The Student Room Group

Are the Conservatives that bad?

They've reduced the deficit by half and quite frankly, seem to be the only party willing to make stringent cuts without being affected by emotions or fear of public reprimands. Granted, some of the effects austerity has had on many has been problematic, but surely we should applaud the ruthlessness of a Government, who are willing to make the tough decisions for the long term benefits of our society and generation?

I'm no balled over my the jargon or false promises of other political parties as my sole intention is for the deficit to be eradicated before we, the young generation, become the next leaders of this society.

So bearing this in mind, I ask again: Are the Conservatives really that bad?
(edited 9 years ago)

Scroll to see replies

Reply 1
I don't wanna judge which parties are bad or good, but I am also sick of the false promises. Id rather have them not promise anything.
there better than labour


Posted from TSR Mobile
They haven't been great.

At the beginning of their tenure, they overstated the precariousness of the UK's position. They scaremongered to foster support for their severe cuts. These cuts were not so much based on economic fact rather than the instinctive desire to cut and slash.

We have seen ill thought out ideas. Welfare reform for example which has seen policies implemented which have adversely affected the poorest and most vulnerable. IDS has been an awful minister. Up there with him is Grayling - a man who is hell-bent on wrecking the legal system. We have seen policies driven by blind ideology which have not had the desired result - in fact, sometimes quite the opposite.

The plan that the Tories came up with did not work.
Reply 4
I'd say their welfare policy has been pretty awful and they've not pleased me on defense but they've done well enough on a number of key issues for me to probably reward them with my vote.
Reply 5
Original post by Smithy-Smiths
They've reduced the deficit by half and quite frankly, seem to be the only party willing to make stringent cuts without being affected by emotions or fear of public reprimands. Granted, some of the effects austerity has had on many has been problematic, but surely we should applaud the ruthlessness of a Government, who are willing to make the tough decisions for the long term benefits if our society and generation?

I'm no balled over my the jargon or false promises of other political parties as my sole intention is for the deficit to be eradicated before we, the young generation become the next leaders of our society.

So bearing this in mind, I ask again: Are the Conservatives really that bad?


The Conservatives are not fundamentally bad or evil.

There are only two groups of people who hate the Conservative party:

1) Communists
2) Our parents generation who were handed everything on a plate by the Labour party, which our generation is now paying for.

The Labour party has a long history of over-spending and dragging the country into high levels of debt. By "history", I mean far more than their previous 13 years in office.
Unfortunately for the conservatives, they have a history of entering office after Labour and having to sort out the problems they created.

I'm not a Conservative party supporter, I'm just stating facts.

It's easy for Labour to shout from the sidelines while two other parties work together to sort out the mess they created (and have a history of creating).
Reply 6
Original post by privat

The Labour party has a long history of over-spending and dragging the country into high levels of debt. By "history", I mean far more than their previous 13 years in office.
Unfortunately for the conservatives, they have a history of entering office after Labour and having to sort out the problems they created.

I'm not a Conservative party supporter, I'm just stating facts..


This really.

I can't imagine why people will still want to vote Labour after the previous mess they made ...
Original post by Tommy1499
there better than labour


Posted from TSR Mobile


Clearly not, they seemed to have failed with the education system judging by your lack of correct grammar use.

--

If you're rich and live a lavish fantastic lifestyle, then nothing is wrong with the Conservative party, however if you're the rest of the 95% of the population, everything is wrong with them.
As a student, I'm voting Labour.
No.

Vote Tory or UKIP.

As a student who grew up in a council estate, I'm voting Conservatives. Conservatives hate the workshy, not those who wish to aspire. If you want the poor to take all of your hard earned cash, vote Labour. If you want to work hard and be rewarded, whilst lending the poor a helping hand (but not hand-outs) then vote Conservative.
(edited 9 years ago)
Original post by soanonymous
Clearly not, they seemed to have failed with the education system judging by your lack of correct grammar use.

--

.


Hmmm, I wonder which government that poster has lived under during the majority of his/ her education. Was it Labour? Yet you still wish to vote Labour?

Your ad hominem towards him turned out to be a bit of a fail didn't it?

If you're rich and live a lavish fantastic lifestyle, then nothing is wrong with the Conservative party, however if you're the rest of the 95% of the population, everything is wrong with them.

If you're going to get pedantic about it, you should know that there is no comma between the bits in bold. It make more grammatical sense when you remove the comma and instead replace it with the word "then".

But of course I'm not a bell end so I won't be pointing this out.
(edited 9 years ago)
Reply 10
Original post by soanonymous
Clearly not, they seemed to have failed with the education system judging by your lack of correct grammar use.

--

If you're rich and live a lavish fantastic lifestyle, then nothing is wrong with the Conservative party, however if you're the rest of the 95% of the population, everything is wrong with them.
As a student, I'm voting Labour.


I see you've fallen victim to their marketing campaign.

The Conservative party is wrong when it blames Labour for the financial crisis, although Labour had their part to play when they deregulated the banks.
However the Conservative party is spot on when it talks about Labour's immaturity in managing finances.
The Labour party has a long history (dating much further back that its previous 13 years in office) of over-spending, and then shouting from the sidelines as somebody else clears up the mess.

The Labour party is the socialist party of our grandparent's generation.
It was set up to campaign for better working conditions and fairer pay.
But the Labour party snowballed into a political party that made all kinds of wild and pie-in-the-sky promises which, if implemented, would mean borrowing tons of money and getting the next generation to pay for it.

It has always been like that.

There is a constant cycle going on here in politics which the majority of the general public seem to be too thick or too blind to be able to see for themselves;

Overspending by labour - clean up by conservatives - overspending by labour - clean up by conservatives.

It just goes on and on, and it's about time for a change.

So I won't be voting labour or conservative (or lib dem).
Original post by privat
I see you've fallen victim to their marketing campaign.

The Conservative party is wrong when it blames Labour for the financial crisis, although Labour had their part to play when they deregulated the banks.
However the Conservative party is spot on when it talks about Labour's immaturity in managing finances.
The Labour party has a long history (dating much further back that its previous 13 years in office) of over-spending, and then shouting from the sidelines as somebody else clears up the mess.

The Labour party is the socialist party of our grandparent's generation.
It was set up to campaign for better working conditions and fairer pay.
But the Labour party snowballed into a political party that made all kinds of wild and pie-in-the-sky promises which, if implemented, would mean borrowing tons of money and getting the next generation to pay for it.

It has always been like that.

There is a constant cycle going on here in politics which the majority of the general public seem to be too thick or too blind to be able to see for themselves;

Overspending by labour - clean up by conservatives - overspending by labour - clean up by conservatives.

It just goes on and on, and it's about time for a change.

So I won't be voting labour or conservative (or lib dem).


Tell me where I said that I care about who you're voting for? Oh? I didn't, that's right.
But hey, if you people like the fact that one of the richest country's in the world has thousands/millions of people turning to food banks and are unable to make a decent living, an amount of money in order to live the very minimum lifestyle, then you go ahead and waste your vote away. I personally, would like to see all the parties out, and new better ones in. But that's not going to happen, so I'll vote for the lesser of 2 evils.
Original post by soanonymous
Hahaha no fail there, the fact that they still can't use the correct grammar shows nothing has changed with the education system. You think the Conservatives give a **** about you and you're ****ty little council estate? You are so ignorant it's honestly ridiculous, they don't give a **** about you or scummy people like you. Lol at you trying to use intelligent phrases to try and make a point. Just wait and see what happens to you and your pathetic life when Conservatives come into power and **** you over. Hahaha.

I personally don't give a ****, I'm voting Labour and thousands of others are as well whether you like it or not. I'd rather a government come into power that cares about it's people rather than some jumbled up **** who only gives a **** about a deficit and his rich gay boyfriends.


You angry.

"claims to like poor people, yet calls them scum and adds a bit of homophobia to finish it off- typical labour champagne socialist".
(edited 9 years ago)
Original post by PowelliteScum :)
You angry.


No honey, I'm right.
Reply 14
Original post by soanonymous
Tell me where I said that I care about who you're voting for? Oh? I didn't, that's right.
But hey, if you people like the fact that one of the richest country's in the world has thousands/millions of people turning to food banks and are unable to make a decent living, an amount of money in order to live the very minimum lifestyle, then you go ahead and waste your vote away. I personally, would like to see all the parties out, and new better ones in. But that's not going to happen, so I'll vote for the lesser of 2 evils.


No it's OK.

I understand your logic completely.

The labour party overspent.
But now the bloody conservatives are trying to clean up the mess.
And as a result of the cuts, which are themselves a result of the over sending under labour, some people are using food banks.
Now, we don't want this to happen again, right?
So, logically, we should vote out the party trying to sort out the mess and vote the party that created it back in, right?

Got it.
Yes.
Original post by soanonymous
No honey, I'm right.


Don't know if Ed would say you are right when you have just called poor people scum. Oops.
Original post by privat
No it's OK.

I understand your logic completely.

The labour party overspent.
But now the bloody conservatives are trying to clean up the mess.
And as a result of the cuts, which are themselves a result of the over sending under labour, some people are using food banks.
Now, we don't want this to happen again, right?
So, logically, we should vote out the party trying to sort out the mess and vote the party that created it back in, right?

Got it.


Yeah because gosh, the mess before had nothing to do with the global, i repeat GLOBAL financial crisis right? Silly me, it was all Blair/Brown's fault right? Didn't realise they had such an impact on the ****ing world lmao xD
Original post by PowelliteScum :)
Don't know if Ed would say you are right when you have just called poor people scum. Oops.


Oh you thought I meant poor people? I mean people like you, i.e. idiots. :smile:
Original post by soanonymous
Oh you thought I meant poor people? I mean people like you, i.e. idiots. :smile:

Well, there we have it chaps. Conclusive proof that anyone who does not vote Labour is an idiot.

Latest

Trending

Trending