This Labour government is slipping from one disaster to the next. They are sinking quicker than the Lusitania. We need change. We need the Conservatives.

I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

kylet15 wrote:I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Dave for PM wrote:

kylet15 wrote:I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Can you remind me what the unemployment figures were under Mrs. Thatcher ? Thatcher never had to deal with a recession, whereas Labour have had to.

I'm not defending Labour, because I feel this recession could have been avoided. I just feel that it is too easy for the Tories to complain, and to say they would have done a better job.

Matthew. wrote:

Dave for PM wrote:

kylet15 wrote:I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Can you remind me what the unemployment figures were under Mrs. Thatcher ? Thatcher never had to deal with a recession, whereas Labour have had to.

I'm not defending Labour, because I feel this recession could have been avoided. I just feel that it is too easy for the Tories to complain, and to say they would have done a better job.

Un-Employment was at 3.3. Million under Mrs Thatcher but when the Conservatives left office in 1997, the majority of their 18 years under Mrs Thatcher, there were the best economic figures since the war. Un-Employment in 1982 was so high because of the Labour Government before, they messed with the economy, they messed with pay and they messed with inflation, leading to the high unemployment rate, in Mrs Thatcher's 1st term as Prime Minister. She then proceeded to lower it and make our economy prosper.

Bad Unemployment since 1982 has only ever been repeated by this Labour government.

Intriguing that it seems to be Labour Governments that can mess up the economy well and that the Conservatives come to Britain's rescue! Mind you, you wouldn't see David Cameron saying he was saving the world, would you?

kylet15 wrote:

Matthew. wrote:

Dave for PM wrote:

kylet15 wrote:I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Can you remind me what the unemployment figures were under Mrs. Thatcher ? Thatcher never had to deal with a recession, whereas Labour have had to.

I'm not defending Labour, because I feel this recession could have been avoided. I just feel that it is too easy for the Tories to complain, and to say they would have done a better job.

Un-Employment was at 3.3. Million under Mrs Thatcher but when the Conservatives left office in 1997, the majority of their 18 years under Mrs Thatcher, there were the best economic figures since the war. Un-Employment in 1982 was so high because of the Labour Government before, they messed with the economy, they messed with pay and they messed with inflation, leading to the high unemployment rate, in Mrs Thatcher's 1st term as Prime Minister. She then proceeded to lower it and make our economy prosper.

Bad Unemployment since 1982 has only ever been repeated by this Labour government.

Intriguing that it seems to be Labour Governments that can mess up the economy well and that the Conservatives come to Britain's rescue! Mind you, you wouldn't see David Cameron saying he was saving the world, would you?

In 1982, Thatcher had been in power for 3 years. Gordon Brown has been in much less than that. Thatcher did more damage than Brown has done so far.

Matthew. wrote:

kylet15 wrote:

Matthew. wrote:

Dave for PM wrote:

kylet15 wrote:I might be a bit biased but I think they would:

This video is a good one for giving a general idea to Conservative Policies to sum it up:

Repairing Our Broken Economy
Fixing Our Broken Society
Mending Our Broken Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBn5EyFiKs#

Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Can you remind me what the unemployment figures were under Mrs. Thatcher ? Thatcher never had to deal with a recession, whereas Labour have had to.

I'm not defending Labour, because I feel this recession could have been avoided. I just feel that it is too easy for the Tories to complain, and to say they would have done a better job.

Un-Employment was at 3.3. Million under Mrs Thatcher but when the Conservatives left office in 1997, the majority of their 18 years under Mrs Thatcher, there were the best economic figures since the war. Un-Employment in 1982 was so high because of the Labour Government before, they messed with the economy, they messed with pay and they messed with inflation, leading to the high unemployment rate, in Mrs Thatcher's 1st term as Prime Minister. She then proceeded to lower it and make our economy prosper.

Bad Unemployment since 1982 has only ever been repeated by this Labour government.

Intriguing that it seems to be Labour Governments that can mess up the economy well and that the Conservatives come to Britain's rescue! Mind you, you wouldn't see David Cameron saying he was saving the world, would you?

In 1982, Thatcher had been in power for 3 years. Gordon Brown has been in much less than that. Thatcher did more damage than Brown has done so far.

I'm am talking about the ruling party in general, of which Labour has been in the UK for 12 years. You will notice that in referring to the Thatcher/Major years, I went up to 1997, the end of Major's Premiership.

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Matthew. wrote:
I feel this recession could have been avoided.

It couldn't have been avoided. The recession was due to the bursting of the housing bubble, exacerbated by acid loans. It could have been dampened. And that was Gordon Brown's failure. When New Labour put its so-called regulations on the City of London, Gordie was Chancellor. The regulations basically did nothing, that's partially why we're still in recession when Germany and France aren't any longer. The other reason is that our economy is mostly service based, which you can blame the Tories for.

I just feel that it is too easy for the Tories to complain, and to say they would have done a better job.

I agree. It's worthless speculation.

Keynesian theory suggests the New Labour financial policy is badly organised and frankly incorrect. Frankly, if i were a Keynesian theorist, i'd have shot Alistair Darling in the face by now.

The Tories would probably have adopted a similar financial policy, to be fair. Keynesianism has been accepted fiscal practice in the case of recession since 1929.

If they had done what they said at the time - let the recession run its course - then there would be little or no national debt, however, we'd have felt the recession a lot worse and for a lot longer.

You can see what i mean in that speculation is useless. You can talk about it, you can say "what if" as long as you like, but it desn't much help you. Although it's good to look back and say "that didn't work, next time we should do it this way" or "next time, an alternative might be better".

Dave for PM wrote:
Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Well, i suppose that depends what role you think the Government should play in the economy.

DSF wrote:

Dave for PM wrote:
Wow, I didn't realise that 1 in 5 young people are unemployed. Another damning blow for Labour.

Well, i suppose that depends what role you think the Government should play in the economy.

Well they obviously haven't played a big enough role.

Dave for PM wrote:
Well they obviously haven't played a big enough role.

Excuse my biased presumption, i don't usually peg Tories as economic interventionists. I'm not judging or criticising, of course. Different solutions are applicable to differing individuals. What do you believe the Government should have done? Do you think they should have followed Keynesian principles more closely or introduced different schemes? Do you agree with price controls to keep inflation down?