UK! Do Tories serve a purpose other than their own delusions?

Answer 1

yes...they serve the delusions of others.

Answer 2

I think you will find come the next election the Tories will be fresh whereas this lot will be tired and worn. It is cyclical in this country and now hopefully labour will lose owing to their abysmal record. They promised so much and delivered so little. Forgetting about illegal wars, honours for loans, non-resigning cabinet members and the rest, just look at what they have sold or given away. Look at the state of the NHS today - no better, hospitals shutting, unions not happy - and the postal service - cuts here and no service - and the Olympics - already it is going to cost twice what they predicted.

So I think your question should be will the Tories delusions help this country out of the mess that Labour leaves behind?

Answer 3

If you had any political awareness, you'd realise that there is very little difference between the policies of the Tory party and the Labour party. But why?

Politics in the US and UK are fought more on the grounds of the economy than social issues. You have to ask, after the mauling Bush has received in the media since he came to power, why hasn’t he been voted out? Was it a conspiracy? No, of course not. Life is bland and prosaic: it’s the economy. Ditto Tony Blair.

The overwhelming majority of middle-class voters look at the economy and say, "It’s not broke, so why rock the boat unnecessarily?" A new government is an unacceptable risk if the economy is relatively healthy.

You need to wake-up from the hysterical media. It is a coma of old, outmoded political ideals that don’t exist in the modern political world. That’s why you don’t get extreme right and left wing parties being voted in. And no matter what you say, the Republicans aren’t extreme.

Left and right wing politics are perpetuated solely by the media and capitalism; they are relics of a bygone political era that have transmuted into modern day market sectors.

So, how does it feel to be asking useless, irrelevant questions? I ask the same questions of newspapers such as The Guardian (left) and the Daily Mail (right) everyday.

Answer 4

Yes.

They (and by tory im assuming you are ref to the conservative party) fill a very gaping hole in the uk political spectrum between the incompitant but well meening labour party and the mad nutters who call themselves liberals (actualy a bunch of pot smoking, sandel wearing hippies from a middle class communes in a perminent state of euphoria).

Lets look at this from three perspectives (and lets put it in a festive context..ho ho ho).... politics past, politics present, politics yet to come:

1. past:Tories built the empire... empowered the industrial revolution, ended slavery, saved the freedoms of the west from mad euro-dictators in 4 world wars (starting with the french in the 16th cent and ending with adolf) and created the Uk market economy that is bankrolling one labour cockup after anougher.

2:present: someone has to provide a hint of commonsence in parliment these days, to back labour when they get it right and offer a diffrent perspective when they get it wrong (u cant expect the liberals to do it..they cant agree what reality they are sitting in most days). With out a sane opposition democracy fails...labour en conservative are NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS if gov is to operate.

3. The future, when the money is spent and the tax burden is at 90% of income, when the welfare states burocracy has spent all the money meant for beds in hosp on case studies and fact finding missions to miami beach... the tories will do what they allways do... take 5 years to put it right, heal the nation and then get voted out of office after 5 years of national bliss cos the jaded british electorate gets bored when things are going well.

Answer 5

All politicians irrespective of party have "Delusions of Grandeur"
The long suffering electorate have the terrible dilemma of deciding which group of politicians "lie the least" and it is extremely difficult.
If politicians were actors many would have won an "Oscar" for their performances.
It is strange and a pity that the laws of perjury don't seem to apply to politicians - if it were applied it might resolve the problem or at least lock it away for a while.

Answer 6

It's not a question of Tories or Labour or Independent opinions or policies. It's a matter of evil versus good. Only God is good therefore in all our political comings and goings we should seek only to do God's perfect will. Love your neighbour as... a Tory can?... a Liberal?... an Independant?... or as yourself?

Answer 7

Yeh. At least they get things done compared to this government who um and ahh over everything

Answer 8

Good answer Zarathust...

Answer 9

I am Stacky!

Answer 10

no, they don't.