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Whitewavemark2 Fri 01-Nov-19 10:05:33

If you want our NHS to be ended and replaced by a private health scheme then this is where your vote should go.

The NHS is for sale if the Tories win. You won't take it from me? Take it from former Tory Prime Minister John Major.

"The NHS would be as safe as a pet hamster in the presence of a hungry python if Boris Johnson, Michael Gove & Iain Duncan-Smith rose to power following Brexit."

GracesGranMK3 Fri 08-Nov-19 20:49:45

They certainly blinded the Daily Mail reader/Conservative voter though Maizie. He/she believed we actually needed austerity and for 10 years!

MaizieD Fri 08-Nov-19 18:13:31

Well, we do know that all that austerity was unnecessary trisher.

I've no problem with the tories spending some money so long as it isn't accompanied by tax cuts for the rich and big business and it incorporates some green initiatives to deal with climate change...

trisher Fri 08-Nov-19 17:58:08

Hang on what happened to living within our means, not borrowing and managing a household budget??? Isn't that what they have been saying for the last 10 years?

Whitewavemark2 Fri 08-Nov-19 09:55:48

OK

At last the Tories have put out some concrete information, that look at and begin to evaluate.

Javid spending proposals.

Borrowing for infrastructure should not exceed 3% of GDP.
This compares with 1.8% over recent years.

The OECD recommends that advanced nations spend 3.5% of GDP on infrastructure.

This will be paid for by extra borrowing.

The chief economist of IPPR the Conservative borrowing is about current spending and tax cuts.

Javid has not yet laid out exactly how the extra money will be spent.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 07-Nov-19 10:44:25

Some Tory supporters

pbs.twimg.com/media/EIpYZO-XsAE0Ywb.jpg

Yehbutnobut Thu 07-Nov-19 10:32:57

* Vote Johnson, get Putin* and of course The Trump!

jura2 Wed 06-Nov-19 22:01:46

blimey lemon, where on earth have you been sad !?!

Dominic Cummings is a Russian puppet? I think there are more than a few crossed strings on this thread.

why do you think they are not publishing?

GracesGranMK3 Wed 06-Nov-19 21:31:12

What. Never heard of the Burgess, Maclean, and Philby? The only thing is they sold their country for principles (even it the country didn't agree with those principles) the Oxford lot seem to sell us down the river on a get even richer motive.

lemongrove Wed 06-Nov-19 21:12:34

Dominic Cummings is a Russian puppet? I think there are more than a few crossed strings on this thread.

varian Wed 06-Nov-19 19:59:53

Vote Johnson, get Putin

varian Wed 06-Nov-19 19:58:58

Johnson has the brass neck to accuse Corbyn of being in cahoots with Russia, when it is him who is having his strings pulled by the sinister Dominic Cummings, who is the Russian puppet, just like Trump.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 19:03:38

This

Nick Keho

Polticians have always spun the odd porky but the Tories are now lying on an industrial scale. Democracy can't function in a fake news world. Tories need to go for that reason alone.
Vote Lab, Libs, Indie, Green, SNP, Plaid...Lord Buckethead...anything but Tory. #ToriesLie

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 15:51:14

From Russia with Love

www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/britain-eu-johnson-russian/

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 15:28:38

How about this

The Secret Barrister

Like a nightmare nursery rhyme, we’ll soon have Dorries apologising for Bone apologising for Baker apologising for Patel apologising for Cleverly apologising for Bridgen apologising for Mogg, until Grayling comes out and reminds us that there is no disaster he cannot make worse.

Doodle Wed 06-Nov-19 14:58:56

The question was not directed at you jura. Only ww knows if her apology was sincere and only JRM knows if his was. You don’t in either case, you only have your opinion.

jura2 Wed 06-Nov-19 14:48:56

No, because his apology was totally insincere- clearly.

Doodle Wed 06-Nov-19 14:47:07

whitewave you would like to apologise for your wording.

Ok we forgive you. How about you forgive JRM when he apologised.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 14:07:58

The Russians step up Tory funding

t.co/wVfqDOwDEv?amp=1

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 14:02:19

I would like to apologise for my wording 12.10. I should have said

Tory Welsh Secretary has resigned because he was found to have lied when he said he knew nothing about Ross England’s involvement in the sabotage of a rape trial

I shall be more careful next time.

CraftyGranny Wed 06-Nov-19 13:55:40

WW2. Has he been accused of this terrible act because he is a Tory?. OMG. You are unbelievable. shock
Look forward to your response

mcem Wed 06-Nov-19 13:04:03

WWmk2 I believe you should double-check that.
It isn't what I've read.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 12:10:44

Tory Welsh Secretary has resigned after accusation of rape.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 12:10:00

Tory candidate announces that in his opinion people on benefits should be put down.

I wonder how many grans receive pension credit.

Well clearly shouldn’t be here then.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Nov-19 12:03:23

A brief timeline of foodbanks:

1997 - The Trussell Trust is founded. Labour comes to power.
2004 - UK has 2 foodbanks.
2008 - Global financial crash. UK has 22 foodbanks.
2010 - Tories come to power.
2017 - UK has 2,000+ foodbanks.

varian Tue 05-Nov-19 20:43:01

In the 2015 general election the Tories promised to build 200,000 affordable started homes for first time buyers.

How many have been built? -NONE

So much for empty meaningless promises from the lying Tories.