Tag: General Election
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Now The Speeches Are Over…
After three election debates, what have we learned? Firstly – David Cameron, touted as a master-orator and expected to do so well on live television, was very disappointing. He evaded questions, could back little up with figures, and looked more and more like the shiny figurehead of a party which still wants to reward the…
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Election Thoughts [2] | The Choice to Control our Own Lives?
In the previous post, I argued that the ‘choice’ agenda that all parties are keen to promote is actually something of a fallacy. Genuine choice of political representation in the kind of democracy we have is pretty much an illusion, and choice in delivery of services like health and education would actually require surplus capacity,…
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If There’s One Single Issue You Should Vote On, It’s This…
So the General Election that we all knew was coming is finally out in the open. How should you vote? How should we decide how to vote? I think that there is a single issue that we should all be asking our prospective representatives about: income equality. If you get a chance to speak to…