Are we happy with the general election result?

Billy87 said:

Just wondered if people on here are happy or unhappy at the general election result last week?

My rather jaded view is that it is just a different bunch of incompetent clowns in power now but with the same sloth like civil service behind them keeping things together.

Im my opinion any career politicians should be treated with extreme distrust. Their whole life is about getting into power and implies a strong egotistical bent.

Time and again modern politics shows that power corrupts and these politicians are scrambling at the feeding dish now.

The policies now are not unlike the conservative party with their policies of 20 years ago in many areas as Labour now are nothing like their original "party of the workers". To me this reflects how they are shifting their focus in order to get into power rather than to reflect the modern needs of the working class people.

They would have a hard time to be worse than the conservative party of late so this has been a positive change.

The shift in voting showed that only 2% more voters went for Labour this time compared the the last election so it is more a condemnation of the conservatives that gave them power with 34% of the vote. They reflect barely a third of voters you hold a supermajority in power - a pretty damning reflection of how flawed out electorial process is.

Next election will probably end up in a coalition government if history has taught us anything - the government have inherited a terrible economic situation (shared by most of Europe and western world so not all blame is on the previous bunch) and chances are people will not feel the positive effects within 4 years.

If the conservatives make some sort of purge and comeback and tie up with the likes of the Lib Dems then there will be a good opposition next time round. Not that I expect them to be worth a damn, but the electorate have short memories.

Here endeth todays cynicism from me.

Billy87 said:

Just wondered if people on here are happy or unhappy at the general election result last week?

My rather jaded view is that it is just a different bunch of incompetent clowns in power now but with the same sloth like civil service behind them keeping things together.

Im my opinion any career politicians should be treated with extreme distrust. Their whole life is about getting into power and implies a strong egotistical bent.

Time and again modern politics shows that power corrupts and these politicians are scrambling at the feeding dish now.

The policies now are not unlike the conservative party with their policies of 20 years ago in many areas as Labour now are nothing like their original "party of the workers". To me this reflects how they are shifting their focus in order to get into power rather than to reflect the modern needs of the working class people.

They would have a hard time to be worse than the conservative party of late so this has been a positive change.

The shift in voting showed that only 2% more voters went for Labour this time compared the the last election so it is more a condemnation of the conservatives that gave them power with 34% of the vote. They reflect barely a third of voters you hold a supermajority in power - a pretty damning reflection of how flawed out electorial process is.

Next election will probably end up in a coalition government if history has taught us anything - the government have inherited a terrible economic situation (shared by most of Europe and western world so not all blame is on the previous bunch) and chances are people will not feel the positive effects within 4 years.

If the conservatives make some sort of purge and comeback and tie up with the likes of the Lib Dems then there will be a good opposition next time round. Not that I expect them to be worth a damn, but the electorate have short memories.

Here endeth todays cynicism from me.

Indeed, most of the modern Labour party are middle class, career politicians, completely out of touch with the concerns and values of working class people. Its a world away from the miners and workers like Kier Hardie who actually started the Labour Party.