Originally Posted by
Seacat
I was looking at some statistics about the BNP this morning and judging by them I am almost certain they'll have at least 1 MP in the House of Commons after this years general election - The amount of Councillors they have has fluctuated over the years but at the moment they have record numbers in (117 or 119 I think) which, at a guess, I'd say is due to terrorism and people associating all ethnic minorities with terrorism thus voting for the BNP.
I don't support the Liberals at all - They seem like an old lady party to me thinking they everything can be solved over a cup of tea with some biscuits. Some of the things I agree with but the majority I don't, for example they get less strict on crime (which is why if prisoners were ever allowed to vote I'd guess the Liberals would see an increase in the number of people voting for them :p) and they'd pull all the soldiers out from Iraq which I think would just ruin the progress made over there and all of the soldiers that have died in action over the past few years would have died for nothing.
I'm not sure about Conservatives. I agree with most of their old views under Thatcher e.t.c that crime should be punishable harshly and that we should 'stand up to the EU', although to some extent I think the New Conservatives are intending to stand up to the EU by saying they'd scrap the Human Rights Act, which althuogh I'm not sure I think is linked to the EU. I'm also unsure about the policies David Cameron has, when I watch his speeches he seems to be allover the place, from Liberal "the problem can be solved in families" to the Conservative "we must make harsher sentences" e.t.c. e.t.c.
Labour at the moment would probably get my vote. Despite many scandals their records are pretty good over the last 10 years. They are criticised but I've certainly seen an increase in schools in terms of funding and accessories (e.g. all rooms in my school are now fitted with smart boards and each have a computer), I'm not sure about whether the NHS has got any better or actually got worse, and crime is down. I'm not sure about how they'll go under Brown because I just can't imagine him in Prime Minister's question time arguing with the opposition as good as Tony Blair comes - And if he gets a hammering there every week then that's when things deteriorate. I think he's too shy to be as good a debater as T.B but we'll have to wait and see, I've personally never seen him take questions in the Commons.
I could go on all day but I'll stop now. :p
