Tuesday, April 13, 2010
General election 2010: David Cameron launches Conservative manifesto
The Torries have recently been trying to appeal to the working people of Great Britain as a new campaign strategy.
Conservatives Reveal their Manifesto (!)
The Conservatives have officially released their election manifesto, a document that details their positions for the upcoming May 6th General Election.
David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, announced the manifesto today, and covered its main platforms. Its key focus is on the "working people", whom Mr. Cameron and the Conservatives will need to decidedly win over if they hope to take the next election. The Conservatives have been criticized in the past for their limited electoral platform, which has focused on a limited range of issues benefiting mainly the middle- and upper-classes. Mr. Cameron and co. have addressed these complaints accordingly.
"We stand for the working people that Labour has abandoned with their jobs tax and their waste," he said. "We stand for the idealists that the Liberal Democrats will inevitably disappoint because they cannot win this race."
The Conservatives need to win 116 seats to form a government, the most since the 1931 election that thrust them back into power after a period of weakness. The Tories hope to repeat that feat next month.
The Tories have stressed reducing the record £167 billion fiscal deficit, a pet peeve for conservatives of all stripes, though they have also paradoxically proposed an increased in health care spending, a move that the Tories claim will lead to a more "efficient and effective in the way we run the health service."
Only May 6th (and the polls leading up to then) will tell if this manifesto will persuade British voters to vote Conservative.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/13/david-cameron-launches-conservative-manifesto
David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, announced the manifesto today, and covered its main platforms. Its key focus is on the "working people", whom Mr. Cameron and the Conservatives will need to decidedly win over if they hope to take the next election. The Conservatives have been criticized in the past for their limited electoral platform, which has focused on a limited range of issues benefiting mainly the middle- and upper-classes. Mr. Cameron and co. have addressed these complaints accordingly.
"We stand for the working people that Labour has abandoned with their jobs tax and their waste," he said. "We stand for the idealists that the Liberal Democrats will inevitably disappoint because they cannot win this race."
The Conservatives need to win 116 seats to form a government, the most since the 1931 election that thrust them back into power after a period of weakness. The Tories hope to repeat that feat next month.
The Tories have stressed reducing the record £167 billion fiscal deficit, a pet peeve for conservatives of all stripes, though they have also paradoxically proposed an increased in health care spending, a move that the Tories claim will lead to a more "efficient and effective in the way we run the health service."
Only May 6th (and the polls leading up to then) will tell if this manifesto will persuade British voters to vote Conservative.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/13/david-cameron-launches-conservative-manifesto
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Gordon Brown and David Cameron clash over national insurance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/07/brown-cameron-national-insurance-pmqs
by Aly
Claims that David Cameron has been "taunting" current PM Gordon Brown about national insurance have been widely circulated. Labour claimed that the Tories pressured business leaders to stop a bill that would raise national insurance. Brown says that business leaders have been deceived.
Cameron told Brown that the planned 1% tax would kill the only recently recovered economy. Cameron said: "Is the prime minister really telling us that he knows more about job creation than business leaders who employ almost a million people in this country?"
Brown says that the government needs to protect public services.
A critic of Brown said, along with mentioning that Brown has declared war on British businesses said, "This is a highly significant moment which proves that Gordon Brown is on the wrong side of British business and working people who know that Labour's jobs tax will put the recovery at risk."
Can I just say that if American politics were half this entertaining, I think the public would be a lot more interested. For real.
by Aly
Claims that David Cameron has been "taunting" current PM Gordon Brown about national insurance have been widely circulated. Labour claimed that the Tories pressured business leaders to stop a bill that would raise national insurance. Brown says that business leaders have been deceived.
Cameron told Brown that the planned 1% tax would kill the only recently recovered economy. Cameron said: "Is the prime minister really telling us that he knows more about job creation than business leaders who employ almost a million people in this country?"
Brown says that the government needs to protect public services.
A critic of Brown said, along with mentioning that Brown has declared war on British businesses said, "This is a highly significant moment which proves that Gordon Brown is on the wrong side of British business and working people who know that Labour's jobs tax will put the recovery at risk."
Can I just say that if American politics were half this entertaining, I think the public would be a lot more interested. For real.
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