Do you think the Labour government has irreversibly ruined this country in the past 9 years?
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To Pat R, Mike, 2 plus 3, you are all mentally unstable. The Tories weren't brilliant at all, but in the last couple of years they managed to leave a reasonable economy for which this LAbour Government has built a good standing. But apart from the economy how can you honestly say Tony Blair has left the government in better standing than the Tories. He has had nearly 10 years to put right what the Tories basically left in a reasonable shape.\nLets look the evidence. \n\n1. Council Tax - don't even bring up the Poll Tax - I amongst many others would be paying far less with the council tax, and now the council want to walk around my house and see if I have a conservatory and loft conversion to see if I am eligible to pay for more.\n2. Tax by Stealth - Gordon Brown has introduced over 50 taxes (very quietly).\n3. War monger Blair - he has sent troops to Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afganistan and Iraq, spent Billions on War which nobody felt would benefit this country, yet let Mugabe get away with Murder. Yet while he sends the Troops away, he does not equip them properly. \n4. Millions marched against the war, and even more marched against the hunting act - he ignores his voters and refuses to compromise.\n5.The NHS - despite the fact that billions have been invested in the NHS, we now face redundancies and ward closures, which to be fair we did under the tories. So if we are facing redundacies and closures where has this money gone? Squandered the lot of it, on worthless image consultants, computers and yet more managers. What a waste of money - your money, my money!\n6.Education - Instaed of raising the standards they have instead lowered them and then claimed that the state of the Education system is better because more people are passing. What a load of crap. he also makes students pay for theie education (which they never did under the Tories) now leaving students thousands in debt when they leave Uni. Well done Labour.\n7.Scandels - Cash for Peerages, Cash for Passports, Questions for Cash, Mandelson, Two Jags, Livingstone, Ministers looking for gay sex on Clapham common, Tessa Jowell, it goes on and on. Again the Tories do it and then Labour take it off the  scale.\n8. Business. More Red Tape, more minimum wages. More people are  going out of business since the global recession of the 80's.\n9. Asylum and Immigration - I konw lets let in anyone, regardless of who they are, whether they have criminal records or not, whether they are NHS tourists and have diseases such as Hepititas, Aids etc..., jobs, housing. Lets not worry whether we have enough housing for them, or infrastructure and how much it is going to pay Mr and Mrs Taxpayer. Forget the 'lets travel to the nearsest country to claim asylum', lets get some organised crime syndicate to exploit us and get us to the U.K.\n10. More stabbings, gun crime, re offenders released early to reoffend, lets not even put burglers and drug dealers inside, because they have had an oppressed child hood and deserve a hug. While we are at it, the drug addicts who are in prison - lets give them £2 or £3k because they have had a hard time doing cold turkey.\n11.Multi Cultralism- I am not even going there.\n12. British born terroists. Speaks for itself.\n13.Human rights, lets give those who commit crimes as much rights as those who have been victims of crime.\n14. The police. Spend millions on more officers, who get more and more paper work. ASBO's - don't work - these are now a status symbol. What a waste of resouces and money setting them up.\n15.George Bush, well done Tony, keeping following him.\n16.Big Brother.\n17.Broken the family unit up, leaving kids with no respect for elders and each other. Education starts at home.\n18. Sold Britian down the river to Europe.\n19.Welfare no work.\n20. Civil Servents earning thousands in pensions which are paid for by the public and now the public cannot afford private \npensions because they are paying for the civil serva
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I agree - extremists are ruining the country.
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We are in more trouble that I dared hope.  God help us all.  \n\nThe idiots have been elected by the idiots that voted for them and we are all along for the ride.  \n\nMaybe we sane should secede from the country and take our money with us and see how far you socialists get.  None of you work or pay taxes and without our taxes lets see you try to support yourselves without the handouts we used to provide.
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I do.\n\nThis Tory government is nearly as bad as the last one.
849902
In Britain, left wing idealogy, overtook common sense years ago. Now we are under threat. Thankyou politicians.
716292
He wasn't a great P.M before the war and would never have been one.  You only have to look at the non-elected scum he surrounded himself with, Mandelson, Campbell and the rest.  He has introduced more repressive laws than any other single party we now live in a police state!  The number of petty little officials than can dictate to and fine the general public is horrendous.  My family helped found the Labour party and to see this once great party reduced to the mess it is now and the trash leading it is heart breaking!  He is without doubt the most dishonest and disliked prime minister ever - the irony of it all is that we didn't vote for him in the first place if Britain had proportional representation he would never have been in power!  He won't go gracefully he and his horrible wife have their noses buried too deep in the gravy boat!  Please America don't refer to her as our First Lady, she is mearly the wife of the prime minister and as such has no position, the description lady is open to debate!
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Blair and his minions have destroyed this country.\nThey have intoduced 3,000 new criminal offences.\nThey have put cameras everywhere to follow our every move\nThey have destroyed the NHS; the Armed forces; the Police; our education system; the Pension system; the countryside; planning laws; the civil service; trust in government.\n\nthey surrendered to the IRA and the EU.\nthey lie with impunity\n\nThey pledge a billion pounds to Africa so that Blair can become a world statesmen when we have feral children living in OUR cities.\n\nThe criminal, the illegal immigrant and the drug users have more rights than the honest hardworking citizens who pay for everything.\n\nWe are spied on by our banks, solicitors, accountants, estate agents all of whom risk going to prison if they do not inform on us.\n\nTheir list of their crimes is endless.\nGod help us because Labour will not.
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Yes. Too many people that are ripping off the government using the welfare system. Also, welfare is not a permanent solution, but is a helping hand until you get on your own two feet.
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I do.They have gone too far with their latest cock-ups, lost respect of the peeps and been in power too long. Unfortunately it happens to all political parties (remember Mags Thatcher's conservatives, she and her cronies went the same way!) We need a change soon now to bring back the balance.
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The government has gone to far on everything. It is time to end their reign of terror and start over.
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GRR........\nThis government has done nothing more than sc*ew us all over. They lie, cheat and tax us on things they should keep their theiving greedy mitts off. They take money off us hand over fist and then give it away to the EU or other countries before helping US. The only other person in history who compares with Tony Blair is "The Sheriff of Nottingham" from the same story you refer to. \nThis green taxation is nothing to do with the climate but everything to do with taxing us for something else which the green nutters cheer as they are as thick as they are scruffy looking.\n\nThey also seem hellbent on filling all our houses and jobs with foreigners. They say it is to enhance the richness and diversity in our culture... it has a lot more to do with not knowing how to control it without being seen as anti foreigner and called racist. \n\nI feel like a second class citizen in my own country and if I had the courage and money I would emigrate. Not too sure where though at the moment. Somewhere that has no labour party and skanky Blair..\n\nJemms xxXXxx
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According to the Repugs., yes. How dare you question your government!? This is the mentality that has "crashed" our great country in only 6 years.
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Amnesty is the worst decision that could be made by this government, but it isn't surprising, we are in a mess abroad and now at home. We can't even sustain our own people or help them when disasters come along, and our dimwit government thinks we can support foreigners that just hop in and drain the economy more. They caused this mess and they better start cleaning it up .....and fast!
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There is a terrible stench coming from the Labour party these days, they are corrupt and have become the antithesis of what they were created to be.\n\nBanning opposition political parties! isn't that the kind of thing Stalin or Hitler would do? Then they have the gall to call Nick Griffin a Nazi...
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It was the second worst think that was ever done in the history of railways. (The worst was Dr.Richard Beeching). Services after privatisation are worst and prices have gone through the roof for travel. Plus we have lost most of the classics such as class 37,s and class 47,s. All you see now are class 91,s and class 66,s.
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none. and it is getting worse with every new law passed.
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A mess.  Our society would be alot better off if we tried to equalize the money a bit.  We are not making much headway doing it the way we are.  I would be willing to join a political party that thinks we should take care of our own country and it's people.  Global warming and the loss of fish, other animals and the state of our rainforests really has me worried.  And I am ashamed that we as a country have not learned to be above war.