Long Term Economic Plan

[Hypognosis]

Cameron and Osbourne keep banging on and on (and on) about their "Long Term Economic Plan" but what exactly is it? Can it be described concisely?

If not, then choose your favourite part and say why you like it or why you think their underlying economic theory is correct, not just ideologically but for this country, this date and this level of debt.

[Zacs-Master]

Jeez, bit late to be doing an essay ain't it?

[ludwig]

It's the same as Labour's one, just a bit less long term.

[Hypognosis]

Actually, Zacs, I'm looking for the opposite of an essay. I'm looking for something which the Tories have spelled out which is compact enough to post here, for us to debate. Simples!

[Hypognosis]

Priti Patel managed to get the phrase in, during an interview today but, yet again, zero explanation of what the plan actually entails.

Indeed, she even used it in the past tense, claiming that the effects were (paraphrasing) "just beginning to come through now and create jobs".

I am still none the wiser over what specific changes they made which they attribute these successes to. Is it the top band tax cuts or the low interest rates or the non-abolition of zero-hours contracts or is it something else?

Not too big an ask, I would have thought.

p.s. How many points do I score for stumping the entire AB crowd, yet again?

[Zacs-Master]

Nil.

[venator]

Copied from the other thread

have the election pamphlet from the Salford Labour candidate.

Her headings are

Saving our NHS - spending on 20000 more nurses, 8000 more GPs, 5000 more home workers etc

Employment - Raise Minimum wage to £8, ban zero hour contracts. No savings here

Homes - spending on 200000 new homes by 2020.

Bedroom tax - spending to scrap it

The Economy - soending on an unspecified lower starting point for Income Tax

She will pay for it by a tobacco levy, a mansion tax, a tax avoidance clampdown and reversing the "tax cut for millionaires"

Sorry, Rebecca - just doesn't add up for me

And where's the picture of you with Ed Milliband?

No, I wouldn't want one either...

Salford's a safe seat. Pin a red rosette on a pig and it will be elected is the local wisdom

[Hypognosis]

@venator

This being the original thread, the OP question is asking about Cameron and Osbourne's plan, seeing as they were the ones who were tirelessly repeating the phrase, without expanding on it.

I continue to be disturbed by the paucity of AB Tories who have the slightest inkling of what this plan consists of.

Curiously, I have hardly noticed Miliband/Balls using the phrase *other than in sarcastic repetition* of the Tory cliché.

Now that the hustings are open, of course, things have changed and it is beholden of Labour to set forth their plans - which, judging by your post, has now happened.

Anyway, I'm just trying to ensure this thread doesn't drift off topic. So, Tory plans: what do you know?

[Hypognosis]

So, cutting benefits by about £12 billion, okay.
How much will he be handing out to bankers and corporations, combined, in terms of tax cuts? Is it more or less than £12bn?

[Hypognosis]

You lot still stumped then?

Farrago made a big noise today about being "fully costed" so how do the Tories measure up?

[Hypognosis]

Hi Methyl

I could do that but the idea is to find out which of our ABers is willing/able/correctly programmed to type it out and post it. They post enough other stuff that a few items, for the purposes of discussion, wouldn't hurt, would it?

[jno]

(a) think 'what would Maggie do'.

(b) cross fingers.

Of course I'm not a Tory so I may have misunderstood.

[Hypognosis]

@Methyl

lol

Yes, that's me, in the crisps aisle, gently crushing the packets, when no-one is looking.

mmwhahahahhh