Self centred thinking, that's why they vote: to help themselves.
I'm mainly Conservative at heart (hate Gove's values though and his running of education), but feel bad about how their other policies affect the poorest and might vote Labour if it helps the poor.
Well they should have studied in school vs. inequality and people/families need help.
After speaking to my neighbour (pensioner who needs NHS weekly treatments),
I've decided to vote Labour to help people like her.
Otherwise I would have voted Tory to benefit myself!
Unless some party gets rid of Vat on bike parts to sway me lol dam you old pensioner!
all the parties seem to be window dressing with incentives, supported loans or savings products. It's disapointing not to see a strategy set out for say the next 15 yrs to increase the nr of new dwellings entering the market that ramps up over time rather than some Big Bang initiative. That way the supply chain, consumers and investors can maintain confidence whilst a gradual reset of the cost of housing could be achieved.
It's a fundamental weakness in the UK economy that housing consumes so much of the low paid's income. If wages can't increase because of global competition for those roles then either an attempt to ensure that they can genuinely afford a good standard of living ( without hidden assistance via tax credits etc) through reduced housing costs (not subsidised) or acceptance that the UK will be plagued by un and underemployment + weakness in manufacturing.
