What Promise ?

[modeller]

What promise from any party would cause you to vote for them ?

[daftgrandad]

I would vote for any party if I thought I could actually BELIEVE any of
the pre-election waffle that they all seem to spout.

[Clanad]

...And history has shown one can never believe any promise, witness the results of the last Presidential election here in the U.S. Worst is the "spinning" of the the newly elected individual's rhetoric that they are fulfilling the pre-election promises in the face of incontrovertible evidence they ain't! Truly remarkable, yet many voters continue to cast their ballot based only on promises...

[boxtops]

The one that said they would look to remove income tax (I know they never will), but it was only introduced as a temporary measure to fund government spending a couple of hundred years ago.

[dothawkes31]

everyone who bought a euromilliuons ticket would have a million within 2 years

[Sandy-Wroe]

Obama promised health care reform in the USA. But the checks and balances in the political system means he may not be able to deliver on that promise. The chronic ill and the poor will suffer.
If a politician said he'd try to do something that I agreed with I might vote for him.

[modeller]

I had thought SUICIDE but then they never keep their promise.

[trt]

Curb immigration.

[sara3]

considering I work for the government, perhaps I could have a pay rise. I've not had one for about 7 years.

[sp1814]

The abolition of universal child benefit.

Households who have a combined income of more than £40K should not recieve government hand outs. If you're going to have kids, then you should fund them yourselves.

The money saved should them be pumped into te NHS.

Congestion charging to be applied to all UK cities with a population over one million. The charge itself should be increased to £25 a day, with the extra revenue being DIRECTLY used to improve the rail and road networks. The incoming Government would have to appoint an independent auditor which would monitor road/rail improvements, with heavy fines for and contracted company that did not meet pre-arranged deadlines.

And finally - the government should establish a fund to assist all Britswho have issues with immigration, to leave the country, and resettle elsewhere in Europe, where I am sure they will be much happier, and enjoy an improved standard of life.

[modeller]

An EU referendum to choose what sort of EU we want or whether to get out of it altogether.

[anotheoldgit]

/// The abolition of universal child benefit.///

Wouldn't it be a good start to abolish child benefit, after the first two children?

[sara3]

but then you're looking at child poverty, which is something we are working towards abolishing in this country.

removing child benefit won't act as a contraceptive.

[sp1814]

AOG

Weirdly, I was actually going to make that exact same point - first two kids get child benefit, and then that's your lot.

However my problem is the whole universiality (a word I just made up) of it.

A family bringing in £150K a year (and that's not that rare nowadays) shouldn't receive a benefit.

It just seems mad.

And weirdly...a bit 'communist'.

[rov1200]

That their pay is linked to growth. As the average growth is about 2% a year their pay would only match this.

[IggyB]

1) parliamentary reform to remove the house of lords and replace it with a more representative council of individuals that are paid a wage and serve for a set period like 8 years.
2) The movement of parliament out of central London - set it up somewhere cheaper and with a purpose built chamber that can sit all the MPs. The building should also include high spec flats that MPs could stay in if their constituancies are far away (they wouldn't own them though the tax payers would).

[lynbrown]

Any party that keeps us out of the Euro, takes us out of Europe and retains Sterling.

[Dodger666]

It is clear we shall always get the Government we deserve because, with apologies to Abraham Lincoln:-

"You can please all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot please all the people all the time."

Not one political party can offer the electorate everthing they would like. Those that are living on benefits will always vote Labour whilst the majority of the better off will vote Tory. The remainder vote for the rest.

[rov1200]

lynbrown I'm surprised you can say that about the Euro. The £ has been devalued yet we can't make use of it this time for more exports. So we have to produce more just to stand still. Its just like taking a wage cut.

Some European countries are in trouble but you would think it would harm the Euro. But no the £ is still in the doldrums and has hardly shifted against the Euro.

[joggerjayne]

Abolish Inheritance Tax

[Quinlad]

At the start of each parliamentary term, I'd like a man on the street to be chosen as 'the man on the street' and be consulted over every government decision.