Saturday, 22 November 2014

"No" Vote at the Next Election

Should we all boycott the next election? We should write "No" on the ballot papers to show our dissatisfaction with governments? All politicians are dreadful. Anyone thinking UKIP is anything different is deluding themselves. They are recruiting from the Tories, so it's the same people - different title. Here is a list of things governments have got wrong over the years and it's both Labour and the Tories to blame:

  1. See-saw politics with Tories doing one thing and then Labour changing it and so on (Both Labour and Tories). e.g.
    1. Number of Civil Servants. Labour increase, Tories decrease
    2. Armed forces. Labour increases and Tories decreases
    3. Wanting Grammar Schools/closing them. They've debated this for last 30 years! 
    4. Having School playing fields. Again - ongoing for 20 years!
  2. Having no long-term policies, e.g.
    1. Energy other than wind, which is what MPs blow, hot wind. (Both Labour and Tories)
    2. University fees - can we afford £9k a year?
    3. Schooling - we are slipping in league tables (Both)
  3. Not thinking things through 
    1. Mass migration to change how UK votes and keep them in power (Labour)
    2. Labour allowing Scotland devolution then surprised when they want independence.
    3. Again - no Energy policy for last 20 years
    4. Privatisation e.g. Southern Cross fiasco, quangos etc
    5. Competition rules. e.g. How does this work when Amazon doesn't pay tax? That's unfair on the High Street (Tories)
    6. Mansion Tax. Doh, rich are taxed already and avoiding these. Why not fix existing system rather than create new taxes for them to avoid
    7. Fiddling in education and other areas where MPs haven't a clue
    8. Having a 2 year study on Energy and what UK population pays. Durr, just look at what the French and Germans pay for energy. No brainer.
  4. Not being a democracy. No one was consulted about:-
    1. Cameron insists on £11 billion a year on overseas aid - in a recession
    2. Tony Blare takes us to war in Iraq.
    3. Cameron decides to build on Green Zone due to mass migration Labour started.
    4. Decision on mass migration (Labour)
    5. Decision on Uni fees (Tories)
  5. Criminal acts
    1. Gordon Brown raiding pension funds. UK had the best funds in Europe until then (Labour)
    2. Gordon Brown lying under oath at one of the inquiries.
    3. Continued MPs claims fiasco
    4. Not collecting taxes from big business (Labour started this but Tories done nothing since) and then blaming us and our future pensions
    5. Prescott thumping that chap years ago and didn't get prosecuted. I would have lost my job
  6. Out of control public sector pay
    1. Allowing GPs to negotiate their own pay. No wonder the NHS is crippled after their massive pay rise. (Labour)
    2. Raising headmaster's pay when no one was demanding it (>100k per year)
    3. CEs of  councils 
    4. Mayors earning >£200k
    5. Water bosses earning £1M each. Water us a TAX in Scotland

About 60% of UK doesn't vote at elections anyway so let's join them! 

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 December 2014 at 08:17

    What would the NO Vote acheive?
    Is it possible that we could achieve a failed election?

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  2. DavidjB10 December 2014 at 11:07

    I would hope for a failed election and I would like to use it as a platform for a reform - for example a public body set-up to prevent see-saw policies (one party overturning the other parties policies on a whim) and ensure governments achieve some of their manifesto claims and perhaps a fine if they don't. I would like to see MPs classified as civil servants - which they are - and civil servants rules applied to them. This would prevent expenses scandal, behaving for their own benefit (Nadine who went on I'm a celebrity). This would be a modern day Magna Carta!!

    I would suggest a "No Vote" box be put on ballot papers so the 60% of people who don't vote can at least have a say. Too many people now realise that all parties are the same and MPs are utterly useless

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