TSR MHoC General Election April 2011

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Which party leaders have sent out mass pms?

Because you have six posts.

Hello Ladies and Gents,

It's TSR Election time! The 7 parties of the TSR Model House of Commons are campaigning for your votes in TSR's 13th General Election. Their manifestos are below and please read through them carefully as the policies of some parties differ from their real life equivalent.

The poll is open for 10 days and those of you who have been here over 3 months and have more than 150 posts can vote.

Because you have six posts.

Some TSR Lib Dems are more authoritarian than their Labour counterparts, hence why on average they appear slightly above TSR Labour on the authoritarian scale.

All of them, I would have thought. I don't know why you wouldn't.

I've been waiting for a lull period and for others to have sent theirs out so I can judge how effective it is or isn't.

I'm guessing you're unaware of the Laffer curve? If you raise taxes too much, wealthy people and businesses will leave for some tax haven. We need a competitive tax system to attract new businesses to our shores to lower unemployment and increase overall tax revenue. But we can't do that if you raise taxes.

As I said, it's a flawed system and it needs massive review. But we can't keep giving money to corrupt governments. More gets done by donating to charities that have access to these countries. What do you want us to do? Send in armed forces to every country we provide aid for? I'm sure that would go down well with whatever country they go into and the UN.

How can you not afford to go. You pay nothing up front. In the new system if a university plans on charging over £6,000 they will have to show that they are providing help for those from worse off backgrounds. You pay nothing back until you're earning £21,000 and even then it's 9% on every pound over that. Earning £22,000 a year in the new system means you pay £7.50 a month (check for yourself). And you're telling me that people can't afford that?

You're under the impression that all Tories on here bow down to Cameron as our undisputed leader. I know a few Tories who accept him as the leader but don't necessarily agree with him on different things. Imagine this: The coalition make a U-turn on damn near every policy they've put forward in the past 11 months; you would say that it shows the sign of a weak government. On the other side: you criticise the coalition for following through with their policies and claim they're a weak government because they don't listen to the people. Tell me, what are they supposed to do? They have a plan to reduce the structural deficit of the country, and they're going through with it - it's far too early to see whether it's working or not.

Ah okay, I wasn't aware it was a graph indicating that they represent the TSR parties. I thought it was representing the real parties, my mistake.

I'd have thought so too, but given the fact that a few of those manifestos are nothing more than tweaked versions of older manifestos, I wouldn't be surprised if some hadn't.

Anyone else notice The Centre party's manifesto is pretty much identical to one of their previous ones? Laziness before even being elected, heck knows how sloppy they'd be in government!

People will not be able to afford that if they get incredibly poor. Yes, they may, but we do not need to tax them to the extent that they will leave. I'm not saying we should be constantly sending in armed forces, why not hire PMA (Private Military Company) to look after aid workers? As you can see in Haiti for example, aid workers are slaughtered with machetes for supplies, even though they are unarmed and there to help. In afghanistan, 2 UN soldiers were beheaded, and a further 6 killed. We need to protect aid workers MUCH more. Look at Red Nose day. This year it raised £56 Million. But has the lives of most people in LEDCs improved? No. It is up to governments to do something.

Plus about the coalition: yes it is, but so far things have been going VERY badly.

Ah okay, I wasn't aware it was a graph indicating that they represent the TSR parties. I thought it was representing the real parties, my mistake.