Why the Tories are better for Britain

Do you really believe the Tory propaganda?
Those 'certain people on benefits' include me so...I'm all for it. I don't really like cuts to welfare and to the nhs.

They don't care about the economy per se. It could crash entirely is it meant lining their pockets. (See Brexit)


Only if they are Tory party donors.


The fact that the want to get it done regardless, even if that means No Deal, shows that they are a danger to the economy and the nation as a whole.


Tokenism. He won't be around for long.

so he can now do what he wants. what great news for everyone!

Are you saying that you're an adult who hasn't worked a single day in an honest job in their entire life, has multiple kids who are the typical council estate hoodlums and you secretly support racist groups like the EDL or are even part of it? Because those are the "certain people" I'm taking about. People who need benefits for specific reasons should be getting support from the state. I'm not talking about everyone on benefits.

The Tories as a whole can finally achieve their goals and that's great news for everyone.

Haven't you watched Channel 5?

But in all seriousness these stereotypes actually exist. Visit any council estate, especially the big ones, and you can feel the crime and unemployment that infests the area. You just don't accept them because you don't want to be the person that judges others based on their poor choices in life.

Signed, Boris Johnson.

Why bring in austerity then? The fact that a government is being responsible for budgets for once shows how they have the integrity to make hard choices for the nation. If Labour stayed in power after 2010 spending would have continued the way it was during the 2000s and we all know the economy was booming then. No government wants to do spending cuts because that would be generally unpopular but the Tories still did it. It's Labour that don't care about the economy per se. They would just inflate spending everywhere just to get more votes and leave the problem for a future generation.

I don't get my information from reality tv. These people may exist but they are a minority of the people who claim and not the real problem. And you're right that I don't pass judgement on other people regardless of how they live.
Signed, a 'bleedin liberal leftie'

The money to bail out the banks had to come from somewhere. Those million pound bonuses don't grow on trees!
Also, the Tory gov't of 9 years ago was a somewhat different animal.

I go to a failing school in the north of Manchester. I see some of the kids that go to the school. I tell you one thing, most of those kids have no real aspirations, will likely fail most of their GCSEs and end up like their unemployed parents taking benefits because they are unemployable. Reality TV actually reveals the issue to its core.

The government should probably stop cutting on education then. They've had a decade to do something about it but all they do is cut cut cut, all in the name of austerity.

Whereas, Labour would just devote all the extra money to useless programs which have the purpose of only helping the "disadvantaged" (more like the lazy and unmotivated). The problem I have with Labour is that if they get into power, I worry the focus with be on a certain parts of UK society (some people on benefits / criminals) that are already getting help, while other parts of society are ignored and forced to give more in the way of taxes (the hard-working rich / middle class / maybe even the working class).

Do you really believe the Tory propaganda?
Those 'certain people on benefits' include me so...I'm all for it. I don't really like cuts to welfare and to the nhs.

There haven't been any cuts to the NHS. NHS funding has grown above real terms since the Conservatives came in back in 2010 and will almost certainly continue to do so. The NHS, however, is pressured by an ageing population and increased expectations on the service. These are real challenges that health services around the world have to find solutions for - it's not some sort of Tory conspiracy.

In terms of social security, fine - you're a net beneficiary. But surely you recognise that you are part of a wider society and that simply increasing benefits will negatively affect that - and probably, in the end, ultimately you as well? The main savings from social security were from (1) the now-departed benefit freeze which was justified in terms of the deficit and didn't apply in many cases (eg, for recipients of disability benefits); (2) the reductions in tax credits, a system that was far more expensive and created a far broader entitlement than Labour expected when they reformed it and (3) moving people off of out-of-work benefits (ie, JSA and ESA) and into work - combined with a higher minimum wage level that reduced the level of in-work benefit entitlement, which is largely a good thing.

The first was a temporary measure to address a significant national problem. The others addressed significant problems that existed beforehand. Tax credits was probably the most difficult choice, because it does hit a lot of working people at the lower end of the income spectrum - but these are also ones who are benefiting from things like the National Living Wage and the raising of the tax-free personal allowance.

In real terms the conservatives have spent less on the nhs than labour throughout decades. They were never for it, it was labours idea

I've witnessed first hand the deterioration to the nhs and the rationing of care and you'll never get me to agree to it, I'm sorry. They've even shut down vital A&Es and now some areas have been left with none. Even more hospitals are at risk. They cut the nursing bursary and now they're being praised for bringing it back.

And universal credit sucks, it's a system set up to make people suffer.
Labour all the way.

To have such a large majority gives way for the most extreme right wing government we've had in decades, which frankly scares me.

Why bring in austerity then? The fact that a government is being responsible for budgets for once shows how they have the integrity to make hard choices for the nation. If Labour stayed in power after 2010 spending would have continued the way it was during the 2000s and we all know the economy was booming then. No government wants to do spending cuts because that would be generally unpopular but the Tories still did it. It's Labour that don't care about the economy per se. They would just inflate spending everywhere just to get more votes and leave the problem for a future generation.