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41. The Euro Crisis - [Weds 26th Oct ‘11]

The AV Referendum results were disappointing. Around 68% to 32% against. No doubt the urgings of David Cameron (Conservative Party) had a lot to do with the result, although, like most local elections, the turnout was lower than that of a General Election.

Bearing in mind the 6 : 1 ratio between the Conservatives and Libdems, it was inevitable, if the conservative ‘NO’ voters turned out in force that Libdems would lose heavily. The loss of so many Libdem council seats was for this reason, and not because of any fall off in support for Nick Clegg. All parties lose votes when in government, but, because of this orchestrated campaign by the Conservative party, they (Torys) effectively gained some seats because of the NO to AV turnout.

The reason why the Conservative Party were so keen to persuade the General Public that AV was expensive, undemocratic, and all the other excuses was the fear that voters second choice might not have included their party. In the last General Election, bearing in mind the mess that New Labour left us in, there would only have been two alternatives to vote for, Libdem or Conservative. Clearly they weren’t confident that they would have benefited from Labours mishandling of the economy with the AV system.

The priority for the Libdem leader is to scrutinise the proposed changes to the NHS, which, if implemented without any serious changes, will be leading to virtual privatisation of the service, and the Libdems will be blamed for that fiasco as well, effectively putting the party back 20 years. Our advice to Nick Clegg is to consider his party and the UK public, rather than keeping on excellent terms with David.

Of course the NHS needs reforms, but, in a structured way, not by sleight of hand, assuring the general public that everything will be fine, after all, we trust our doctors don’t we ? Our only comment is that doctors became doctors because they wished to improve the nations health. They didn’t train to be Accountants or Administrators, and therefore, in the opinion of the M.E. & U. Party, best to keep the Administration of the NHS under government non-profit making control. Leaving the changes to the Doctors would be a step into the dark. We have enough unknowns already. Stability of the NHS is vital. [See Archives - Article 30]

Secretary, M.E.& U. Party, Saturday 7th May 2011

COMMENT - MAY 2011

   When trying to rescue a drowning man it is sometimes necessary to knock the person out, otherwise they are likely to drag you under as well.
   Likewise in the Euro Zone, if countries under-performing are bailed out on every occasion the outcome is bound to be a collapse of the entire European Banking system.
   Do we really want to risk the stability of the entire Euro Zone for the wishes of a few, to maintain the Euro at all costs, and of course the eventual dream of a United States of Europe.    The TOWER OF BABEL comes to mind.    27 different countries with 27 different languages, customs and ambitions.   Some rich and some less so.   Removal of trade barriers made sense, but the common currency is proving to be a trade killer.   The need to be able to devalue one’s currency is essential to bolster the economy during hard times.   The single currency prevents this measure.