Lib/Lab/Con all vote to NOT cut Britain's rising EU contributions

No, I have no faith in this coalition to make the correct cuts.

i see a correlation with cool people and having no faith in this coalition government

Some of what they are doing is good and some terrible. This forum is full of students, its obvious most will be against their spending cuts etc.

I'm just gonna keep this short and sweet. We should cut EU contributions just as we are cutting everything else, particuarly to help prevent a rise in tuition fees. Simples.

Anyway I realise this is irrelevant but I met Alan Sked earlier, the founder of UKIP. Not only is he a complete fool, comparing a pro-European speaker at UCL to a Nazi collaborator and then again later to someone imprisoned in Auschwitz who cannot escape (The EU is like Auschwitz apparently, who knew?), but he also called UKIP a bunch of raving looneys. Now if this guy is crazy and he's calling UKIP crazy then they must be MENTAL?

Ah ****e I voted the wrong way in the poll.

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Originally Posted by Mathew

Yes, I do have faith in the Tory government. The problem is that I don't think they will have enough time, in the 4 years that they're in "power", to do enough.

Everyone over the age of 18 has the right to vote and a large majority of those people don't understand politics. The media is to blame. People see that cuts are happening: child benefits and EMA under threat for example, and they obviously shove the so-called "blame" onto the Tory government. People fail to realise that these cuts are for the best, to get rid of the stupidly large debt that the pathetic Labour government have left behind for the Tories to tidy up.

In which case, in 4 years time, Labour will be voted in again, because they spoon-feed citizens and give people what they want, rather than trying to get rid of debt.

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Totally agree with you there, I also think the Lib Dems deserve to take a fair portion of the blame for the cuts, it's not fair to lump all the blame on the Tories (or give them all the credit when things go well). But really it should be Labour getting the blame if anything, sadly it doesn't work that way though :(

Would +rep you if I could.

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Originally Posted by R0BB13G

Agree 10000000000000000000000000%

I actually follow politics, mainly because I have no life and have nothing better to do...but I find it interesting. I understand that we NEED cuts, because otherwise the country will be bankrupt, everyone will become unemployed and chaos will reign.

It is stupid how everyone, the media, Labour Politicians, and ordinary people bash on the Tory-LibDem Government for doing the right thing. Labour say they wouldn't do this, but then offer no alternative solution? And considering 35 (or there abouts) of the countries top businessmen (ie; huge supermarket/bank/company executives) have backed these cuts, surely they're doing something right?

The gap in the budget is so huge thanks to Labour, and the Tories have to try and fill it, but then, inevitably in a few years time during the next election, will be voted out because scroungers who sponge of the Government don't like the fact that the benefits for their "bad back" have been cut by £5 a week, or people with no clue of politics think "we're losing money, lets get Labour back". Then Labour will once again waste all our money, and when voted out, the Tories will once again clean up, and there is a certain pattern forming no? - Labour spend, Tories save?

Imo, Labour don't know how to save money...if their Leader, who was their chancellor - the guy in charge of all the money can't make decent decisions about the budget...then I doubt anyone in their party can.

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Indeed I'm still to hear any credible plans or alternatives from Labour when it comes to cutting the deficit. Cutting the deficit in half in 4 years is useless, as we'd still have deficit 4 years later lol. I also have to agree with your comments about Labour, the reason the leadership campaign was so close is because no one stood out, not because there's so much talent in the party lol, no one had the balls or the brains to get rid of Brown therefore they're a bunch of morons.

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Originally Posted by immense

When I have more time I will outline what I personally would do. They're not 100% in touch with Labour. Labour is much better than the current government. It isn't labour's fault either - that's you being brainwashed by the media. The economic downturn was global. It isn't impossible for a country to run with debt you know, far from it.

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I'm not blaming the economic downturn on Labour, however the enormous debt and deficit this country has is all Labour's fault.

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I'm not blaming the economic downturn on Labour, however the enormous debt and deficit this country has is all Labour's fault.

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SO true.

That's like saying it's a horses fault for breaking its own leg. Sure, it didn't see the small mole hole in the ground but it didn't intentionally jar its leg. You can't differentiate between the economic downturn and the financial affairs of this country at the moment.

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Originally Posted by immense

That's like saying it's a horses fault for breaking its own leg. Sure, it didn't see the small mole hole in the ground but it didn't intentionally jar its leg. You can't differentiate between the economic downturn and the financial affairs of this country at the moment.

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Yes you can...the economic down turn is one thing - the banks spending too much. The amount of money the Government has is another - controlled by the Chancellor who happened to SPEND IT ALL PLEASING THE PUBLIC.

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Originally Posted by immense

That's like saying it's a horses fault for breaking its own leg. Sure, it didn't see the small mole hole in the ground but it didn't intentionally jar its leg. You can't differentiate between the economic downturn and the financial affairs of this country at the moment.

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We were in the economic mess well before the economic downturn. It's come out recently that Tony Blair was getting very concerned about the deficit but Gordon Brown as chancellor refused to do anything about it, this was before the economic downturn. I just can't believe the worst chancellor ever went on to become Prime Minister, it baffles me. Tony Blair's assistants are now helping David Cameron's team sort out the deficit as they were unable to do anything with Brown around according to something I read in The Times last week.

Gordon Brown was well aware he was spending money he didn't have and was getting us in enormous debt, it's no secret.