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Should I vote Labour Mark 11

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whitewave Fri 12-May-17 11:40:03

That's a bum, can anyone cut and paste or something the manifesto that took me blood sweat and tears to do this morning please!!!???

rosesarered Wed 17-May-17 20:17:39

Perhaps in five years, when the Labour Party sorts itself out ( or most of the MP's
Decide to break away and form a centre Party) it will have a chance of winning a GE.
Not everbody is going to vote for T May because they love all the policies ( although they might like some, we haven't seen them yet, so can't judge) but because a Corbyn led government is too awful to contemplate.

durhamjen Wed 17-May-17 20:06:35

The building industry liked Labour's manifesto.

www.24housing.co.uk/news/labour-manifesto-the-reaction/

durhamjen Wed 17-May-17 19:23:36

Labour spending and tax calculations.

pbs.twimg.com/card_img/864463104738037760/_xESWbUs?format=jpg&name=600x314

MaizieD Wed 17-May-17 10:48:18

I heard a Today programme journalist attacking the Tory's economic record - and it needs attacking and highlighting.

I was listening to the R4 10pm news programme and the LP spending plans seemed to be well supported. Verdict seemed to be "Not perfect, but doable"

Well, what spending plans, Labour or Tory, are ever perfect or doable?

Anya Wed 17-May-17 10:43:39

Better than being ignored!

Jalima1108 Wed 17-May-17 10:40:50

Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
(me, I mean grin)

Ana Wed 17-May-17 10:39:34

Er...yes! grin

Anya Wed 17-May-17 10:38:17

That's my point.

Jalima1108 Wed 17-May-17 10:33:41

Or eats shoots and leaves wink

Anya Wed 17-May-17 08:56:47

Or perhaps, "May, you live in interesting times" wink

Eats, shoots and leaves......

Anya Wed 17-May-17 08:55:16

"May you live in interesting times" hmm

GracesGranMK2 Wed 17-May-17 08:36:48

Now I have had time to think about the manifesto overnight and it certainly offers something different and something where the majority of citizens are taken into account instead of just worrying about big business. Obviously business is important but to get to the stage where we protect business while people die or are destitute and where we don't put the necessary infrastructure in has to be taken into account and, for the first time in some years, I heard a Today programme journalist attacking the Tory's economic record - and it needs attacking and highlighting.

We now have two completely different offerings instead of Conservative and Conservative light so people have a choice. I find the LP offering a little old fashioned when I think of where jobs are going but then the Tories just bury their heads in the sand about the changes so no one is doing very well there.

Interesting times ... we live in interesting times.

Anniebach Wed 17-May-17 08:30:27

I was ashamed and embarrassed by the Corbyn Panto yesterday . Not a scrape of dignity , far more like one of those tv talent shows than the launch of a political party's manifesto.

Corbyns image is not the fault of the press, they didn't force him to do traingate, to behave like an aged pop star surrounding himself with women, to hide behind s glass door.

I dread a Tory government , I dread the thought of Corbyn as PM. ,

durhamjen Wed 17-May-17 08:04:37

Reasons to vote Labour.

durhamjen Tue 16-May-17 23:22:32

'The union leader blamed a hostile media for the scale of the task of turning around the leader’s image in the minds of voters, but added that Corbyn would have succeeded even if he won slightly fewer seats than the 229 the party held in the last parliament.'

He's not saying any worse than you do, Annie.

Anniebach Tue 16-May-17 23:18:44

What is McClusky up to? He has said he doesn't think Corbyn will win and will be lucky to win 200 seats

Anniebach Tue 16-May-17 23:04:12

Maizie,i have thought of that too.

MaizieD Tue 16-May-17 22:52:22

Sorry, Annie. I think it could be considerably worse.

Anniebach Tue 16-May-17 22:38:48

Well, I admit this election fills me with fear , I try not to think of those nightmare years under thatcher , surely nothing could be as bad as that again, could it?

durhamjen Tue 16-May-17 22:26:17

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/16/labour-manifesto-left-election-social-democracy

Praise indeed for Labour manifesto.

daphnedill Tue 16-May-17 20:21:35

Asbestos is still a huge problem in schools.

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/pupils-hosed-down-remove-asbestos-12740319

schoolsweek.co.uk/staff-and-pupils-exposed-to-asbestos-on-more-than-90-occasions/

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38167560

www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk/

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/removing-schools-asbestos-would-cost-2015298

MaizieD Tue 16-May-17 18:07:05

We had so much asbestos removed from our school in the first decade of this century that it's a miracle the building didn't collapse!

I'm amazed that it is still a problem; we had a survey done every time anything, however minor, was done to the fabric of the building. Have these schools with a problem still never had any repairs or alterations done?

daphnedill Tue 16-May-17 18:00:50

Pleased to see that Labour pledged to invest in the phased removal of asbestos from existing schools.

It's about time!

Schools built from the 1940s to 1970s are full of asbestos and teachers are one of the groups classified as at high risk of dying from asbestos-related diseases.

durhamjen Tue 16-May-17 17:32:19

voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/05/16/pensioners-remember-vote-labour-to-maintain-your-dignity/

Anniebach Tue 16-May-17 15:52:54

Errrrmm, I was speaking of the seventies , and do save you mental energy wondering why I consider myself a socialist , go google or perhaps you have a student today