If Labour have been that bad, name the things that have effected you?

[adrian29uk]

If Labour have been that bad, list the things below that have effected you in the last 13 years.

 

[Gwylan]

An illegal war. The Big Brother state. The laws that govern every aspect of our lives; the petty bureaucracies; the casual regard for civil liberties, so that even taking photos in London streets can be regarded as a terrorist offence; the Digital Economy Act.

That will do for starters.

 

[dannyboy]

An illegal war. The Big Brother state. The laws that govern every aspect of our lives; the petty bureaucracies; the casual regard for civil liberties, so that even taking photos in London streets can be regarded as a terrorist offence; the Digital Economy Act.

That will do for starters.

wouldnt have been very different under the tories IMO . people have short memories

 

[adrian29uk]

Ok good. Need some opinions, because I can only remember how badly the tories ruined this country.

 

[El Presidente]

Jedward

 

[newhaven seagull 85]

child tax credit and child trust fund.
i dont have children but dont think my taxes should pay for other people to have children.

 

[coventrygull]

Child tax credits are a joke. They always seem to get the amount wrong for people. Then they had to pay it back. Get rid and give people a decent living wage

 

[dannyboy]

the tories would have gone to war too, and to a certain extent all civil liberties have had to be regned in because of the perceived terrorist threat. thats nothing to do with labour or any 'big brother' thing

 

[Superphil]

Tony Blairs LIES are enough to make me delighted that bunch of hypocritical wankers are no longer in power. If Maggie was wrong to defend the Falklands (British territory invaded by others), then Blair was nothing short of a war criminal for what he did to get this country into war with Iraq.

As for the Tories would have gone to war too, you sure? Would another Prime Minister have LIED in the way Blair did? I doubt it, he was one of a kind.

 

[cjd]

If Labour have been that bad, list the things below that have effected you in the last 13 years.

Look......you LOST.............get over it.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Where do I start ?.

 

[Stoo82]

Peter Mandelson.

 

[adrian29uk]

Look......you LOST.............get over it.

The losing part does not bother me. Its interesting to see how Labour effected people, so I can compare this to my experience I had with the Tory goverment when they where in power.

 

[Boroseagull]

All the above points plus selling countries gold reserves at rock bottom prices. Introducing tax on private pension dividends, thus destroying the system at a stroke, taking away the 10% start rate of income tax, and that affected the lower paid/living on fixed income/pensioners more than anything else. I could go on but read a cross selection of daily papers and you will get the idea.

 

[coventrygull]

Labours social engineering

 

[Vic's Stick]

A constant feeling of being shafted has been removed this morning.

Now knowing that we don't have a government that imports votes and rewards the idle and feckless also helps.

 

[auschr]

An illegal war. The Big Brother state. The laws that govern every aspect of our lives; the petty bureaucracies; the casual regard for civil liberties, so that even taking photos in London streets can be regarded as a terrorist offence; the Digital Economy Act.

That will do for starters.

the digital economy act, both supported by labour and tories before the election.. not the lib dems though.. now tories and lib dems are best mates.. f***ing joke

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I lost my job under Labour and it also costs me a fortune to put fuel in my car - mostly thanks to the excessive tax on it !

 

[The Merry Prankster]

No return on savings. Crippling my mum.

 

[backson]

Personally, very very little of what has been mentioned has affected me one way or the other, so I can see the point of the original post.

However, I felt exactly the same in 1997 when roles were reversed, there was nothing that Major's government had done that affected me (in fact the early-mid 90's recession let me buy my first house cheap!).

I've always been of the opinion that if something in my life is affecting me, I'd want to be in the position to do something about it myself, rather than bleating on blaming government-this or authorities-that. I kinda hope we'll get back to that when CMD referred to everyone's "responsibilities" several times last night.