Austerity - how long now?

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Anyone care to have a stab at predicting just how many years the U.K. will be under the austerity program, assume until deficit is acceptably down at sensible levels. I'm going for 2021 for no other reason then gut instinct.

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nelly1 said:

Until Labour gets back into power?

Going on 'popular opinion' (polls), not long then

God help us all!

Labour have no chance of getting back into office, at least not this time around. Its a way off before General Election but I have a hunch it will be another Con/Lib-Dem Coalition. So many votes will go the way of minor Parties that again no overall winner.

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heppers75 said:

^^^ This....

You have to be a very special kind of tit to think that we are enduring anything remotely resembling austerity! It is all but laughable, we need an ENORMOUS cull in spending and mostly in the public sector and social servies area and you know what it will be very very hard when it happens I think the likes of student protest and poll tax riots will seem like convivial dinner disagreements!

When you grant people the ability to feather their nest from the largesse of the public purse they and their followers who were granted such largesse to keep those in power who granted it will revolt and it will be bloody!

Edited by heppers75 on Monday 27th February 21:39

In fairness we are told that this will be the first year of genuine austerity when most 'ordinary' people will start to feel the financial pain.

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don4l said:

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Labour have no chance of getting back into office, at least not this time around. Its a way off before General Election but I have a hunch it will be another Con/Lib-Dem Coalition. So many votes will go the way of minor Parties that again no overall winner.

The LibDems are down from 23% at the last election to 9% now.

There isn't a hope in hell that they will help form another coalition until their current behaviour fades from public memory.

It is beginning to look like UKIP, assisted by the current situation in the Eurozone, will replace the LibDems as the 3rd party.


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Can't see UKIP gathering much momentum in the three years to the next General Election. Its only the relative few that take an interest in politics that has a notion of who they are and what they stand for. One leader with plenty of zazz, and I like his style. Your comments do make sense but I don't see that they are ready to take Office just yet.

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bigdog3 said:

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Can't see UKIP gathering much momentum in the three years to the next General Election. Its only the relative few that take an interest in politics that has a notion of who they are and what they stand for. One leader with plenty of zazz, and I like his style. Your comments do make sense but I don't see that they are ready to take Office just yet.

UKIP could make effective coalition partners to the Tories. Might even get some decent policies and strong leadership rather than all this compromised crap. Nigel is a much better choice for Deputy PM than Nick.

Any Party that forms a coalition Government is going to have to compromise on their political beliefs to an extent that the Coalition Government can continue in Office. UKIP v Conservative back benches views regarding Europe would make an interesting situation.

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bigdog3 said:

Many Tory back benchers hold views on Europe which are closer to UKIP than their own party (possibly the majority). Invariably politics is a game of compromise but there is distinct synergy between core Conservatism and UKIP policy.

Indeed, but it must be remembered that the Europe issue is one that has almost blown the Conservatives apart more then once during the past 30 years. As a Lib-Dem I would love to see a UKIP/Conservative arrangement for it wouldn't last very long at all. Maybe this is a discussion which deserves its own thread?

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Slaav said:

I know I said I would not get involved again but are you really putting petty party Politics above the good of everyone?

Worse - you are HOPING that it all goes tits up so that you can blame your Political enemies?

This section of your post in this thread stood out.

Thank God we are not at WWIII or you would porbbaly hope for a bloody nose to prove what a numpty Call me Dave is? I sincerely hope that twisted and warped logic is in the minority; but then you are a Lib Dem so I guess that's a given....

(No beer smiley I am afraid)

Nothing wrong in being honest and upfront about one's political alliance, others may try the same thing . No you are incorrect in stating that 'I HOPE IT ALL GOES WRONG'. (its the way you read it)