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Valley Blues, on 20 June 2024 - 12:09 PM, said:

if its based on morals they wont get 55 seats...

fishini, on 20 June 2024 - 04:11 AM, said:

As I have said countless times, to get a good government, you need a good opposition. Lets hope the Lib Dems can offer it!

Wooden Spoon, on 20 June 2024 - 02:17 AM, said:

Absolutely true. Lets hope the Labour govt doesnt just copy the Blair govts ideas as that didnt end well for the country. Already signs of PFI coming back - one of the main issues for the NHS and other departments!

Quiet day considering its an election campaign. Is it that inflation is down to 2%.. or is that the latest poll suggests the Tories will have 55 seats and Lib Dems 50 in the new parliament so Labour can do as they want, who cares what the definition of a working man is or what the long term prognosis is in regards to the long term prospects...

I watched ITV news at 10 and heard an economist sum it up perfectly - there is nothing in any manifesto to deal with the challenges we face... but hey, we can moan about that in 5 years, and blame how bad it was when the Labour govt took over (I also read an article this week that said that the next year will be good whatever SKS does as everything is in place with a delayed reaction..)

HistoricWarwick, on 19 June 2024 - 08:13 AM, said:

he is the one that seems to say the most sensible things. Does experiences just mean they know how to play politics and say nothing and achieve nothing?

joe, on 19 June 2024 - 06:19 AM, said:

What will get done? we have an ageing population, improved medical procedures and treatments, fewer people economically active, already very hogh tax take from business and those on higher incomes, the expected spend on the NHS and pensions will balloon. And Labour will do what? devolve a bit more power to mayors, allow a few more houses to be built and create another govt body in the energy company, and growth will finance everything - well that they are talking about so far...

Growth will be better over the next 5 years - inflation is back at target today, productivity will increase as firms will need it to to pay higher interest rates which wont go back to below 1%. But I see nothing in what they are saying that will move the dial - except we will spend more on the NHS (into the black hole it goes, to what effect who knows) and somehow we will magic up new teachers and PCSOs despite doing nothing to make the jobs more attractive... but more spending means more tax so just the govt deciding where its spent rather than individuals...

So the next 5 years should be better than the last - no Covid, no shock of a war in Europe - but will it be as good as it could be and will it set us up for the5 years after....?