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When will the Conservatives stop trying to rule with an iron rod?

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By Lucette Davies

The Conservatives have always been recognised as being tough on law and order but there really has to be a limit and our current government seems is going beyond that.  In Britain today many lives involve huge suffering.  Poverty is excruciatingly high and time and time again we hear about the Conservatives placing harsh measures on those people whose lives are already hard enough.  Quite honestly I have grown sick and tired of hearing about this government’s latest clamp down on yet another group of undeserving people.  The suffering is immense and usually such measures are utterly futile in their attempt to provoke the desired change.  We have seen in some cases an avalanche of punitive measures taken against one group of people, with each measure coming shortly after the previous measure failed to create the desired change.  It is seriously time to pick some holes in this approach and expose it for what it is. Continue reading “When will the Conservatives stop trying to rule with an iron rod?”

Are government policies being used to win votes for the Conservatives?

Image with caption 'would billionaires spend millions to influence your vote if it had no value'By Lucette Davies

 

A competition run fairly  starts with a level playing field but perhaps this is not an idea that the Conservatives subscribe to?  Having a think about some recent legislations that have been passed, I started to suspect that the Conservatives had 2015 in mind as each change in legislation was proposed. Continue reading “Are government policies being used to win votes for the Conservatives?”

Who will win an election that is a battle between right and left?

Diagram of left and right thinkingBy Lucette Davies

Tony Blair recently made a statement about how he feels the 2015 General Election will be the traditional fight between left and right with the traditional result, meaning a Conservative victory.  How true was this statement? Continue reading “Who will win an election that is a battle between right and left?”

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