Honest Opinion>

[TWR]

What is your honest opinion regards the present Government, (Not the other)

Did you vote for them?

Do you still think they can pull his country back?

Is the Con Leader worthy of his post?

Is the Joint Lib/Con working? & was the nodding dog used? ( Clegg)

What & how can the UK recover?

It this Spare room Tax, against your rights to have a spare room?

[boxtops]

yes
don't know who can
who else is there?
probably not
stop wasting money on high-level projects (the NHS IT project wasted millions)
I think it's rubbish, I think people should have a spare room for guests, but 1 person in a 4-bed house seems a poor use of social housing.

[daffy654]

The spare room tax only applies to those in council or housing association houses and in receipt of benefits, and in my opinion is perfectly fair.

[zebo]

Does one vote FOR a party or AGAINST another? Personally, I'd never vote Labour, whilst I find some aspects of the Conervative party annoying, I find the hypocracy of the champagne socialists worse.
Given the economic situation left behind in 2010, Labour must have been relieved not to win, they would have been left to clear up their own mess. As things are, they'll probably get back in in 2015 and be able to blame everything on the Tories attempts to deal with their, Laboiur's, mess.
No government in any country coming to power on a change of government post 2008 could expect an easy ride, look at the US.
The "spare room tax" isn't a tax, it's an attempt to make social housing available to those who need it, my late mother had a 3 bedroom house and her local authority refused to move her into a smaller home when she asked.

[tamborine]

chances IF they concentrate on UK & not run globally apologising for histrionics.

[Old_Geezer]

I vote for a representative not a party nor government. They sort that out by themselves. I'm not overly impressed but there again I don't see any group that seem capable of doing a good job. The loss of the AAA rating sums up the ability to cope with the downturn well.

The council housing spare room thing is a subject by itself and should have a separate thread. There are balances to be made as to what can be overprovided to those unable to afford a place of their own, and thus unavailable to others who need them and the basic desire to treat folk in a decent manner. I think a more subtle set of rules are needed. In any case it sounds like councils are not setting rates according to the property at the moment, but somehow tailoring the rate to those there, which sounds a dodgy system anyway.

[New Judge]

Just to reiterate what OG has said:

Nobody in the UK votes to elect a government in a General Election. We all vote for an individual to become our MP and represent us in the House of Commons. The Queen then invites an individual whom she thinks is best placed to form a government to do so and it is he or she who selects the ministers to form a government. The Coalition which we finished up with after the last election demonstrates this point perfectly. The “Coalition” was not mentioned on ballot papers and you did not have the opportunity to elect the government we were eventually saddled with. To me this is extremely important and the strengthening of “party politics” which has increased since WW2 has served to further break the links between the electorate and politicians.

So, to answer your question:

1. No (for the reason outlined above).
2. No. Nor can any of the other options currently on offer. Radical thinking (and proper cutting of public expenditure) is necessary.
3. He is not a "Conservative" as I understand the term.
4. No.
5. By drastically cutting public expenditure (not just tinkering at the edges); by the UK leaving the EU and forging links with nations likely to provide growth; by stopping paying the population already here to sit on their backsides all day whilst encouraging many thousands of newcomer to come here to do the work those already here "will not" do.
6. The so-called “bedroom tax” is not infringing anybody’s right to have a spare room. All it is doing is suggesting that people who are having their housing costs heavily subsidised by the taxpayer (either through Housing Benefit or “social” rents at way below the going rate) should only have the amount of accommodation they need.

[Smowball]

Agree with exactly what boxtops said.

[cazzz1975]

Agree with boxtops, the bedroom tax in theory is a good idea however, some people have specific needs that require extra space, it shouldnt be a one size fits all approach. the idea would be to free up large housing, not penalise large groups of vulnerable people.

[TWR]

If this is the case Judge, should only have the amount of accommodation they need.

Why do the likes of each part when they go on their So-called meeting's, here or abroad expect top class hotels? surely they should practice what they preach & find or get booked in to B&Bs, or is it them & us again>

[beegeebee]

Maybe the real problem is we no longer elect people to represent us, we elect "professional" politicians very few of whom, have ever done a real hday's work in their lives and, who have no intention of representing the electorate but are there to merely serve the PARTY machine. If they show any semblance of courage and vote against percieved requirements, it does seem to be the end of the road for their own aspirations.