Who will you vote for?

[Octopus]

Fair comment,being the sitting tenant he can stand on his record, its for the others to try and get on the offensive

So Dave is in goal and the others are taking penalties - I'd say the vast majority missed or were saved!

 

[Adam W]

I thought most of them did well, even Nick Clegg. I wouldn't vote for him but I think he's a good public speaker, which could explain why he did so well in the last election.

I agreed with what most of Farage said, even the AIDS bit - it was always going to be controversial but showed he isn't afraid to 'grasp the nettle'. I expect that was the idea. The point he was making was about health tourism - £25k per person per year is a lot of public money to be spending on someone who isn't entitled to routine treatment, regardless of how poorly they are. Yes AIDS and cancer are horrible things, and the NHS should do everything they can to help those who are entitled to treatment, but you have to draw the line somewhere - 'strictly emergency care only' seems a good place.
I thought it was interesting how everyone else kept accusing him of being concerned with foreign benefits claimants, which wasn't a point he was trying to make. He had a point about the EU being beneficial when the only members were similar countries such as the UK, France, Germany, Belgium etc, and everything seemed to go pear-shaped when the former communist countries were allowed in.
He did however come across as being something of a 'one trick pony', hoping to sort everything out by curbing immigration and cutting foreign aid.

Speaking of 'one trick ponies', Milliband (who I thought did the worst by a country mile) was shown up for using the NHS as his main weapon when Labour had taken money out of the NHS in the poorest areas, ie Wales. There seemed to be a theme to the way he defended Labour's past performance in government which was 'OK we failed spectacularly in the past, but give us another chance and let's see if we learned something'.

As I said earlier I thought Nicola Sturgeon from the SNP and the girl from the valleys representing Plaid Cymru made some good points, and I think it would only have been fair if the Ulster Nationalists had also been represented.

I don't know what that double-bagger from the Greens had been huffing on but she certainly didn't win my vote.

 

[Englishman]

Would love to vote UKIP, but they're not standing in my ward, and it's about as safe a Tory seat as you can possibly find. But to be fair to my MP, Dominic Raab, he puts himself about a lot and does a good job.

 

[Octopus]

So here's a real "life" example of the NHS resources being wasted.

woman goes abroad for IVF. She gets implanted with 3 eggs, now here in the UK, only single implants are allowed. Now about 25 weeks and it's all going wrong. So luckily the NHS is here to help with care. God only knows if they will be born alive and if they do how long they will need in special care or even "well" enough to lead a decent life!

Is this the correct use for NHS funds?

i don't and my name isn't Nigel Ferage

 

[micknew]

So here's a real "life" example of the NHS resources being wasted.

woman goes abroad for IVF. She gets implanted with 3 eggs, now here in the UK, only single implants are allowed. Now about 25 weeks and it's all going wrong. So luckily the NHS is here to help with care. God only knows if they will be born alive and if they do how long they will need in special care or even "well" enough to lead a decent life!

Is this the correct use for NHS funds?

i don't and my name isn't Nigel Ferage

Britain runs the World Health Service. thats why they flock here.

 

[Octopus]

Britain runs the World Health Service. thats why they flock here.

hum... This one is from here. Read it again

 

[micknew]

hum... This one is from here. Read it again

Thats OK then as long as we know where our taxes are going.

 

[silverfox1]

I must admit I have not read all comments but I do like Nigel Farage , a politician that speaks the truth no matter how non pc it is and also unashamedly patriotic, no wonder the two main parties are doing their best to discredit him and UKIP.

To quote George Orwell

" In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

 

[rapparee]

As I said earlier I thought Nicola Sturgeon from the SNP and the girl from the valleys representing Plaid Cymru made some good points, and I think it would only have been fair if the Ulster Nationalists had also been represented.

I don't know what that double-bagger from the Greens had been huffing on but she certainly didn't win my vote.

The problem with the ulster mps is that the debate would have been to big and unweildly. The DUP have 8 seats, Sinn Féin have 5, the SDLP 3 and the alliance party 1. Considering the greens only have 1 seat and were there you would of had to have let all 4 attend. Coincidentally the only "British" party to stand in ulster is UKIP.

 

[trev]

So that raises a pretty big question for me. Why invite Farage to take part in the debate and not any of the leaders of those parties?
Yes they represent a fairly narrow viewpoint but they have a much bigger presence in Westminster.

 

[Octopus]

So that raises a pretty big question for me. Why invite Farage to take part in the debate and not any of the leaders of those parties?
Yes they represent a fairly narrow viewpoint but they have a much bigger presence in Westminster.

Why invite the Greens? They've only got 1 MP

On reflection I think it was good for democuracy - as to why the guys from NI were excluded - anyones guess!

 

[trev]

I meant to include the Greens in that Clive but Mrs Trev spoke to me and I hit the post button without thinking.

 

[Jaxo]

I say Bring back Tony Blair!!!

Really,... The same Tony Blair that let hundreds of IRA Terrorists walk free from prison, destroyed the economy, opened immigration floodgates and went to war with Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that didn`t exist ...

First choice would be Nigel Farage or 2nd stick with Cameron.. Nobody else even comes close

 

[trev]

Destroyed the economy? How please?
As far as the Iraq thing goes it's probably worth pointing out that the military action was approved by Parliament. MPs from ALL parties voted in favour of it.

 

[Jaxo]

Destroyed the economy? How please?

No more boom and bust.... He was the master of boom and bust. Debt rose by 80% under Tony Blair/ New labour

As far as the Iraq thing goes it's probably worth pointing out that the military action was approved by Parliament. MPs from ALL parties voted in favour of it.

Yeah, well thats a valid point.. but was it because Blair and Bush that deceived them into believing they had weapons of mass destruction too? Ultimately its Tony Blair who may face a war crimes charge.