Ed Milliband is the new leader of the UK Labour Party

[Kantor]

numonex said:

Kantor said:

Foamer said:

Kantor said:

I'm centre right. That doesn't make me some cannibalistic monster. I do have a pulse.

Amazing, you say that like it's something to be proud of.

'I may be a complete weirdo with no idea of real life who sees people as inconveniences and statistics to be shuffled around to fit into some failed ideology borrowed from the 1980s, but hey, I'm still human.'

You may not be a monster, but your views are reprehensible, dangerous and abhorrent and your rationale for holding such views is revolting and ridiculous.

In the same breath, you call us elitist and call 12 million people "reprehensible, dangerous and abhorrent" simply for rejecting the beliefs held by Labour, and at the same time lumping together all Conservative voters as stuck-up bourgeouise who despise poor people and think the government ought to legalise hunting and give all of the upperclass private estates.

From my experience, most people who vote Labour are simply naïve. But some people in this thread...wow. There's no naïveté in here. Just a deep resentment of the affluent, a mindless devotion to socialism and this idea stuck in people's head that it is possible to attain complete equality when humanity is involved. I'm not usually this right-wing. I have to act it in here, just to offset this level of radical leftism.

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

And with that, I leave this thread before it turns from a shitstorm into a shit hurricane.

Replacing Health care with Bibles as Tory tough love approach to the Public Health system. Tory scapegoat immigrants, Muslims and unemployed people or anyone who does not fit their view as a normal citiizen. Tories with their scaremongering and  divide and conquering. Fear = Discipline, power and control.

Public education system will be reduced down to help save costs and reduce the deficit. Higher education plans for a lot of young  people from lower socio-economic classes will have to be put on hold under a Tory government. Less educated people means more chances Tory government stay in power. Cutting education and reducing quality of public education by privatising more universities and colleges will increase Tory government strangle hold on government/political power. Increase voting age to 21 could increase their political power.Weaken the opposition by denying young people a future is the Tory way. 

Workers who are not in the middle to upper classes will be targeted by Tories who always implement economic austerity measures which target the lower and middle class. Higher taxes on low incomes and middle class workers. Aimed at targeting young workers. female workers and low skilled workers. Weak unions means the workers have less protection from job security and lower wages and poorer working conditions.

Excuse me? Are we talking about the same Tories here? I'm pretty sure you're describing hte Tory party of...well, the late 1800s.

Just for reference, my position on the Political Compass, which I don't personally agree with, but I suppose it knows me better than I do. Thatcher is near the top right. I can imagine Ed Miliband would be slightly above the line, and pretty far left of it.

 

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26