Comments on: We want policies and passion at the Conservative conference http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon_C http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-7110 Simon_C Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:56:46 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-7110 <i>To tackle a broken society Conservatives believe [.......]. The family needs to be strengthened and given a more important role.</i> I think this is somewhere the Conservatives are still stuck in the past with. A tax break for married couples will do little to keep people together when things get difficult. In my view, it will actually increase divorce rate, as people living together may tend to get married for the perceived financial benefit. No, I think what will help the broken society is keeping the entire family involved with bringing up the children even when the parents do split up. The current system financially favours mothers who try to keep the father out of the children's lives compleatly and it also fails to reward parents to strive for joint of parenting. (if you're interested in specific examples, let me know ) To tackle a broken society Conservatives believe [.......]. The family needs to be strengthened and given a more important role.

I think this is somewhere the Conservatives are still stuck in the past with.

A tax break for married couples will do little to keep people together when things get difficult. In my view, it will actually increase divorce rate, as people living together may tend to get married for the perceived financial benefit.

No, I think what will help the broken society is keeping the entire family involved with bringing up the children even when the parents do split up. The current system financially favours mothers who try to keep the father out of the children’s lives compleatly and it also fails to reward parents to strive for joint of parenting. (if you’re interested in specific examples, let me know )

]]> By: Cliff http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-6968 Cliff Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:27:25 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-6968 I would like to see a pledge from Mr Cameron to stop sending so much money abroad and look after the people in this country. Every year we give hand outs to places like Africa and have done so throughout my life and the same problems still remain. We see a shortage of housing in this country, we see patients going without drugs due to the cost, (well in England we do) we also see pensioners denied a decent level of pension without means testing and we deny free university education to students in England but we can still pledge billions of pounds in foreign aid. Why are we always the biggest doner? Mr Blair et al, have made a great living out of flying around the world giving our money away, yes world poverty is a problem, but I feel we should look after our own people first. I fear that Mr Cameron may well decide to do the same, I would have been livid had I lived in his constituency when he went off on his hug a hutu trip while I was flooded out. I wish Mr Cameron well and hope he becomes a Conservative again but at the moment despite the unpopularity of the current government, we are not doing well in the polls. I accept there is only one poll that matters, but we should be making progress and as far as I can see we are not. Please remind Mr Cameron that he is hoping to become PM of Great Britain and not a benevolent President of the world....that is the job of charities. I would like to see a pledge from Mr Cameron to stop sending so much money abroad and look after the people in this country. Every year we give hand outs to places like Africa and have done so throughout my life and the same problems still remain. We see a shortage of housing in this country, we see patients going without drugs due to the cost, (well in England we do) we also see pensioners denied a decent level of pension without means testing and we deny free university education to students in England but we can still pledge billions of pounds in foreign aid. Why are we always the biggest doner?

Mr Blair et al, have made a great living out of flying around the world giving our money away, yes world poverty is a problem, but I feel we should look after our own people first. I fear that Mr Cameron may well decide to do the same, I would have been livid had I lived in his constituency when he went off on his hug a hutu trip while I was flooded out.

I wish Mr Cameron well and hope he becomes a Conservative again but at the moment despite the unpopularity of the current government, we are not doing well in the polls. I accept there is only one poll that matters, but we should be making progress and as far as I can see we are not.

Please remind Mr Cameron that he is hoping to become PM of Great Britain and not a benevolent President of the world….that is the job of charities.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-6960 Letters From A Tory Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:55:47 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/09/30/we-want-policies-and-passion-at-the-conservative-conference/#comment-6960 Couldn't agree with you more, John. By taking the best from all the policy groups, David Cameron could put together a stunning manifesto that addresses all the key problems facing the UK at the moment. Let's hope he gets his message across loud and clear. Couldn’t agree with you more, John. By taking the best from all the policy groups, David Cameron could put together a stunning manifesto that addresses all the key problems facing the UK at the moment.

Let’s hope he gets his message across loud and clear.

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