Brown refuses snap election and admits Labour would lose

[scottish]

And if UKIP or Conservative was in power then labour would be laughing at their failure in the economy... but at end their meant to be here to help our country so the parties should be like helping each other and such, instead of everything labour does being critisized, if they have a better idea then they should be speaking to each other as our political parties laughing at each others failure isn't going to help us at all

[Mrs.McCall]

I acknowledged that earlier on, and went on to explain how Labour have generally made bad economic decisions and were the reason we were unprepared for the recession. The selling of the gold, the massive public spending program that has piled debt on the countrys finances, the pointless and costly cut in VAT, the nationalisation of the banks, high taxes and finally the continuation of the overblown public spending budget which is driving us deeper into debt.

The IMF, EU and Bank of England Governor seem to think we are one of the worst countrys in the world to battle the recession, and that IS Labours' fault, as stated above.

Conservatives and UKIP can blame Labour indeed, and they have a right to. They are not the parties which drove the country to the IMF in the past and maybe in the future, they left office with one of the best debt records in the countrys history.

Intresting you say that regarding the IMF:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8059861.stm

They've said that there are ways to improve but we're on the right path.

[FlyingJesus]

Anyone want to hazard an opinion on why a general election at this very moment in time would be a good thing? Labour have made mistakes, yes, and I'm not a supporter of them myself, but when a government is unstable, adding instability doesn't tend to help. If someone else came into power right now they'd have to come up with and carry out plans to "solve" whatever multiple problems there are around, which would likely be far slower than letting the current ones continue for now - at least until we're in a better state to handle change.

Not to mention the cost of general elections...

[Fez]

Snap elections don't fix anything, I think the Convervs are just like a little kid going "BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT, I WANT IT NOW!". Thank god Gordon didn't give into them.

One thing though, I do want a general election next year. As far as I remember, there HAS to be one

[scottish]

Yes; there has to be one every 4 years iirc.

[Jordy]

And if UKIP or Conservative was in power then labour would be laughing at their failure in the economy... but at end their meant to be here to help our country so the parties should be like helping each other and such, instead of everything labour does being critisized, if they have a better idea then they should be speaking to each other as our political parties laughing at each others failure isn't going to help us at all

So in other words you want a coalition government? They generally don't work (World War II being the obvious exception).

Over the past few years the Tories have come out with many policies which Labour has openly took on board and simply stolen. I suspect this would explain why the Tories don't announce many of their ideas and policies anymore as they're never going to get to power if Labour just steals all their ideas.

Believe it or not, political parties are there to get into power and not to help each other out other than at times of war.

[scottish]

No i wish for political parties like such atm; but at times like this they shouldn't be going about laughing at each others mistakes, they should be helping each other (obviously labour having the final say but the other parties opinions actually being considered) cause their meant to be here to help our country but atm they're just ******** about each other than trying to solve the final problem.

[luce]

It's a good time to be Conservative or BNP. Everyone has turned to BNP now lol they say they're going to get more seats next election because of this. A conservative government is on the way i think aswell. Shame he won't just have an election and get it over with now instead of prolonging his death.

Even he has seen that he won't be in number 10 for very long now.

[scottish]

He obviously won't have an election now because we're in the middle of an economic disaster, i'm pretty sure he has better stuff to do than try and advertise his party :S

You support David Cameron, so just go.....

I'm pretty sure ALOT of people would hate to see that idiot in control of this country.

[clueless]

I am a labour supporter however I do feel as if they need to be voted out in order to make them come round better the next time. I feel their time is up. Parties seem to stay in twice and then people want change and they go to the next party it just seems to be the general trend and I think now change is needed. I don't like Cameron and I certaintly dont trust him, I dont believe we would be in any better position if we had him running the country and it would probably be worse. In a way I hope conservatives get in so that people dislike them again and realise they would do no better!