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Swindon Let-Down by Lib-Dems

15 August 2010. Tags: , , , ,

Swindon Let-Down by Lib-Dems

I was Labour’s candidate in the May 2010 elections for Eastcott.  During the the election I heard the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg  and local LibDems attack secret Tory secret plans to increase VAT.    Even more recently Simon Hughes (LibDem MP) said “I hope we don’t have a VAT increase because it is the most regressive form of tax, it penalises the poor at the same rate as the rich”.   I AGREE WITH SIMON.

Yet at the Budget, Clegg and Cable gave full backing to the  Tories’ 20 per cent VAT bombshell!

I wonder how the LibDems in Eastcott and Swindon can defend this?  And the £1.4 million cuts that the ConDems have brought to Swindon?  Some cuts had to be made but Cameron and Clegg, are presiding over a regime where the rich are getting massively richer and no-one is now protecting the poorest and most vulnerable – not in Swindon and not in the Westminster.  The unfair Tory budget wouldn’t be possible without the support of the Lib Dems.  Hard-working families are paying the price for Nick Clegg’s rise to power.  In the past few weeks they’ve turned three years of Lib Dem economic policy on its head.  They’ve
  • Backed early cuts to public spending when he had previously denounced them
  • Cut loans to car manufacturers which would have supported Britain’s future industrial success and job growth
  • Supported cuts to many frontline services – including hospitals, schools and police.

Do you feel let down by the Lib Dems?  Want to be part of a fairer Britain?  Join Britain’s only progressive alternative?

Go to labour.org.uk/join

Mustofa Gulam, Labour Candidate Eastcott Ward, May 2010.

The above quote is from Simon Hughes on the Politics Show, 15th June 2010. NO wonder Kennedy looks uncomfortable below.

Stop press- latest YouGov poll shows that even amongst LibDem supporters the Government only has a 35% popularity rating – and falling.

ToryVATBombshell1 Swindon Let Down by Lib Dems

Related posts:

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  2. Joe Tray gives facts on how much VAT and the Swindon budget cuts will cost YOU
  3. 46% of people who voted LibDem in May wont do so again.
  4. Budget cuts hit Swindon unfairly
  5. The dangers of voting Lib Dem in North Swindon

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