Guest blog *Scott Newton* Labour Investment Vs Tory Cuts, Another Pathological Lie from Labour! And Winter of Discontent the second inevitable?
Posted on September 20th, 2009 in Guest Blog, Politics, economics | 2 Comments »

Great to have Scott Newton back with another great blog contribution. Over to you Scott. Thanks, as ever, for your support.
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LABOUR INVESTMENT Vs TORY CUTS, ANOTHER PATHOLOGICAL LIE FROM LABOUR! AND WINTER OF DISCONTENT THE SECOND INEVITABLE?
So, Gordon Brown has finally said the Dreaded C Word ‘Cuts’. This time he is not referring to the Conservative Party with his Socialist dogmatic attitude. This time he is actually referring to his own Party, His own Policy, and His Understanding that we are officially bankrupt as a Country and the only way to reduce the Public Sector Debt is with Cuts. So the repeated phrases from Brown like, ‘Tory Cuts Vs Labour Investment is out the Window’ just like Gordon Brown and his Labour Government will be in the next General Election
I was watching the TUC live on BBC Parliament when the Prime Minister was making his annual Speech. He struck me as being a ‘bundle of Nerves’ when talking to the Congress. The Union’s were being typical of Protectionism for State Employed workers, demanding safety and Continuous Employment for all employees in the Recession. I think people like Brendan Barber & other Trade Union Bosses are living in a Dream World when it comes to making so much of a demand for protectionism and full state employment, when those in the productive Private Sector are really feeling the pinch due to Labour’s awful economic Policy since 1997. Brown’s acts as Chancellor of keeping no Capital Afloat in the Treasury in case of a rainy Day have led to the demise of this Nation. He Spent, Spent, and Spent as Chancellor. When Sir John Major left office in the Labour win of 1997, interest Rates were Low, Debt’s Low, a Private Sector Economy Booming, a Managed Civil Service, and also Employment falling to record low numbers. John Major had 1000x the integrity and Economic Competence of Alastair Darling, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown put together.
We have once again arrived at the time old Truth that all Labour Government’s run out of Money. We have a huge Government State squeezing the Productive bit of the Economy, Union’s once again out of control with Demands of Protectionism and more State Jobs being Created, we have a Bankrupt NHS which will have to be seriously looked at in 2011 if it is to be saved as a National Asset, A Welfare State in desperate need of reform, The Dark Prospect’s of Brown and Darling running to the IMF in need of emergency Capital.
So these next 8-9 Month’s before Election time is going to be played very dirty by Labour. But the people of the United Kingdom are wise and not stupid, they will not fall for it this time. So Brown save yourself the Bother, Resign get down to the Palace and Call that General Election! We in the Conservative Party are ready to Govern with a United Team, a United Party and an Economic Plan to move the country forward! And I will put every bit of faith in David and George. There is also the time old truth that Conservative Government always inherit a Bankrupt Nation a Labour Government. And we always seem to fix the problem!
Thank you. Scott Newton-Conservative Party Member. Newcastle upon Tyne.







2 Responses
Great blog but better for Brown to be there at the bitter end, May/June. That way the bigger the defeat. Also increases the chance that the Lisbon Treaty will have been ratified and in place if the Irish vote yes 2nd October.
C-Words
The issue facing Labour isn’t actually “cuts”…it is “change”.
Over the past 10 years Labour’s answer to an issue has been spending.
HEALTH:
To celebrate 50 years of the NHS, the health service was promised an extra £21bn over three years in Chancellor Gordon Brown’s comprehensive spending review in July 1998.
Then Health Secretary Frank Dobson outlined how the money would be spent, and said the extra money would kick start a 10-year modernisation programme.
On top of this, Mr Brown pledged an extra £250m to help the NHS over the winter months in his pre-budget statement.
It all sounds great news until you realize that the NHS costs £100m a day to run and that there is systematic failure to modernise across the NHS.
We are asked to believe that change is happening and things are getting better because of waiting lists!
Total Spin: Read “NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data” http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7382/188 Published by the BMJ (British Medical Journal)
ON TO EDUCATION:
Labour committed £110 Million to encourage more young people to stay on in Post-16 Education on the basis that in a league table of country’s England ranked alongside Greece and Mexico. Has this changed? No in fact the situation is worse amd school retention rates are at an all time low…Hence the continued investment in MA’s Modern Apprenticeships.
In terms of Higher Education, we are to believe that the Government wants more young people to get a Higher Education place. However despite over £800 Million being spent, reports by the Public Accounts Committee shows that there has been no decrease in the proportion of students who do not complete their course at their original institution in England since 2002. The figure remains at 22 per cent.
Education, Education, Education.
Fail, Fail, Fail…(Labour you achieve an Ungraded Fail!)
CHANGE NO INVESTMENT:
CHANGE IS BOUGHT ABOUT BY PEOPLE!!!!
Yes, investment is important, but only targeted investment in the right places. Blanket “Big Ticket” budgeting actually stifles change, people don’t get empowered they get overloaded with big spend projects: “Lets build a local patient drop in centre, to allow better access to health care”…This sounds great, but it diverts attention and funds from the existing (failing) local heathcare services.
Spend less on big things, spend more on change.
CONCLUSION:
After a while you run out of money for change…it gets eaten up by the big ideas.
Change is a little idea and is most effective when it focuses on one person at a time.
A failing Hospital will badly treat 100O’s of patients for a long period of time. A great doctor or a great nurse will heal 1000’s of patients in a life time.
A failing school will badly educate 100’s of children. A great teacher will…you get the point…
STOP TALKING ABOUT CUTS AND SPENDING!
START TALKING ABOUT CHANGE AND HOW.