UK General Election 2010

According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power:

Why Labour?

Labour believes everyone should have access to a decent home, at an affordable price, in the area where they want to live. We have made real progress since 1997 in tackling Britain’s housing challenges, turning around a £19 billion maintenance backlog in Britain’s social housing stock which the Tories left behind. There are over a million more home owners; and we have delivered major improvements in social housing conditions, and taken action to cut homelessness by two thirds.

According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power:

Why Labour?

Labour is working to secure a fair future for Britain. We stand resolutely for the hard working majority of the British people. In this global economic downturn our approach is not only helping people now but also planning for recovery.

Labour is taking decisive action at a local, national and global level to help people through these tough times. We are providing real help now by supporting families and investing in jobs, public services and in key sectors of the economy.

This page is to discuss comments etc… made by the Conservative MP David Cameron.

David Cameron Biography (from the Conservative Party website)

David was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005, on a mandate to change the Party and change the country. Since then he has set out plans to rebuild our battered economy, revive our beleaguered NHS and repair our broken society.

David’s family has always been the starting point of everything he has wanted to achieve in politics. He is proud of the values that were instilled in him when he was young. Today, as a father, he knows how important quality family time is, and has made shared parental leave a priority. David, Samantha and their young children live in London and West Oxfordshire, where he has been MP for Witney since 2001. Very sadly their much loved eldest child, Ivan, six, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, died on 25 February 2009.

According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power:

Why Labour?

Labour believes that sport, the arts and culture play an integral part in enhancing the quality of life for everyone, and uplifting community well-being, as well as making a significant contribution to Britain’s economy.

We believe in making sport and culture accessible and affordable for all. In 2002, just 25 per cent of schoolchildren undertook two hours of physical activity a week, but this has now been raised to 90 per cent thanks to the support provided by Labour in Government and the work of parents, teachers, coaches and volunteers. Meanwhile, since 1997, Britain’s cultural institutions have seen a renaissance, with unprecedented investment combined with the introduction of free admission to museums and galleries.

This page is to discuss comments etc… made by the Labour MP Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown Biography (from the Labour Party website)

Gordon Brown was born in 1951 and went to school in Kirkcaldy. He studied at Edinburgh University, where he gained a PhD and was elected the youngest ever Rector.

In 1983 Gordon Brown was elected to Parliament. Today, as MP for the constituency where he was brought up, he is proud to represent his former school friends, and their families in an area where his family roots go back three hundred years.

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:

A Conservative Government’s approach to foreign affairs will be based on liberal Conservative principles.

Liberal, because Britain must be open and engaged with the world, supporting human rights and championing the cause of democracy and the rule of law at every opportunity. But Conservative, because our policy must be hard-headed and practical, dealing with the world as it is and not as we wish it were.

We and our allies face our most serious challenges from persistent international terrorism, attempts by Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, and a newly aggressive Russia.

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:

1. To defend our national interests, maintain the NATO alliance, support our traditional partners. To disentangle our forces from the EU To keep our independence by retaining – always – ultimate command and control over our national forces.

2. To stop trying to buy defence on the cheap. UKIP will spend an extra 1% GDP year on defence – an increase of 40% on current budgets. UKIP believes in establishing a defence budget which will properly sustain Britain’s defence commitments. To keep defence costs down by smarter defence procurement, and with more involvement of British industry wherever possible.

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:

Labour’s top-down approach to fighting crime has failed.

They have ignored the professional judgment of police officers and denied them the freedom to do their jobs – violent crime has increased as officers are forced to spend more time on paperwork than on patrol.

A Conservative Government will make the empowerment of communities a central part of our policies.

The bond between the police and the public must be rebuilt, and the first step will be cutting the paperwork which ties officers to their desks: