I didn't think the last government was bad. It was a big mistake to make Gordon Brown PM. I do think Tony Blair was good in his day. He clearly needed to go but his replacement should have stayed as chancellor. I thought at the time that
Harriet Harmon would go for it.
Haven't made my mind up about the new labour leader yet.
They had three consecutive term of office so they weren’t that bad. There have been plenty of times in my life that I really didn’t notice any difference between governments. I guess it depends on who you are. I really benefited from Tony Blair’s Government.
* When my baby was born Gordon Brown sent me a cheque in the sum of £250. He did to parents of all babies. You couldn’t touch it, the only person able to cash it in is the Urchin, on his 18th birthday. You just needed to decide on where to deposit it. Some just wanted it put in a bank a/c and there were several options on investing. I invested the Urchin’s. That was 4 years ago. It is now worth £600. I haven’t even added to it myself. I think the idea that every child has a small nest egg on their eighteenth is brilliant. Think of all those parents who can’t afford driving lessons or university places for their child – what a relief as it could be quite a sizeable amount of money. Guess what? It has now been scrapped by the new coalition.
* Labour also introduced free nursery places for 2-4 year olds. 12 hours a week. I did benefit from this too. I also used one of the many ‘sure start’ centres which have now been closed.
These things might not be important to some folks, unless you are a parent.
I think the minimum wage was also a good policy to introduce.
I think people tend to think 'they're all the same' about politicians, and indeed i used to think that too, but clearly there is a major difference to the poorest areas of society.
Not saying Labour are saints. They were also involved in the fiddling of expenses outrage. The difference was, however, the tories were claiming for such things as 'having their moat cleaned' Say's it all.