The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157156   Message #3707431
Posted By: Musket
08-May-15 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Election Day, who's going?
Subject: RE: BS: Election Day, who's going?
I wasn't happy with how Labour portrayed themselves, and the thought of Ed Balls as chancellor going forward frightened many people. Whilst I voted Labour, the thought of a majority Labour government with nobody putting the brakes on ideology is not a good idea whilst ever we have austerity measures to consider, regardless whether it's through eat the rich (or starve the poor, a feature of a majority Tory government , which at the time of writing looks to be on the books.)

The largest issue now is the irresponsible rush to a Euro referendum. Consent of the people can only be useful if it is informed consent and to date, I have yet to see any rhetoric from Tory or failed UKIP sources as to viable reasons for questioning our future and the destabilisation a referendum can cause regardless of outcome. Scotland last year being a good example. Turkeys don't vote for Xmas but inward investment suffered all the same.

Mind you, on the Scotland issue. Fifty seats doesn't give you any bargaining power in Westmonster, especially if propping up a government with a slim majority goes against your political stance. I did like both Sturgeon and Salmond though for pointing out that this was nothing to do with any independence stance and those who voted SNP purely to revisit the referendum will be disappointed as they obviously haven't been listening to what the party has been fighting on in this election.

If however a referendum on Europe goes against reason, Scotland has every right to say the landscape has changed and as ll but one Scottish Westminster seat is pro EU, another referendum would be legitimate.