when will Labour stop complaining about protest votes and addess why people voted the way they did.?
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They can't - in order to focus on the reasons for the protest votes, the Labour party would have to face up to the fact that, today, they are *not* a Labour party. When the Tories sound further left than Labour half the time, things have gotten very bad indeed. \n\nLabour's target voting block are caught between a rock and a hard place - they won't vote Lib Dem because of the intellectual image, and they won't vote Tory because they'd prefer not to be chopped up for firewood, which only leaves a protest vote. The most effective protest vote in modern Britain is for the most backward, reactionary load of bigots available. \n\nThere are days when Blair and Brown do seem to be singing from a red hymn sheet, and one cannot help but wonder why they don't sound like that *every* day. If they did, not only would the protest votes cease but most of the opposition to boot.
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I hope we are not from the same country but i guess we have the same problem. When the people in your community will come to realize that their votes during election is not for sale maybe something can be done. You can make a difference by starting to fight for a cause not for your own vested interest but for the people.
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From what I've read, the Right to Strike is fairly undeveloped and highly debated in British politics. I am not sure what the status of the issue is at this point.
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something inbetween maybe ,i think a lot of them are brainwashed by all the spin .we have ourselves to blame for new labour we should have seen what was comeing and made sure they didn`t get voted in
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There are some key phrases in your question that make me wonder why you think "THEY" ought to do something about the problems. Why don't YOU do something about it? Are YOU an activist? Do you even vote? If you've got all the answers, then PLEASE, get out there and start the revolution!\n\nI'm not really trying to be mean or sarcastic. I hear a LOT of young people complaining and when I ask them if they vote, most of them say no, its a waste of time. Well, now you know why it is NOT a waste of time.\n\nYou did finally end your question by asking why don;t WE all do something about it. I agree. I'm ready to start the revolution, are you with me? I was there in the 60's and I'm ready to do it again. Its the only way we can control our government when they've gotten too big and overpowering.\n\nUse your anger for good. You GO, girl!
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Heck! I left the UK at the end of the 'Thatcher Years' and I thought that was bad, I recently visited the UK and I wanted to cry. The country I was once proud of, and what I wanted to show off to my children has become a laughing stock, and we have  Blair and his cronies to thank for that. England has lost everything under Labour.
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Another worthwhile Idea Labour will rave on about 4 a few months, then abandon after they've ploughed Millions in2 it!\n\nIt's the IT system 4 Social Serivices, like I say millions will B spent on it & as is usual with this wishywashy bunch, they'll shelve it B4 it even gets started.
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I thought that was/is the direction we are heading after the mid term election....(we have been heading in that direction for some time..) Give the Libs the oppportunity and it shall be so!
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Very clever!\n\nI'm voting for them now. Return the favour! :)\n\nBy the way, you know you can vote for yourself again, right?
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After a vote threatening backlash from the electorate , the govt agreed to increase levels of illegal immigrant repatriation.\nA government that has based its existance on dishonesty , unsurprisingly massages the figures to suit public demand.\nFor example,jack straw travelled to france to meet his counterpart to "sort out" the sangatte centre situation.The place where illegals were held in france at the entrance to the channel tunnel(and where the security were encouraged to turn a blind eye to escapes every night.\nWell the sangatte centre was shut,straws a hero!well, no he isnt , the british agreed to take all the asylum seekers as LEGAL immigrants so that the centre would be shut and the needs of the british electorate would be met(and not bothered with the details)\nThe top and bottom of it is, tony blair in desperation to hang on to the muslim block vote has lead our country to its death.
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Im not sure what country you are from...but here in Australia you can go to your local parlimentry member, they have alot of pull here and can get the info you need. The other alternative is to go to the workers face to face and kick up a fuss....you earned it, you deserve it babe
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Because the 'people' didn't know any better. Why in the world do you keep believing the lies that some jackass politician (any politician) tells you? \nVoting doesn't make any difference; so stop voting! \n\nBeware of stupid people in large numbers!!\n\nI never said I didn't vote. And not voting doesn't make you any less of an American!! But does voting really change anything? NO!  The more something changes the more it stays the same.  Has anything really changed? Are we better off each time we vote in someone different? No. We're still in the same hole we were before.\nGeorge Carlin puts it simply (Not a direct quote): if I don't vote and get a crappy president (Republican or Democrat), I should have every right to complain..I didn't vote the idiot in.  You on the other hand, the ones that voted, have no right to complain...you believed them.
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You need to restate that, " will you sell out your right to vote to a party who believes you are ignorant, as long as they increase your welfare and give you special tax credits even though you don't work."\n\nThat is how the liberals get elected, they promise the welfare vote the sun, the moon and the stars to get their vote, then do what they want to do. go figure.
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Tony Blair will step down nexy year.Elections are in 2009/2010 so it is too early to predict who will win.\nDavid Cameron has shown nothing to say why people should vote for him.\n\nTony Blair  is history .Brown or even Smith may lead Labour so hard to say now
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Every country needs a revolution. Now.\n\nFor everyone who says 'we need to vote our way to change'. When in history has this ever worked? No matter how 'good' a politician is, once they are voted in they become corrupt and kneel at the feet of whoever is giving them power. (Never the people.)\n\n"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton
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i know there is one individual that turns everyone in because they do not agree with your opinion.  it is sad that when you do express you get such foul responses or people are so hateful.. you are right.. it has gotten worse as it has gotten closer to voting day.
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Change always comes slowly but you absolutely always have to vote. If you dont, you have no right to complain.