Thursday, 15 April 2010

10 Reasons NOT To Vote Conservative

1). David Cameron wants to reduce the abortion limit. We spent long enough fighting for the right to have them, I'm highly suspicious of anyone who wants to reduce the time limits when there's no medical evidence for it. Parliament voted on this issue two years ago, and rejected reducing the limit. Only 1% of abortions occur after twenty weeks anyway.
2). Their manifesto states "remember that we are all in this together". No, we really aren't. Sorry Cameron, I don't think you really felt the recession the way many people did.
3). The Conservatives have formed an alliance with right-wing group the Polish Law and Justice party. This is despite warnings from inside their own party that members of PiS are homophobic and antisemetic. Oh well, never mind about all the Jews and poofs, right Dave?
4). Lord Ashcroft. The now infamous non-dom has donated millions to the Tory party over the years, and was even taken on foreign business meetings with William Hague. Clearly the Tories aren't for sale, not at all.
5). George Osbourne is an economic fantasist. "We can save you all £12bn a year in efficiency savings! Look, we're definitely not making stuff up, you can read all about it in this 4 page press release."
6). It'll cost you your job. They'll save £2bn by cutting the public sector payroll! Even though that could result in between 20,000 and 40,000 job losses.
7). They'll ruin economic recovery. 58 economic experts have signed a letter stating Cameron's plans to cut £6bn of public spending will cost thousands of jobs, severely damage the economy, and potentially tip us back into recession.
8). David Cameron airbrushed his campaign poster. Aside from the fact he didn't have the sense to get it done well, what does it say when our leaders are encouraging airbrushing? Didn't we all agree that lead to unhealthy perceptions about our own image? You're a politican, Cameron. I don't decide whether to vote for you or not based on how open your pores are.
9). Boris Johnson. However endearing he is, the man failed to declare donations worth a quarter of a million pounds. Hurray for transparent, corruption free politics.
10). The Expenses Scandal Now, no political party has a clean record here. Far from it. But claims for helipad maintenance, a full-time housekeeper, moat cleaning, £14,000-a-year-in-expenses-whilst-owning-three-properties-without-mortgages...woops, they were all Tory ministers!

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