GDP. Which means it is still dangerously high but at least moving in the right direction. By contrast Ed Miliband refuses to admit that the last Labour government spent too much.
How can we possibly trust a Labour government not to repeat that mistake if they won't even admit that they made it?
2) On David Cameron's watch unemployment has fallen and British businesses have created more than two million new jobs, 80% of them full-time. On Labour's watch unemployment rose.
3) David Cameron has committed to give the public a say on EU membership: he has committed himself to a referendum in terms which it would be impossible to wriggle out of.
By contrast Ed Miliband would not give the people of Britain a choice.
Comments
"The Hobsons Choice for Britain"
Because personally I find those political activists and politicians who realise that their own party is not perfect and ask for support because they think their side is the best (or least worst) choice available to be far less scary and more human than the "true believers" who think their own side are absolutely wonderful.
a hobsons choice is no choice at all, and i don't see any choice but to vote conservative (other than not to vote at all, but even that risks losing out on getting the referendum i want) so again I have no choice.
I'm not exactly ecstatic about it, but its a simple fact.
Pensioners are exempt from the changes to housing benefit which are sometimes given this misleading title by Labour spinners and activists.
Funds have been made available to protect the disabled and armed forces members.