MatthewODowd
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9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Confessions of an anti... · 2 replies · +9 points
I am merely commenting on how I see things at the moment, and that is the main parties feel threatened by UKIP. If they didn't, they (and their supporters) wouldn't be so obsessed about them. As someone who has no time for the big three and believes that this country's future is outside the EU, UKIP appeal to me.
As for UKIP's economic policies, I do believe that they have advocated a flat rate of income tax and abolition of inheritance tax. I also believe the Times scrutinised them too, whilst forgetting that between 2010 and 2015, this current government will add more to the national debt than every government combined has done in the last 100 years. So much for Tory economic policy.
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Confessions of an anti... · 2 replies · +32 points
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Andrew Lilico: Which f... · 2 replies · +3 points
And with regards to its use against Irish Republican terrorists, even the Republic of Ireland itself used it against them and continued to sentence them to death well into the 1980s. Hardly 1600.
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Cameron launches Euro ... · 0 replies · +28 points
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - WATCH: Cameron "discon... · 0 replies · +12 points
It's high time that the system was changed in such a way that it attracted people of a much higher calibre to become an MP. The country deserves better than the shower that we currently have to contend with.
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Sir Gerald Howarth MP:... · 0 replies · +5 points
I think your last two lines sum up the problem. Way back in 1992, the West thought Russia was finished and finished for ever. Due to this foolish assumption, foolish moves were made (including welcoming the Baltic States into NATO and the EU). Now that Russia has picked herself up, the West does not know what to do because it had never planned for such a day to pass. I think that is what much of the current anger over Crimea really is about. It's not about Russia claiming a part of land that it has historical connections to. It's more a case of Western arrogance in not devising a "Plan B" and having been shown up for not doing so.
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Sunder Katwala: The Eu... · 0 replies · +9 points
9 years ago @ Conservative Home - Sunder Katwala: The Eu... · 2 replies · +7 points
There is no doubt that UKIP's performance in the European Elections is going to be far stronger than in the General Election. However, opinion polls have been consistent for some time with UKIP's support, which strongly suggests that their support is now solidifying. By-election results also appear to be indicating this. In simple terms, it appears that UKIP are not going to drop as low as 3% as they did in 2010, and if that low figure was enough to deprive the Tories of seats then, then heaven help them the next time round when it seems certain UKIP will score higher.
In addition, there are far too many people who feel let down by David Cameron's period of office and the main parties in general. From "cast iron" guarantees, "jam tomorrow" referenda pledges and non-issues railroaded through parliament, there are many people who have finished with the Tories and will not return to them. Trying to woo them back is not going to help the electoral fortunes of the Conservative Party.
10 years ago @ Conservative Home - WATCH: Farage v Clegg.... · 0 replies · +13 points
10 years ago @ Conservative Home - Andrew Rosindell MP: Y... · 2 replies · 0 points