Right that’s it, enough is enough.

halfaperson · Allan Clarke Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 741

Suppose its been coming a while but this latest budget has just put the final nail the coffin of my life time allegiance to the Labour Party. I really do not know what they sand for anymore. In fact I do not think they stand for anything other than their own self perpetuating plutocracy.

In 1997 I genuinely believed we were on the cusp of fantastic new era as 18 years of brutal (some say necessary) social and industrial reforms were brushed aside. Now more than a decade later im living in a landscape I never thought possible under a so called party for workers.

First time mortgages escalating to 6 times a normal persons salary compared to about twice in 1997.

Pensions eroded to nothing as the tax man and greedy corporations plunder them for their own coffers

Immigration managed in the most amateur idiotic incompetent way that has left many areas crime ridden no go zones and a black economy that admittedly is one of the few working class growth industries.

A war on two fronts justified by a huge lie

Country side and greenery stripped away to make way for insipid new housing developments to accommodate the rapidly expanding non organic population

A benefit, housing and health system that actually encourages people to indiscriminately bang out kids and sit on their arses all day by making that more financially viable than working.

Education a privilege for the wealthy.

The almost complete annihilation of pubs due to breathtaking arrogance and indifference towards a major part of our country’s heritage.

Council Tax bills doubling inflation every year due to central government starving local councils of funds

Fuel bills, transport costs and other utilities allowed to escalate completely out of check despite government price watchdogs.

Sleaze greed and corruption exposed time and again amongst a government that promised to make its abolition a priority

Bloody hell I could go on and on here but the final straw was the latest budget that to me epitomizes Browns hypocrisy and blatant disdain for people like me. If he thinks taking 200 quid off low paid single people who want to work rather than sponge and give it to me is going to get my vote he can think again. Does he really think I am that stupid? Couple that with the fact that he will only get it back through a 4P tax hike on ale makes him to me anyway the worst prime minister I think I have ever seen and simply not fit to run the country.

Is it really down to me to compensate his loss in revenue from pubs resulting in the smoke ban? Is it down to me to carry the cost of teenage binge drinking of shit cider and alcopops bought from supermarkets by paying more to drink this country’s finest product responsibly? Is it bollocks Evil or Very Mad

. Can anyone tell me just who is the political party for people like me because I really really do not know.

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halfaperson · Allan Clarke Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 741

Just feeling let down at the moment mate, maybe just a phase, maybe this bastard flu bug ive picked up in dirty London getting me down. Would actually appreciate a talk about it on 15th. Dont have to be so serious does it? Might need some help getting back on the tracks Laughing