Comments on: First poll of 2009

By: thomas

thomas — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:46:29 +0000

…waiting for Obama’s inauguration…

By: stuart gregory

stuart gregory — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:38:58 +0000

that blocked not blacked

By: stuart gregory

stuart gregory — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:49:07 +0000

COLIN-

my drains are getting blacked again muct be labour trying to find ways to throw money away

JULIAN WARE LANE

labour has always been bad in local govenment beacuse it can not hold its vote as well as the lib dem or conservatives, well i say lib dems. they did have a good election winning team at one point now they don’t

OSBAK

glad to see that there is still some light haerted comments on hear its been quite resently

By: Julian Ware-Lane

Julian Ware-Lane — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:05:40 +0000

As a long-time Labour activist I can confirm that getting our vote is always hard work. As a very rough rule it appears that the ‘civic duty’ element is far stronger amongst Tory voters, whilst ours often have to be cajoled into the polling station. Hence why we are so keen on postal voting. It also means that we have to work harder in often the less pretty parts of our constituencies. Losing great swathes of our activist base has not helped either.

By: JackR

JackR — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:35:26 +0000

Ivan the terrible:One main policy difference that makes me trust the Tories more is;
Lab- Refusal to accept they have done anything wrong for 10 years
Con- Acceptance that Labour have done many things wrong for 10 years

The Conservatives are hardly going to say “oh yes, didn’t Labour do a splendid job, bravo old chaps!”

By: Osbak

Osbak — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:42:49 +0000

Mark M and James: thanks for the numbers. Interesting stuff . . .

By: Alasdair Cameron

Alasdair Cameron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:20:56 +0000

Excellent summaries everyone.

For both I would add ‘bury head in sand at approaching environmental and resource crunches and pretend no one told them’

By: colin

colin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:06:05 +0000

Ivan-nice summary.

Hope you don’t mind a little fleshing out-just to test my own understanding:-

Education.
Labour-Maintain State Control via LEAs/Non-selective secondary education & whatever else is producing the current educational outcomes.

Conservatives-Remove State Monopoly by opening supply side to new providers with state percapita funding/Introduce streaming by ability.

Economy.
Labour-Borrow for Fiscal Stimulus till 2010.reduce interest rates .Maybe put more into Banks-win GE-then put up taxes & cut spending.

Conservatives-Cut spending now for use as (different )Fiscal Stimulus-reduce interest rates. Don’t put more into Banks, but introduce £50bn Government Loan Guarantee Scheme.-win GE then pray a lot.

By: Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:27:10 +0000

One main policy difference that makes me trust the Tories more is;

Lab- Refusal to accept they have done anything wrong for 10 years

Con- Acceptance that Labour have done many things wrong for 10 years

I require no further numbers or policy ‘fleshing-out’ to decide which view is correct!

By: Mark M

Mark M — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:19:09 +0000

Are these not the parties positions?

Environoment
Lab – Green taxes
Con – Green taxes, plus an awful logo

Europe
Lab – Pro Lisbon
Con – Anti lisbon, unless it gets passed in which case inactive on Lisbon

Education
Lab – Grade inflation and no reform, lots of funding
Con – Labour funding, otherise tbc

Defense
Lab – Expensive america led wars in the middle east
Con – tbc, were for iraq at the time

Economy
Lab – No more Tory boom and bust, instead Labour boom and bust
Con – Boy george and ’sound money’

Of course, I am willing to be corrected if I’ve got any of their positions wrong