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Hi,
Vince Cable stated yesterday "I signed that pledge (to oppose a rise in student fees) with my colleagues but in the current appalling situation which we inherited, all pledges, all commitments will have to be re-examined."

The only problem with this entire argument defending, in essence, throwing out their manifesto, is that the economic situation is exactly the same now as it was in April prior to the election.

So for all of those on the forum who extolled the virtues of the Lib Dems before the election, for all of those Tory boys (you know who you are) who held out hopes that the Tories would defend the middle classes only to find that your kids' student fees are about to more than double so that their debt will be over ?30-?35K, have a singalong a David with that old Connie Francis classic "Who's sorry now!

Who's sorry now
Who's sorry now
Whose heart is achin' for breakin' each vow
Who's sad and blue,
who's cryin' too
Just like I cried over you
Right to the end
Just like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now
Right to the endJust like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now
I'm glad that you're sorry now...

Cheers
D

Offically dead as a political force,not that they were ever much of a force anyway. From the next election onwards they will be nothing,dead,finished.

Why on earth does anybody looking to get into power (i.e the 3 main twatheads annon parties) even bother doing manifestos ? Once in none of them ever do what they promised !

Yeah theyre mother fuckers. Let's rock da boat. Innit...

I must agree with Dave Wells on this one.....and cannot quite see
what there is to sing about !!!
At a General Election, if one is not totally cynical about politicians, it
seems reasonable to me to place a vote for whatever Party and
leading politicians might seem the most intelligent and, dare I say it,
perhaps even honourable !
But to expect any of the blighters to stick to their election promises or
manifesto is nonsense.....they all lie up to some extent to gain power -
lie about what their opponents have done, lie about the state of things,
lie about what they will do for us.....manifestos are rubbish and
invariably hollow....

Be honest DJ, every time a politician of any creed opens his / her mouth it has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Obviously politicians change policies once elected. We all know that. Sometimes because circumstances change; sometimes because they never planned to carry out a measure in the first place.

But can anyone here give me an example of another political party in the history of British government, who once they get into government as the Lib Dems have done, then state that they are not prepared to stand by a SINGLE commitment or pledge in their manifesto even though the economic situation is pretty much exactly the same as when the election was held?

Cheers
D

"At a General Election, if one is not totally cynical about politicians, it
seems reasonable to me to place a vote for whatever Party and
leading politicians might seem the most intelligent and, dare I say it,
perhaps even honourable !
But to expect any of the blighters to stick to their election promises or
manifesto is nonsense.....

Don't you think there is a bit of a contradiction there? On the one hand you suggest we vote for who we think is an honourable group of politicians,; on the other you say that to expect them to keep to their manifesto promises is nonsense.

If we cannot vote for parties on the basis of their policies and stated belieifs on the assumption that they might follow those through if elected, on what basis should we vote for them? The way they look? Their height? Whether they have an engaging smile or not?

Cheers
D