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When Ed Milliband announced a similar policy, the Tory PM at the time howled him down across the Dispatch Box. But now Mrs May is stealing this policy and calling it her own.
I congratulate her on this u-turn !
When Ed Milliband announced a similar policy, the Tory PM at the time howled him down across the Dispatch Box. But now Mrs May is stealing this policy and calling it her own.
I congratulate her on this u-turn !
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At this rate, voting for Mrs May will be like voting for the Labour Party....all she has to do is build more Council houses, fund the NHS properly and recruit 20,000 more Police Officers and she has it in the bag !
The pension age issue is a complete red herring in this debate.
We have a rapidly ageing population, and the pension age needs to increase....it isn't a party-political issue.
The pension age issue is a complete red herring in this debate.
We have a rapidly ageing population, and the pension age needs to increase....it isn't a party-political issue.
Mickey, as I have been pointing out to you many times on here Conservative councils have been building council homes and forming partnership. As for the20,000 extra police I think Mrs May might struggle to find the 300K Ms Abbott says is required.
But never mind that, if you think the Tories are the New Labour we will happily accept your vote on the 8th June.
But never mind that, if you think the Tories are the New Labour we will happily accept your vote on the 8th June.
Mikey, if you want more Council houses built don't vote Labour. They're deceiving you about that too. Their record is utterly abysmal when compared to the Conservatives - but you've been told that before.
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The other alternative would be to make a pension a right of being a citizen. No means test required. One has to provide the welfare safety net anyway. And if you think you don't need it you would not be obliged to arrange transfers you could leave it in the public purse for use on other things.
Let us see, which created more council properties, the PM that bribed folk with cheap council houses claiming there was some kind of right to have the ratepayer see their investment given away cut price thus reducing the stock (and I understand forbade use of the money received from the sale to build more: but maybe someone else can look that up) or their right wing opposition when "New Labour" tried (and succeeded for ages) to steal the Tory support by emulating them. Does it really matter ? We want to stop pushing the population problem into the future by only easing the housing issue for the present with urban sprawl, and concentrate on encouraging a reduction of net population so the cause is sorted and the problem no longer exists.
Let us see, which created more council properties, the PM that bribed folk with cheap council houses claiming there was some kind of right to have the ratepayer see their investment given away cut price thus reducing the stock (and I understand forbade use of the money received from the sale to build more: but maybe someone else can look that up) or their right wing opposition when "New Labour" tried (and succeeded for ages) to steal the Tory support by emulating them. Does it really matter ? We want to stop pushing the population problem into the future by only easing the housing issue for the present with urban sprawl, and concentrate on encouraging a reduction of net population so the cause is sorted and the problem no longer exists.
TWR....I am not happy with the raising of the age that people can receive their OAPs any more than you. I am merely pointing out the inevitability of the situation, given that most people are living much longer.
At the moment, just under half the adult population of Britain is claiming some kind of benefit, most of that number being OAPs claiming the State Pension. Within a very short period of time, there will be more people claiming, then are actually paying onto the system. Something has got to give.
At the moment, just under half the adult population of Britain is claiming some kind of benefit, most of that number being OAPs claiming the State Pension. Within a very short period of time, there will be more people claiming, then are actually paying onto the system. Something has got to give.
OG, Labour didn't emulate the Tories - the proposal to sell council houses was initially part of a Labour manifesto. They lost that particular election. As you rightly say, the money raised from sales was never ploughed back into building more – by any government whatever the hue. Nevertheless, the Tories record on building council houses far outstrips that of Labour.
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