tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post5559644657754856076..comments2024-01-30T09:22:08.167+00:00Comments on Newmania In Lewes: Is The Cameroon Project Flawed ?Newmaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-60380677628601638822010-03-19T13:15:56.009+00:002010-03-19T13:15:56.009+00:00Cameron might be cute. Burt he needs to move to th...Cameron might be cute. Burt he needs to move to the right.freedom v socialistshttp://freedomvsocialists.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-30675361476875147952010-03-15T21:51:17.986+00:002010-03-15T21:51:17.986+00:00'They' did stick to their principles I co...'They' did stick to their principles I could give you quote after quote from such "failures " as Michael Howard.<br /><br />Cameron could not go on saying the same thingNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-69598905172884740942010-03-15T21:45:14.854+00:002010-03-15T21:45:14.854+00:00The problem is that the Conservatives elected the ...The problem is that the Conservatives elected the wrong man, and for the wrong reasons. They picked someone because a focus group said he was the best candidate, rather than because of what he stood for.<br /><br />This is now coming home to roost. People love nice, cuddly politicians when things are going well, but when the shit hits the fan, they'll take an uncouth strongman.<br /><br />Cameron did nothing in the good times to warn of what was going on. The whole emphasis was not to talk about cuts, but instead about slow food, chocolate oranges and other such nonsense.<br /><br />If they'd stuck more to their principles, they'd be looking at certain victory. They'd have come out as the person warning of the impending crisis, rather than Brown looking like he managed it all marvellously (ha!).Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-51119762219681783862010-03-15T01:27:02.481+00:002010-03-15T01:27:02.481+00:00I don't believe there is a real mini boom Newm...I don't believe there is a real mini boom Newms, except for parts of the public sector. <br /><br />I'm on the panel of the The REC employment survey, this recently showed that the public sector is the sole sector undergoing growth and that this public sector growth accounts for more jobs than have been lost in private sector. <br /><br />That's clearly unsustainable growth in anything but the shrt term as the money to secure it is increasing UK's debt burden, which in turn is undermining our ability to borrow.<br /><br />Everyone I know in the private sector feels worse off now, many are out of work or worried about their jobs and businesses. Mosthave taken pay freezes or pay cuts and inflation is rising.<br /><br />One of my colleagues, a life long Labour supporter from a traditional working class, trade unionised, Bermondsey family has switched her support to Cameron because, as she says: "I'm fed up with it, my pension is rubbish, prices of everything's rising (she's early 70s and works full time) the country's full of migrants I have to help pay for and I'm being taxed to hilt. Cameron and Rob [our PPC] seem decent people: the country needs a change"Auntie Flo'noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-81591110960000785172010-03-14T23:34:01.100+00:002010-03-14T23:34:01.100+00:00Interesting Flo,personally I think its simple .Bro...Interesting Flo,personally I think its simple .Brown has engineered a mini election boom deferred the pain and people are feeling pretty good .<br />The nagging fear that its all amirage makes them stick with what they know a bit and in any case the polls always get better for the government when the election aproaches .Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-15786513373535539912010-03-14T15:27:08.316+00:002010-03-14T15:27:08.316+00:00Is the Cameroon project flawed.
Of course!
Is th...Is the Cameroon project flawed. <br />Of course!<br /><br />Is the New Labour project flawed? Of course!<br /><br />Is the Lib Dem project flawed?<br /><br />Was the Blair project flawed?<br /><br />Was Major's 'project' flawed?<br /><br />Was Thatcher's project flawed?<br /><br />Was Churchill's project flawed?<br /><br />Was Ceasar's project flawed?<br /><br />Is the human project flawed?Auntie Flo'noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-41577173797510905082010-03-14T15:18:24.595+00:002010-03-14T15:18:24.595+00:00My theory about the decline in the Conservatives&#...My theory about the decline in the Conservatives' standing in the polls is as follows:<br /><br />1. For whatever reason...the polls are simply wrong. <br /><br /> A Conservative friend and I have been effectively removed from YouGov's political survey panel; initially via faulty (unreturnable) surveys sent to us, then, after I complained, by withdrawal of the political sections form our surveys altogether. That same thing happened a few years back, following Cameron's election as leader, when he received inexplicably poor results from YouGov. Not long afterwards, YouGov admitted to a sampling error.<br /><br />2. I've been canvassing a Labour marginal with my local CA for some 6 weeks. The canvassing returns we're getting totally undermine the poll results. A member of the Conservative shadow cabinet who canvassed with us last week told us that we're going to win. <br /><br />3. Canvassing results confirm that support for both parties has dropped, largely as a result of expensegate and other scandals which have hugely undermined the electorate's trust and a perceived lack of differentiation between he parties. Labour support, however, is eroded to a far greater extent than Conservative support has. In my experience, a proportion of Conservatives' supporters are merely uncertain and can be persuaded to reinstate their support, whereas those Labour supporters who have fallen away have largely come to detest Labour and Brown.<br /><br />4. Growth of support for the Conservatives after Cameron became leader relied far too much on a cult of personality focussed on Cameron. Fate was to prove how risky an approach that was, as Cameron's personality understandably nose dived last year following the tragic death of his son, Ivan. I've seen him speak on two occasions. Cameron prior to his son's death and the Cameron I saw speak some weeks back are two different people. I watched Cameron's personal charisma light up a hall full of people in my town last year, even bolshy local union reps were stunned into respectful silence. So I was shocked when I saw him speak a few weeks ago, he looked like man on automatic pilot, doing and saying all the right things while inside he's utterly devastated and exhausted by grief. It was as though he'd become an automaton, as though a light had gone out.<br /><br />Should we be surprised by that? What sort of state would any of us be in if our 6 year old child had died; and in such tragic and shocking circumstances? A friend of mine who lost a young child told me he went into a state of clinical shock for a year. The most horrendous time was the month or so leading up to the first anniversary of the child's death. The first time around, my friend had been too shocked and numb to take in the tragic events and to feel his loss, too shocked to even mourn his child as he needed to do. The pressures of a demanding career forced him to suppress his depression and retreat into a state of automated, numbness and denial. Then, as the first anniversary approached, his mask of denial disintegrated and he relived it all, over and over, mourning as he should have done the first time around. For a time, everything, his job, his marriage, his other children, seemed utterly meaningless and he could barely manage to go through the motions.<br /><br />Thank God, Cameron - who, you may recall, was officially allowed just two weeks to mourn his son's death, and who didn't even get anywhere near taking those 14 days off in practice - has now just passed the first anniversary of Ivan's death. Has no one noticed his marked change in his mood?<br /><br />Cameron's in fighting form again and he's going to knock the sh*t out of Brown. The very least we can do is to him our wholehearted support.Auntie Flo'noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-82811210243261794222010-03-14T13:02:35.803+00:002010-03-14T13:02:35.803+00:00I cannot agree . I think it maters a great deal , ...I cannot agree . I think it maters a great deal , you are a bit more of a utopian than me <br /><br />It could always get worseNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-42276989579319594852010-03-14T10:55:10.520+00:002010-03-14T10:55:10.520+00:00Doomed.
As well as looming energy shortages, over...Doomed.<br /><br />As well as looming energy shortages, overcrowding, currency crisis we have the issue of the Baby Boomers starting to retire. This means a huge pension obligation to be met by the people least able to afford to pay it - their grandchildren.<br /><br />Why can't they afford a house ? Why ? Because there's a Baby Boomer in it keeping the price up.<br /><br />Can't afford to save for a house ? Why ? Because all your money is going on paying Baby Boomer's pensions and healthcare - and your pay has been cut because the BBs chose cheap imported labour over yours... and refused to give you an apprenticeship to boot. <br /><br />So are our most talented and best skilled youngsters going to stick around for the privilege of being electrolite in the battery powering welfare and pensions ?<br /><br />Dream on.<br /><br />It doesn't matter who gets in power. I think most people are coming to realise that.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.com