Morgan's Manor - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Cameron is dumbing down even further. However, I am getting rather worried about the outcome of the next election as I have a horrid feeling that Cameron will win by 20-30 seats since I cannot for the life of me see Milliband being appealing enough to the broader electorate, an image obviously cultivated by the mass media who have a vested interested in keeping Cameron in the top job. It is worrying if he begins to implement his referendum and the anti-EU brigade manage to create such a momentum of feeling within the populace that UK will vote to get out.

 

Can we replace the whole lot of them with Angela Merkel?? We have seen that the German model of football is better than our own so perhaps to is the German system of Government.

 

I have very little idea about any of the people coming in, but I think it'd be very difficult not to find someone more likable than Gove. Sounds like a woman, Nicky Morgan, will take on that role.

 

Labour certainly have work to do. I guess it is best to get a good shadow team behind Ed, rather than focusing on the leader himself, we tend to do these days. Unfortunately, there is a lot of 'baggage' on the Labour side - many ministers who have been involved in the New Labour years and as such have a negative reputation. I still believe that Labour will make gains next year, just whether it will be enough to get an overall majority is the question.

 

Yes, Nicky Morgan is the new Education Secretary. The focus is certainly on getting more women in cabinet.

 

Underestimate the power of the press. Agree with your view Al. Think Labour will make gains but at the expense of the Lib Dems who I sadly fear are going to pay dearly for their alliance with the Tories. They will rue the day they adapted to the Tory view on tuition fees in order to get a seat at the high table of Government.

 

I really doubt the Lib Dems' previous policy on tuition fees could have been affordable in that economic climate anyway.

You know, unless we'd done something crazy like make corporations pay taxes.

 

This is really window dressing by Cameron, no more no less. Willetts has gone to be replaced by who?? The man has a fine intellect and is very measured whenever giving an interview, something that twerp Gove isn't. Did I hear he is going to bring back Fox???

 

Yet we find a way to spend money on aircraft carriers (Labour cynically implemented that program) and all things defence related? How come Germany and the Netherlands have very low tuition fees?

 

Because Germany and the Netherlands never had high tuition fees. Something would have to go to offset the difference, and of course there are multiple options for that, but I'm not sure how much we can afford to reduce the defence budget. Of course I'm no expert on the matter (is anyone here?) but for the time being it seems we may have some use for those aircraft carriers.

 

Hooray.

Education has been saved.

That Grumble Gove will now be bullying his MPs rather than our teachers and wrecking our schools.

Fabulous news that has made my day.

 

Hove Park, not Gove Park!

(LTL will know what I'm on about)

 

Fox is rumoured for a comeback to Cabinet. I sincerely hope not. It does give a fresh feel to the cabinet though, whatever their abilities. The electorate may think, 'oh we haven't see her or him before, let's give them a chance to show what they can do'. It will be much the same though i'm afraid.

The Liberal Democrats saw the power after the 2010 election, and grasped it with both hands, regardless of what that meant for their party, its members or the voters. They will take a huge hit, possibly up to half of their seats lost. They don't understand, well the ones at the top at least (Clegg, Alexander, Cable), how angry the electorate are with them.

Traditionally, the Liberal vote is made up considerably from students, hence their policy on tuition fees in their manifesto in 2010. Not only going back on it, but trebling the fees, is just like sticking 2 fingers up to them I'm afraid. I hope they suffer for it.

 

I'm so glad politics is banned from the forum.

 

Welsh government have just made it illegal to smoke in any vehicle that has an under-18 in it.

 

The only thing I know about Nicky Morgan is that she's a homophobe... so...

 

I thought he was a skate ...

 

Voted against same sex marriage. Is that the extent of it, or is there more?

 

Apparently, it all comes from her religious beliefs that homosexuality isn't right etc.

 

And she's in charge of teaching our kids? Woohoo.....