I'm voting Labour because..
I believe that, especially now we're leaving the EU, we need to take back control of our utilities and railways. If the rest of Europe can and do run their, and our, railways and utilities, then there is NO reason we can't. To say anything else is IMO anti-British. Fuck the 70s, this is the 21st century and we can do it for the benefit of us all. And do you know what, it will make us money!
I want an end to tax cuts to big corporations and the most wealthy. I'd be more than prepared to pay more tax for better services. It will make money. If the rich run away, we chase them.
I want us to fund social care for an ageing population, rather than have a lottery depending on what disease you happen to get and how much you're worth.
I want an end to Austerity because it hurts the weakest the most, and IMO it isn't working. More of the same? No thanks. A prime example being the spending of £1.6Bn (to a private American company) to "save" £1.3Bn to investigate disability claimants, amongst whom suicide rates have risen. Yeah that went well.
I want fracking banned.
I want homelessness eradicated. It is a stain on our nation. These people need help. Get them off the streets, get them the care they need, get them the education they need. Once off the streets the will mostly get back to work and make us money.
I want us to build enough affordable homes which has been woefully lacking for years.
I want us to get a good deal with the EU on Brexit. IMO no deal will be disastrous. A deal that ensures that we can still trade and make money.
I don't want us more aligned/in bed with the United States, especially under the current nut-case. May's silence about him and his actions is shameful.
I don't want Primary Schools to have to open, fully staffed, an hour earlier on a budget of 7p per pupil, but I do want free, communal lunches for these children protected and expanded. It's a fantastic policy because hungry children are a nightmare for teachers and they cause themselves and others to not achieve...
I want the education of our people to be free and well funded from cradle to grave. Maybe, just maybe by educating our people better, we could fill skill gaps and wouldn't need quite so much immigration.
I don't want Grammar schools inserted into areas so that the rest of the un-selected get a 2nd rate education. If we educate our people well, they will repay it in spades. i.e. it will make us money.
I think making Private Schools pay VAT is a great idea. Charity? My arse. Oh, and it will make us money.
BTW I can already hear the "I want, I want, I want..." replies but you know what, that's what voting in a General Election is about. No?
Oh and because Theresa May is a spineless **** and Jeremy Corbyn has gone up hugely in my estimation, and I'm gald that the Labour party are finally presenting an actual alternative. That alone is great for our country.
This is a huge election and it will set out our future post-Brexit, so IMO we need to reverse the decline in our services and infrastructure before we become a low-tax, low-wage shadow of the nation that we are, or rather we should be.
It's been emotional but invigorating, so I'll finish with a bit of Fela Kuti, just for Chippy (I'm sorry mate, I know you mean well...), Worsley (I'm really not sure that you do...) et al...
