tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post910035099024212076..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: So why have the polls narrowed? The media-public disconnect over cutsTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-78126267027944984852010-03-25T07:07:59.567+00:002010-03-25T07:07:59.567+00:00I've got a feeling that these polls are not ac...I've got a feeling that these polls are not accurate as they are conducted online. Also remember that turnout was low last two times. So Labour need to get to the disaffected voters who maybe voted Labour in the past and not anymore; they also need to get to those who are not even interested in politics. Only way to do that is make comparisons between last Tory government (Poverty doubled under Thatcher etc) and to highlight how current Tory policies will negatively affect them.<br /><br />Problem is, the media are Conservative biased (Murdoch's The Times and The Sun are two biggest selling papers). All these negative headlines just puts people off voting as they think "they are all the same". People need to know what Labour will do for them. As I say with a Tory biased media and low readership of newspapers among lower socio-economic groups it will be hard to get Labour's message out. Debates might help - but going on Cameron's assured budget response today shows that Brown will need to rehearse a lot, and I mean, a lot, to beat Cameron. He will need to remind people want Conservatism is:<br /><br />To CONSERVE the status quo (Not reform the voting system, the house of Lords or the banking system)<br /><br />Millionaires (like Michael Ashcroft) CONSERVE their vast wealth at the expense of the poor.<br /><br />He should also bring up Michael Goves education policies. That is the Tories weak point.<br />http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/03/questions-for-michael-gove-on-the-tories-schools-policies/<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-fat-cats-and-evangelicals-what-a-tory-win-would-really-mean-1909593.html<br /><br />I also think people like Darling over Osbourne. What Labour should do is get Darling to stay on. The Tories line of attack is always "but he won't be here after the election even if Labour wins." Why not stay on for a few months after; then let whoever else wants to come in some time down the line?<br /><br />Balls is utterly disliked in the media as he is seen as socialist. the largely Conservative media liked Blairites because they were Conservatives in disguise and always seemed to be posh and spoke well. 'Common people' (for want of a better phrase) in rolls of great stature are always easy targets in class ridden Britain. Only way to get rid of this problem is to form a republic:<br /><br />http://www.republic.org.uk/furkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976551385719695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-30149488547744863462010-03-24T09:00:30.057+00:002010-03-24T09:00:30.057+00:00What does stare us in the face and if you cannot c...What does stare us in the face and if you cannot come clean then sadly this is just another new Labour rag blog, is that public cuts are coming with Labour or the Tories, the public sector will be hit hard. Wales would be devastated by large scale or low scale cuts and the employment in my area now stands at 48% according to the job center and council, but if you look at the Labour view it's 3% but even I know thats bull shit.<br /><br />Cuts and major cuts will come jobs will be lost of course new Labour will view this by altering the way the jobless are counted, or offer them half an hours training and remove them from the jobless totals.<br /><br />I do not trust any party at the moment, Labour Tory Liberals, all are after the votes and the fact have gone out the window. But a program about my area this week on BBC Wales showed the utter devastation in my area of families living on what is now well below poverty levels, one chap said after he pays his bills electric gas water he is left with ten pound a week to buy food, and thats not unusual around me.<br /><br />£1 a day to live on sound like a third world country to me.<br /><br />I'm in a wheelchair I was moved to ESA benefits this month and found I had lost twelve pounds a week in benefits, that is massive to me, it means the difference of living and not living, I've had it with Labour Tory Liberals, it does not leave me to much to vote for does it but vote I will and it will be a vote to show my anger.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com