The Tory Inevitable...

[Arti]

With the risk of the Blue backlash; roads that look like they have been imported from the 1980's Eastern Bloc, ever-increasing waits for hospital treatment, the disabled sidelined, the less well-off taxed more, the most wealthy taxed less.....I can't believe that it's happening again. Does anyone else feel despair under Auntie Conservative?

[jake-the-peg]

Despair? no

I just look at the opinion polls on general election polling intentions

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/

its a great cure for despair

[naomi24]

No - anything that attempts to rectify the long and painful years of disastrous Labour governments is an improvement - but I'd feel happier without the millstone that is the Lib-Dems hanging around their necks.

[heathfield]

For a lot of people, emigration would appear to be the answer...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9819096/Two-million-quit-Britain-in-talent-drain.html

[doctordb]

Yes it's terrible. I remember the good ol' days of Blair and brown when the sun shone for ever and the streets were lined with gold. The country was at peace despite the odd small scuffle abroad and some little acts of terrorism at home.

Fortunately for us the banks were given more freedom and set about planning for our future, we never had it so good.

The hospitals were so efficient then due to labours 'socialist' privatisation trusts. Ok, waiting times increased and ambulance response times decreased but they were great days.

Our boys worked hard abroad fighting blairs wars whilst under appreciated and under equipped but they were so happy to do it. You can always rely on the Gurkhas, remember them? Brown didn't.

They really were halcyon days arti.

[factor-fiction]

>the less well-off taxed more.

Have you got an example of that please?

[ichkeria]

In fairness the state of the roads is probably more to do with the bad weather.

But apart from that, I am too old and long in the tooth to despair :-)
I'm just counting the days until the next general election, which at least we know the date of, that nice Mr Cameron having introduced fixed-term Parliaments :-)
My main criticism of this government is its bleak message: it's vital to have some hope and upbeat message for the present, not just the future (and I'm not even sure they have one for the future).
And my other gripe is about the Tory Party in general: they don't, I think, at heart, believe in government at all, which IMHO is one good reason why they don't do it all that well. I wouldn't vote Tory in the same way I wouldn't hire a plumber who was scared of water (!)

[Baldric]

No, I just think back to the last Labour Government, and the mess they left the Country in, then this lot don't seem too bad!