Tuesday, 8 September 2009

This is why he will win...

"Cutting the perks, cutting the bureaucracy.

In total the proposals I have announced today will save taxpayers as much as £120 million a year.

That figure may seem trifling when we have a budget deficit of £175 billion.
But this is about more than the money.

It’s about the message. And the message is this. This country is in a debt crisis.

We must all now come together, play our part, carry our burden and pay our fair share.

And that starts at the very top –with politicians cutting the cost of politics.

I sincerely believe our country will be able to cope with and come through the tough times ahead...
....but only if we tell people the truth about what’s happening.

Gordon Brown just cannot be straight with people.

He’s come back from his break but it like he’s never been away.

He’s still sticking to the same old myth that we can spend, spend and spend.
The only party that is being straight with the British people today is the Conservatives.

We understand the scale of the problem.

We have said spending must be cut.

And we’re determined to lead the country by powerful example and cut the cost of politics.

That’s because if we stick together, and all play our part, our best days will lie ahead of us.”


Spot on.

5 comments:

Chris Paul
said...

Gestures. Sensible enough gestures. But gestures nonetheless. Where is the meat? Where the hell is the meat? Where is the chopper really going to fall? And is the man for real comparing Electoral Commissions with India?

Anonymous said...

"And that starts at the very top – with politicians cutting the cost of politics."

This is a brilliant line - please, please, please let it be true:

https://www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/govt-funds-unions-with-taxpayer-money-$1325366.htm

The government gives "foreign aid" money to groups in the UK which then fund the government party to get elected again - but that's fine, and if you think it's corrupt then you must be a "nasty right" wing hack.

Disco Biscuit said...

"We must all now come together, play our part, carry our burden and pay our fair share."

Well my fair share is a nice round sum: £0. I didn't vote for the dicks who racked up all the Government debt, and I sure as hell aren't responsible for all the w*nkers who got more credit cards than they could afford and bought a bloody great big house at the top of the market.

How is paying for other peoples' profligacy carrying our burden and paying our fair share?

Let Labour voters pick up the tab.

Steve
said...

If he wants to save money, win the election and bugger UKIP, then he ought to have a vote on Europe.

If you weren't 18 in 1975, you won't have had a vote on Europe. Period. So, unless you are 52 years old, you won't have had a say.

So, the European Parliament, with the accounts that have not been passed by the auditors for 14 years is out of your hands.

He says he will drop the ID card scheme - that's a start.

Martin said...

I don't understand why everyone thinks that cutting the food subsidy in Westminster is such a good idea.

Of those people who work in Westminster, about 2/3rds are either central staff, MP's staff, or interns. Interns get lunch paid for their expenses (or should be). Central staff will soon get a pay raise for the increased cost of their lunch, and the MP staff will eventually get one too when their pay is reviewed in line with the parliamentary pay scales.

Hence, a false economy. Most workplaces, and certainly those big ones where long nights and early mornings are not uncommon, have subsidised food. This includes several areas of the civil service, such as the restaurant in Thames House, which I'm told serves an excellent Chicken Madras. I must admit I don't see why Westminster should be any different.

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