Politically , what really important to you?

Fund the justice system. You now see in local papers that cases from 2-3 years ago finally getting before a judge. Defences will tear apart the testimony of someone who witnessed a drunken assault that long ago and nobody gets justice.

Be more nanny state. Intervening faster and in a much more nosy style would definitely alleviate some of the issues which schools need extra funding for.

I don't think that I have a 100% stance on the UK having nuclear weapons, but I do think that we spend far too much on having the ones we do have and it's money better spent on people actually living here than people dying abroad in a hypothetical revenge strike.

Scrap all HS2 and use it for bigger subsidies on electric cars and home energy efficiencies. Helps the whole country and is a much better long term investment than a train service for a small fraction of people.
 
SuperStu said:
Quality of life. We've had years of MPs prattling on about "difficult decisions" while they make life harder and harder for people (and yet always increase their own wage...). I'd like (any of) more legislated time off work, better quality public services, more money in peoples pockets, earlier retirement, cleaner air and water, healthier food standards, better mental health provision, more opportunity for education (i.e. ditch fees and help adults go back to study/retrain more), etc, etc.

Nothing that's going to be a public good can come from the market chasing private profits so ultimately what I want is a much more centralised government.
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I'd like government to be much less centralised
 
jeff_potato said:
Fund the justice system. You now see in local papers that cases from 2-3 years ago finally getting before a judge. Defences will tear apart the testimony of someone who witnessed a drunken assault that long ago and nobody gets justice.
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This is another cracking point. 11 years of Tory government has hammered the whole justice system. Courts closed, probation cut, legal aid cut to the point it's almost impossible to get and police numbers reduced. I find it staggering that people can still vote Tory for this reason alone.
 
I would like to see some return from globalisation, its does nothing but make a tiny minority very rich. The UK should own its own infrastructure we should not be selling any of our assets to shady middle eastern, Chinese or Russian businesses.
 
Nero said:
This is another cracking point. 11 years of Tory government has hammered the whole justice system. Courts closed, probation cut, legal aid cut to the point it's almost impossible to get and police numbers reduced. I find it staggering that people can still vote Tory for this reason alone.
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They get away with it by announcing things that have little or no impact but sound good to their electoral base.
 
Unravel_Morrison said:
They get away with it by announcing things that have little or no impact but sound good to their electoral base.
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I should also add that the things they do detrimentally, they do on a scale that their base don't or wouldn't believe.

Mitigation of that then becomes the headline.

£250 million to 'help GP's' when the problem is that despite announcing an extra 5,000 GPs by 2020-21. There's 2-3K fewer now.

20K extra police officers, when all that does is replace the numbers that were cut.

Massive investments in courts, when more than half of existing ones closed in the decade before with more to close in the next 5 years.
 
Unravel_Morrison said:
I think you're 3 points are right, but for me the most important thing is having joined up governance.

You can't tackle any of the 3 points unless you have a plan to tackle them together.

As long as we have the 2 party system in this country we'll never get anywhere, as getting re-elected is the most important thing.
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Thays a cracking shout. Clumate change is the most important, i worry about my kids & the younger generation growing up, as you rightly say, if we dont act on those issues together, nothing else really matters
 
The least we should be able to expect is honesty and right now we have the most dishonest cabinet in my lifetime.
 
Stepper_T said:
The least we should be able to expect is honesty and right now we have the most dishonest cabinet in my lifetime.
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It's not just this cabinet though. The Tories have been playing smoke and mirrors since 2011. I suppose all Political parties do to a certain extent, but since 2011 it's been off the scale. They think nothing about spinning a lie to save face, or make it look like they're doing a good job.
 
My Number one would be an end to rampant hypocrisy - the end to appeasing minority loud mouths - everyone should be treated the same, regardless of race/class/status.
A complete change to the Education system - something along Finnish lines. - learning by rote is just for old factory owners and incredibly outdated - 90 odd percent of everything learnt in school is forgotten within a very short space of time -
MPs to have had real world experience for 10 full years ( employment/business ) - no more career politicos.
An END to lobbying by corporate interests.
End to revolving door - MP to Highly paid outside positions ( for at least 7 years).
No MP pensions for those wot break the law.( maybe that's a thing already)
National Security assured by keeping, or creating highly valued skills/trades before they are lost -( still be able to build ships/planes/engines/Nuclear Power stations/produce steel etc).
Closer eye and accountability kept on massive public spending projects that's just seem to pour our taxes down the drain.
An immigration system that make sense and is more harmonious.
Any climate cost to born by and impacted by the RICH way before it crushes the poor - limit them to one flight a year,2 houses,no boat over 200 feet,2 cars,or something like this. ie the costs should be an inverted pyramid with the poor impacted the least. That way everyone will see it's a real thing.
 
The BBC news channel ran a story that a used pair of Michael Jordon's sneakers went for £1.1m.

15 minutes later there was story about a Afghan family who sold their baby daughter for £400, so the rest of the family could eat for the next 3 months.

I am the sort of person who links these stories up and says what inequality in the present world. I know there are other issues at play here such as the Taliban refuses foreign aid, but inequality in general plays a big part too.
 
Redwurzel said:
The BBC news channel ran a story that a used pair of Michael Jordon's sneakers went for £1.1m.

15 minutes later there was story about a Afghan family who sold their baby daughter for £400, so the rest of the family could eat for the next 3 months.

I am the sort of person who links these stories up and says what inequality in the present world. I know there are other issues at play here such as the Taliban refuses foreign aid, but inequality in general plays a big part too.
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I heard those two stories too, sums up the imbalance in the world RW, there is a better way and the quicker we find it and act upon it, the better and fairer for the majority of the people.
 
Osboro said:
Also, put simply, It we don’t get Climate change right, nothing else will matter, ..nothing.
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China: coal power plants by province 2023 | Statista

There are a total of 3,092 operating coal-fired power plant units in China.
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Then we're doomed. As well as the thousands of coal powered plants already in China they have well over 200 in planning or construction. India is also a large emitter - though not on China's scale. Then again, who are we to deny their populations the energy we enjoy? Not that we shouldn't do anything to reduce CO2 emissions of course, but either way I'd avoid buying property near the coast.

I imagine China's perspective on Climate Change is different to ours because China is already Marxist.
 
br14 said:
www.statista.com

China: coal power plants by province 2023 | Statista

There are a total of 3,092 operating coal-fired power plant units in China.
www.statista.com www.statista.com

Then we're doomed. As well as the thousands of coal powered plants already in China they have well over 200 in planning or construction. India is also a large emitter - though not on China's scale. Then again, who are we to deny their populations the energy we enjoy? Not that we shouldn't do anything to reduce CO2 emissions of course, but either way I'd avoid buying property near the coast.

I imagine China's perspective on Climate Change is different to ours because China is already Marxist.
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The only serious way to tackle climate change is for the whole world to impose immediate sanctions on China amd not remove them till they agree to amd show they are complying with any new strict emmission limits, anything else is just polical soundbites and points scoring. If we as a country are at best carbon neutral by 2040 and even if by some miracle we are carbon negative by this time it wil not matter a jot if China carry on the way they are doing.

As for what is important to me politically I would say choice in a democratic society. A two party system is not fit for the 21st century and I would love to see the whole voting process change and more young people be involved in the process. This would mean allowing 16 year olds to vote and encourage more people in their 20s to stand for election. Let's face it the kids cant make a worse job than us oldies at running the country.

In no particular order, I would say the following are the policies that matter most to me:

Education
Health
Justice
Housing
Employment
Taxation
 
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