2015 post UK election discussion

[Tubey]

Labour privatized more of the NHS than the tories. I don't understand why people are saying tories are going to privatize it.

Yeah it's not like the Tories haven't got a track record of privatizing things or anything...

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

I want the freedom to insult any ideology.

Res ipsa loquitur

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Anyone who thinks this is the end of the NHS is seriously deluded. Even the Tories regard it as a sacred cow that needs more money throwing at it.

 

[SNova]

Which party was going to stop you doing this?

Ed Milliband wanted to make islamaphobia a hate crime. Which is a slippery slope.

 

[Khalekan]

I think the Scottish people will rue this for quite some time to come!

Yip.

What exactly have the Jocks achieved here today?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

What's your forfeit if ANY further part of it is?

I'll look silly (or something, I'm not sure the gallows are fit for a forum)

It will be privatised piecemeal, as seen with Circle Health. It's a matter of time - they've got unfunded spending and cuts to make; the NHS is an ideological goldmine for them to exploit, and we all know this Thatcher Lite regime has no problem exploiting ideology.

That isn't privatisation. Not in my eyes anyway. If it's free at the point of care, then it isn't privatised.

 

[Khalekan]

Anyone who thinks this is the end of the NHS is seriously deluded. Even the Tories regard it as a sacred cow that needs more money throwing at it.

lol lol lol

Post of the day.

 

[Mrk]

Tories officially have a majority.

Utterly breathtaking result considering the position (we thought) the parties were in 24 hours ago.

First PM to increase his vote share since 1955.

 

[SNova]

Res ipsa loquitur

It's true though isn't it. It's called freedom of speech. Islam isn't a race, it's an ideology and I can criticize it all I like, just as I can for scientology for example.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

I said weeks ago Labour should have been plastering those photographs of that smug bunch of self regarding, entitled buggers on every lamppost in England.

Hiw could any ordinary person vote for that bunch?

Labour were truly had off by the polling organisations, if they had known they were so far behind then they could have fought dirty just like the Tories did and it could have been different.

Labour were too nice, too dignified, the Tories lead a campaign full of smear,scaremongering and school yard bullying that got the job done.

 

[daylightrobber]

This is going to be very interesting.

The current make up of the House of Lords is as below.

Bishops 26
Conservative 224
Crossbench 178
Labour 214
Liberal Democrat 101
Non-affiliated 21
Other parties 15
Total 779

Whilst I'm totally in favour of Lords reform, there is the danger that this too becomes a distraction from the real issues the government need to be dealing with.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

I'll look silly (or something, I'm not sure the gallows are fit for a forum)

You do a good enough job of that anyway. How about you forfeit your mod status?[/QUOTE]

 

[peteblue]

Ed Milliband wanted to make islamaphobia a hate crime. Which is a slippery slope.

You can't say slope........

 

[RFUS]

I want the freedom to insult any ideology.

You don't seem to understand what Islamaphobia is.

 

[daylightrobber]

Ed Milliband wanted to make islamaphobia a hate crime. Which is a slippery slope.

Slippery slope to what? Why should someone have to tolerate abuse based on their beliefs?