Smithy said:
Slayed if anything those figures have put me off Lib Dem, looks to me like huge spending in their first year then nothing following.
I think you misread it then - spending goes up every year!
Total spending..........................................3,730.....3,745.....4,115.....5,050.....5,360
Smithy said:
And the cuts include removing the winter tax credit, or at least slimming it. Big no that surprisingly wasn't picked up on.
Actually it was used by Brown last night.
What's the Lib Dems are actually doing is
changing it: "Reforming Winter Fuel Payments to extend them to
all severely disabled people, paid for by delaying age-related Winter Fuel Payments until people reach 65.
We will continue to pay Winter Fuel Payments to all current recipients of Pension Credit."
nadroJ said:
Why have the Lib Dems suddenly gone up so much in popularity? I was always under the impression that they were a perpetual underdog party, surely they can't have changed their policy and beliefs that much in such a short amount of time?
Simple - until now, Labour & Conservatives have gone out of their way to BLOCK the Lib Dems - for fear that higher exposure could undermine their own support.
How often have YOU ever heard a Lib Dem comment before now? Exactly. They were never given the chance or platform (even in the Commons they've always heckled them down with insults), and huge chunks of the press are Conservative linked (Sun, Torygraph, Daily Express, Daily Fail, Daily Star).
Then they agreed to a Live TV debate with equal exposure.
Guess what? Clegg's good! And it turns out that people LIKE what they're hearing from the Lib Dems. This is the first chance they've ever had to hear it.
That's not why I'm voting Lib Dem though. I'm into politics and seek it out, have done for years.
THIS time, the Lib Dems a) have a strong leader, and b) VERY well thought out policies.
Whereas Labour (and Brown) have had their chance & screwed up royally for years, and Cameron is a ****.
Simples
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