Colin, old Rusty McBean is reported to announce that the provision of public-services is to be radically reformed. Maybe saving the public-services will be his legacy, as he also appears to admit that the economy is about to go the proverbial “pants-up”.

As nothing is currently happening in the political sphere in Her Majesty’s Kingdom why have polls? Most people are more concerned about their friends, relations, and fellow Commonwealth citizens in Pakistan. In 2008 we have many pit-falls awaiting; many known knowns, some unknown unknowns, and lost that remain unknown but we should know.

So – as is the spirit of the year – let’s debate tomorrow as we drink 2007 good-bye. Let’s judge one-another not by race, upbringing, or inability to conform what we see as right [sic]. Let’s us look forward to 2008 and it’s many elections, it’s unsure legislation and, come April, the raising of the lowest tax-band from 10% to 20%. No wonder our political leaders want a 10% pay-rise!

Good News for Labour and Gordon Brown but Bad news for David Cameron Voters still have reservations about him because they think he is a Bit Smarmy still and A ETON TOFF?

Nick Clegg will be a threat towards David and Gordon because of his youth looks?

If Gordon Brown knows if he loses an A Genral Election who will have a plan to change the voting System to prevent the Tories (Conservatives)will win an General Election again by First Past The Post by Changing Electoral System?

He can think of 3 different Voting P.R Systems like Alternative Vote Plus, Additional Member System or Single Transferable Vote this is a form of Proportional Representation to prevent a Tory government getting a majority in the House of Commons!

Go on Gordon wrong Foot the Tory Party and wrong foot Cameron change the Electoral System and the Constitutional System in Local Government and Elected House of Lords!

Go on Gordon I hope you do this before the Election in 2009 or 2010?

Headline Figures: 40/35/16 (Con Lead 5)
“Almost 6 out of 10 believe the Prime Minister is doing badly”

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3108146.ece

I think you may be forgetting that there are some sensible people in the NHS and teaching professions that know things need reforming. Thats why many of the more sensible ones voted for TB 3 times in the first place. But now they have seen either no real reform, or very destructive target based reforms that have in practice made things worse, rather then better.

The simple point to remember is that as perceptions are all in politics, what Clegg says is important as far as the fortunes of the Conservative party are concerned.

Especially in Con/Lab marginals, which are the ones that really count the most. True 6 pointers you might say.

Also why vote Lib/Dem to keep out a Tory when the result could be 5 more years of Labour. When Lib/Dem policies are much the same as Tory ones?

If The Lib/Dems spend their air time propagating basically practical free market policies then Clegg will help to make practical free market policies become acceptable to the general electorate.

This will largely castrate the Labour parties affiliated media, like for example the BBC and the Daily Mirror.

Who will then be hard pushed to start indicting that such policies will result in the entire population possibly dying of cancer and the NHS being unable or unwilling to treat them. Very much like they did very cleverly, during the last 3 general elections.

I could be wrong about this, but I doubt it.

I’m pretty certain the teachers wouldn’t willingly vote for this agenda-or the nurses if it means the dreaded “reforms”.
They will be glad that Blair’s efforts to push public sector reforms died with his departure, and hoping that Brown will row back from them.Therefore IMHO the only way a LibDem vote would be more appealing than a NuLab one would be if the former offered public sector policies to the left of the latter.
Clegg appears to be trying to move right of centre rather than left of Labour.Had he ( or Huhne!)chosen the latter course I agree that this would have offered a home for disaffected public sector workers, concerned about a Tory Government and disillusioned with NuLab’s lack of socialist credentials.

Sorry for the delay. Politics and Christmas should never mix. My point about Clegg may need clarifying.

Many Labour voters would never vote Tory. Having a demi-Thatcher (a’ la Blair) in charge of the LibDems could enfranchise discontented supporters of NewLab to defect to a NewTory-lite LibDems.

Given the alleged support for the public-sector that the LibDems pander for, public-sector professional [sic] could see this as an alternative support-option to the Tories. Teachers, nurses and junior police-officers have much to avoid NewLab about…!

Happy New Year one and all.