| FootballFan said: I have to admit I find the massive jump (leap) up the opinion polls as being incredible. The biggest unspoken issues in this election campaign are, in no particular order: a) the People want a referendum on the EU, with the vast majority seemingly willing the UK out of it altogether; b) the People demand that whoever gets in number 10 next gets immigration under control. Yet after 90 minutes of a TV debate, the People are quite willing to vote for the party whose flagship policies include scrapping the Pound, surrendering yet more power to Brussels and an amnesty (yet again) for all illegal immigrants living in the UK. Am I missing something? How can someone who has the exact opposite views to that of the majority of the people get so much support? It can't just be the fact that he was looking down the camera and Brown was saying "I agree with Nick" every few mins.... |
Although the Lib Dems are clearly the most pro-European party they are not going to hand over all domestic power to the EU nor scrap the pound quite as simply as many recent media reports suggest. They are pro-Euro but say conditions are not currently right and even when they are they promise a referendum on the issue. They also promise a referendum on the UK even being in Europe should the EU put forward any more more legislation transferring soverign powers from Westminster to Brussels.
Immigration is slightly different and a bit more subjective. For me the Lib Dems have the best policy on immigration as the Tory proposal of an immigration 'cap' could be a potential distaster. What if the cap is reached half way through a year and then a particular sector requires a form of skilled work which is lacking in the UK? Also, if the cap includes international students then a reduction in those numbers would create a financial crisis for UK universities (as well as damage their academic output).
