The UK reached its biggest political crossroads in five years just under a week ago as the people went to the polls and voted in the 2015 General Election. With another coalition muted a ‘dog eat dog’ campaign ensued with much being offered in the way of monetary bribes and unreasonable promises. For me I was sorted well before the election and in fact I actually stood as a candidate for the Green Party in the City Council elections. For me it was a new challenge a chance to air my views and a chance to change the outdated views of the incumbent conservative led city council
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Unfortunately the electorate decided change, was not what they wanted, in fact change wasn’t what the country wanted either as the Tories were kept in office with a small majority vote. To me this was awful news, really sad as in five years the coalition hardly made a difference as more companies and jobs disappeared in Essex.
I came a respectable last and as it was the Greens first attempt in my particular ward is wasn’t too bad, although seeing newly elected councillors taking office with an average age of 70 it didn’t fill me full of hope for the future.
People just seem to think that by making cuts in monetary terms, suddenly jobs will appear resulting in a turnaround in the economy,what nonsense thinking this is. Cut a job, dissolve a company,they will never return as all the empty offices,shops and Industrial units in Chelmsford show. At the same time the voters seemed to think it was Labours fault that the economic crisis occurred. People don’t understand it was a worldwide banking crisis.
They don’t understand that it was politicians (All Parties) with not enough regulation and bankers with back handers and big bonuses shady deals and malpractice that created the problem in the first place.It should be the people in the city paying the deficit back,not your average working man or woman in the street. They also seem to think saving money will create the prosperity everyone craves. How can this be so don’t you have to speculate to accumulate ?
Doesn’t cutting jobs to save money become counter productive. Cut 5 million off a council department you don’t just cut those peoples jobs.The people who supply lose jobs or money,those people who supply them lose money or jobs.The government loses the VAT as people spend less. Cuts will never make more money and this is something the electorate just don’t grasp.If it hadn’t been for Lib Dems voting Tory to keep Labour out I’d probably not say much.How can people not vote for what they believe in. I also think this country can be alot more creative and produce more wealth and jobs here in the UK and not overseas. Well for now with the excitement over its back to the norm of job hunting,housework and enjoying life the best I can.
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