UK General Discussion

[LastVoter]

What is the NHS poll? Is NHS a one-issue party, or is it just left of labour?

[LastVoter]

Competition = republican code for giving away public money to the rich.

[LastVoter]

No. If I want to make money by setting up a better-quality school than the government does and charging students to enter, who's to stop me from making money?

The government and the voting public who don't want you to make money from schooling?

Meh...private schools are a bad idea in general, but the government really shouldn't be allowed to stop me from making money in a way that doesn't hurt anybody.

Wait, and you are a Republican?

[LastVoter]

As of last Thursday, I'm officially going to be in the first £9,000 cohort of University students. Just to shamelessly attention whore.

That's more expensive than my tuition I think.

[LastVoter]

If this coalition's a "Ronseal Deal", I must assume that 'the tin' isn't the manifesto of The Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats then.

No, it's the Coalition Agreement.

"Does what it says on the tin." What parts of the coalition agreement did they tell the electorate about again?

All of it. It was published in hard copy and on-line forms upon its signing. It  couldn't be made available before it was written, after all.

Sorry, I guess I'll have to clarify what I meant to make it a bit more obvious, when were the electorate given a chance to democratically elect a government based on such a coalition agreement?

There was no such option. But there was no such option for a "rainbow alliance" which was also on the cards (without a majority) or a minority Conservative government or anything else concrete for that matter. Nobody knew until the votes were counted what was going to happen.

Minority Tory was an option. And a better one at that.

As a Tory, I can ensure you that having the Lib Dems on board is far far better than having a minority Tory government enthralled to the backbenches.

I'm sure that's what LibDem voters envisioned.

[LastVoter]

It's amazing that half of the right-wing party voted for gay marriage.

[LastVoter]

Let's Just hope UKIP doesn't follow BC conservative footsteps, and Labour doesn't end up being BC NDP on election night.

[LastVoter]

I of course want him to stay as leader. You can probably guess why.

Because David Cameron can't win on his own merit?

Because it means Tory policies will remain in place no matter who wins the election.

Is there a workable alternative?