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[zzr45]

We really are screwed if the Tory's win again...

2010-2019, in case you missed it...

1,000 sure start centres closed.
780 libraries closed.
700 football pitches closed.
Food bank use up 2,400%.
Homelessness up 1,000%.
Rough sleeping up 1,200%
Bedroom tax caused mass evictions.
Evictions are running at record highs.
35% of U.K. kids live in poverty.
Student fees up 300%.
Student debt has risen 150%.
Eradication of EMA (education maintenance allowance).
National debt has risen from £850billion to £2.25trillion.
Emergency Brexit stimulus from BoE in June 2016 of £175b.
Brexit related fall in national revenue £500b.
GDP fallen to -0.1%.
GBP fallen by circa 15% versus EUR and USD.
Manufacturing in recession.
Construction in recession.
Services close to recession.
25-30% cuts to all govt departments.
25-30% cuts to all councils, mainly centred on Labour councils.
Half of councils facing effective bankruptcy.
185k extra deaths attached to the political ideology of austerity.
25,000 less police.
20,000 less prison officers.
10,000 less border officials.
10,000 less firefighters.
10,000 less medical professionals.
25,000 less bed spaces for mental illness.
OECD calculate 3 million hidden unemployed, rate is really 13%.
Creation of 1.3m jobs, mainly temporary, self employed, gig economy and ZHC.
Only 30k full time work positions created.
Close on 50% of workers are self employed, ZHC, or part time precariat.
80% of the 5.3 million self employed live below the poverty line.
35% of self employed only earn £100 a month.
25% cuts for our disabled community.
80% cuts to Mobility allowance.
Closing Remploy.
40% of working households have practically no savings.
70% of households have less than 10k savings.
60% of households can only survive 2 months without a wage.
Household debt reaches new peak, despite emergency base rates.
Increase of 50% in hate crimes.
Increase of knife crime by 150% to 22,000 per year.
Increase in teenage suicide by 70%.
Suicide up 12% in the year 2018.
Self harm among young women up 70%.
Life expectancy down 3 years.
NHS satisfaction level at lowest recorded rate.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
Zero starter homes built, despite Tory flagship programme.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
One million families on council home waiting list.
100,000 increase on the council home waiting list since 2010.
36,000 teachers have left the profession.

And yet Labour can’t beat them.

 

[dannyboy]

And yet Labour can’t beat them.

Because Brexit must be done no matter what it takes.

 

[zzr45]

Because Brexit must be done no matter what it takes.

Because the Labour leader did his very best to avoid the Leave vote didn’t he? Made his bed and now he has to lie in it.

 

[dannyboy]

Because the Labour leader did his very best to avoid the Leave vote didn’t he? Made his bed and now he has to lie in it.

If only we had someone like Blair heading the campaign, remain definitely would have won then...

 

[zzr45]

If only we had someone like Blair heading the campaign, remain definitely would have won then...

Most likely would. He would have had the sense to drop his ideological differences to ensure the country was in the best possible place it could be. Instead we had that mentally deficient wet wipe doing whatever he did.

 

[dannyboy]

Most likely would. He would have had the sense to drop his ideological differences to ensure the country was in the best possible place it could be. Instead we had that mentally deficient wet wipe doing whatever he did.

All Corbyn´s fault then. We´ll add it to the list.

 

[zzr45]

All Corbyn´s fault then. We´ll add it to the list.

Don’t worry, soon he’ll be gone and you can take the Martyr act up another notch. He and his ilk have buggered up politics massively over the past few years. Sooner gone the better.

 

[dannyboy]

Don’t worry, soon he’ll be gone and you can take the Martyr act up another notch. He and his ilk have buggered up politics massively over the past few years. Sooner gone the better.

I miss the days when both parties were campaigning to slash public spending. Great times.

I´m not surprised you pin the failings of the remain campaign on Corbyn. Much easier to do that than to reflect upon the utter failure your brand of politics has been this past decade.

 

[Blues Harp]

And yet Labour can’t beat them.

whaterboutery lad...defend the last 10 years and tell me which tory policies have made this country better....because you can't can you?

 

[zzr45]

I miss the days when both parties were campaigning to slash public spending. Great times.

I´m not surprised you pin the failings of the remain campaign on Corbyn. Much easier to do that than to reflect upon the utter failure your brand of politics has been this past decade.

My brand of politics? You mean based on reality? Like knowing it’s almost impossible to get £6bn tax income from ‘internet giants’ that kind of brand? Sorry I’ve not been swept up into the whole throw money at everything way of thinking.

I’m not pinning Brexit entirely on Corbyn, but why did so many Labour supporting areas vote for it? The whole policy from them was garbled. The fact that Corbynites like you get so defensive about it shows that there’s legs in it.

 

[summerisle]

The tool forgot to say, "let's get Brexit done" ; a round of applause would surely have followed.

 

[zzr45]

whaterboutery lad...defend the last 10 years and tell me which tory policies have made this country better....because you can't can you?

No, you’re right I can’t. The problem is that Labour still can’t displace them, can they, son?

 

[Blues Harp]

Most likely would. He would have had the sense to drop his ideological differences to ensure the country was in the best possible place it could be. Instead we had that mentally deficient wet wipe doing whatever he did.

Whatever else you think please do not use the phrase "mentally deficient" please....Thank you.

 

[Blues Harp]

No, you’re right I can’t. The problem is that Labour still can’t displace them, can they, son?

Who are you supporting then ? Or are you not voting ?

 

[dannyboy]

My brand of politics? You mean based on reality? Like knowing it’s almost impossible to get £6bn tax income from ‘internet giants’ that kind of brand? Sorry I’ve not been swept up into the whole throw money at everything way of thinking.

I’m not pinning Brexit entirely on Corbyn, but why did so many Labour supporting areas vote for it? The whole policy from them was garbled. The fact that Corbynites like you get so defensive about it shows that there’s legs in it.

Constant media negativity surrounding Brussels? Chance to stick two fingers up at the establishment? Feeling left behind by neo liberal policies which they don´t think have benefited them?

The thing is, whatever happens in this election, the Labour Party isn´t changing so sit back and enjoy the ride.