Can you name any left-wing Conservative polices?

Respect is a ridiculous party. It's less the equivalent of UKIP, than it is to the Tea Party in USA.

It's interesting that if you look at p.6 of the latest GDP estimate http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_263578.pdf that the only sector that has grown every quarter is "government".

you are missing the point. They haven't removed the NHS, real terms NHS spending has actually increased. The cuts are to make the system work for the more deserving case example- my dad can barely walk 100 yards. Next door there is a guy with a blue badge in his car that spends most of his time messing with said car and spending his job seekers. Are you seriously going to tell me that we should pay for him to do that, and deny people like my dad? Funding is NOT infinite. The fact that they allowed a referendum puts them as more left that labour who quietly forgot that pledge. Education can deal with cuts it needs reform. Another example- my high school, the head spent over £30,000 on computer monitors, £150,000 on new windows and £50,000 on thumbprint doors but refused to hire a second physics teacher. We had one physics teacher for 600 pupils. That needs correcting, and this isn't an isolated case either. I know of similar ones within the county I live in so I can only imagine what it is like in some places. Yet again you are simple wrong on tax. government reports indicate that a top rate of 36% would be most efficient. Rich people aren't stupid, if you tax them too much, they go, taking their money with them. People like yourself mean that the government is losing revenue due to political perceptions. As for the NHS cuts there haven't been any. Honestly, look beyond the headlines for yourself. The NHS is being reformed and it is about time too. People always defend it for just existing. The NHS ought to provide universal care first before it should even be considered to be doing its job and that at the moment is certainly not the case.

I'm aware that they haven't removed the NHS altogether but they are in the slow process of doing so. NHS spending might have increased slightly but they aren't stopping the introduction of more private contractors in the NHS, I don't want Richard Branson having significant control over our healthcare to make a profit out of us. He has enough money as it is! In reference to your dad and neighbour why do we have to choose between the two? Why can they not both be treated by the NHS? It belongs to everyone. I know funding isn't infinite but the money can be taken from elsewhere. Cut war and tax the profits out of co-operations ffs.

The only reason the Tories had a referendum on electoral reform was because they were forced to as part of the coalition agreement and they made sure it wouldn't be the electoral reform that would win the vote - PR. I agree education needs a large amount of reform but how is cutting it going to increase it's quality and how is an unemployed 19 year old like myself to blame for the government losing revenue when co-operations are deliberately dodging taxes? The NHS needs to be reformed by having more investment and funding to abolish waiting lists and prescription charges but steadily private healthcare is gaining more influence. I do defend the NHS existing because I believe that everyone has the right to well funded healthcare free of charge which is something Thatcherites tend to disagree with. I am just making a point that the coalition government is not left wing in any sense and neither is the labour opposition for that matter.

Firstly, the tories have explicitly stated time and time again that the NHS will always remain free at the point of service. To say anything otherwise just shows ignorance.

Education needs reform, what it doesn't need is more tax payer money being thrown at it, which is what governments have been doing for the past 25 years.

When you say co-operations, do you mean co-operative run businesses or are you confusing it with corporations? In which case corporations are ridiculously wealthy because governments give them special treatment, both with regards to competition policy (which often favours one corporation over another) and corporate welfare.

Just to note that I am not a supporter of the Conservative party, however I do agree with some of their policies (as I do with every other party).

You tell me how tripleling university tuition fees and allowing private companies to sponsor state schools is lefty.

Isn't that what New Labour done?

Indeed it is and the Tories have continued this policy. I didn't say New Labour were left wing btw.

Don't kid yourself. Cameron fully supports EU dictatorship and will adopt votes for prisoners because the EU says he must. He has no choice in the matter, the will of Brussels matters.

Gay marriage: Just because proper Tories oppose it. Officially the party supports it. Cameron will abandon conservative principles and ram it through parliament with a 3 line whip. (just like he did to stop an EU referendum).

PROPER TORIES PREFER UKIP.

I mean one that's as popular as UKIP seems to be becoming.

Nope. Nope it's not

Nahh, s'all about Supply-Side

We have to do what the EU says, that is the deal! He has done more than other leaders by even having a Commons debate about the EU. And I think the Gay marriage thing is more about morals than ideology. (I know that is gonna open a can of worms, sorry) Raming it through is a bit of an hyperbole, gay marriage should be a right not a priviledge!



THE GREEN PARTY!!



What is Supply-side? I lack economics knowledge...
And feminism rules!!

I know supposedly we are a liberal country, but can you name any left-wing policies the Torries have propounded? To me they mostly seem to center around their 'Pillars of Society'. Plus it is not so clear who's policy is who's when the are in a coalition.

Thank you

Basically Supply-side economic theory says that to maxamise wealth and efficiency you must remove barriers to the trading of services and goods. This tends to manifest itself with deregulation of the private sector and lowering of capital gains tax and such like. It's the opposition to Keynesian economic theory, which promotes government intervention in the private sector. Personally I think we do need a balance of the two, but up until the 70's the school of thought had been mainly Keynesian which led to a thing called Stagflation. Now, some have ascribed the failings of of 2008/09 to Supply-side style economics, which is fine, they are not perfect. But my issue is there have been loud calls from the Left to return to the same Keynesian model as we had in the 60's, which totally ignores how the markets have changed in the last 50 years.

Eh. Feminism by the dictionary definition is good, yes. But 'Feminism' today most certainly does not.

Thanks

What is wrong with Feminism today?

Thanks

What is wrong with Feminism today?

What's the need for feminism today? Women got the vote, and all the other rights.

They DON'T have all other rights! Women still suffer sexism in every day life. Unemployment among women is higher, there is still an unfair pay gap, not to mention sexist language, porn, labeling of women by what they wear or say, the list goes on.

And Feminism is world wide, women are still oppressed in 2012 and you ask why we need feminsim...

Why shouldn't there not be Feminism today?

Well then, can you name me some leftie policies please?

Great - men suffer sexism too as the post above yours pointed out.
It often happens, when a group is opressed, that when they get their rights they actually become more powerful than those who oppressed them. Gay rights for example - they march around in 'gay pride' marches. If there were to be a straight march it would be stopped immediatly.

As for you points about discrimination against women:
Unemployment proves nothing - maybe you should look at the proportion of men working as nurses, or childminders (etc.) I agree that women aren't fairly represented in Parliament though
The pay gap is unfair to some extent but in some jobs it's neccesary (manual work, for example) as women aren't as capable at the job. It's just a fact that women are genetically not as strong.
Sexist language? Like what? Women have their own terms that could be considered sexist. I watch the Big Bang Theory and that girl constantly calling the guys 'sweetie' is really annoying.
Men are in porn to ............. and it's peoples' choice whether to be a pornstar, not yours.
Men are labelled for what they wear and say! Everyone is! Have you never made a remark on someone's appearence or what they've said? That's just as ridiculous as the porn point.

There shouldn't be feminism today because women have equal rights. Any more rights they get is counter productive to men.
If you go on to the Daily Mail website you'll see a section called 'Femail'. In my opinion that is sexist
If you watch a program on BBC 3 called World Championship Dating (or something) you'll notice that the whole point of the program is for the men to impress the women. If the women don't like the men they get to press a button to send them away. That is sexist. That's portraying dating as a farce where it's entirly up to the male impress the female.
Basically you have to accept that things aren't entirely equal. Yes women aren't represented by even half in Parliament but they do get it better in a load of other respects

england is a central-right country, not libral.

scotland and wales are left.

conservative, and the conservative party are 2 different things.

but regardless tories are midright so why would they need leftist policies?