Some good news, some bad news (not necessarily in that order)

[andrewducker]

The Observer poll paints a mixed portrait of Britain after eight years of left-of-centre government. While a majority now supports tough immigration laws and the detention of terror suspects without trial, and one in five considers it acceptable to use information obtained under torture from terrorist suspects, views on tax are surprisingly liberal, with 59 per cent supporting using tax to narrow the gap between rich and poor. A majority also supports the expansion of public services, even at the expense of some increase in taxes.

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[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

If I had a vote - and I don't, being 16 and all - I would certainly vote for unproven incompetence as opposed to proven incompetence or thinly-veiled incompetence.

I really don't get what the deal is with immigration. A good friend of my grandmothers recently retired, but she was a relatively high-up immigration judge (Guess who got her statute books :D :D), and I can honestly say that from the case notes that I've read, and the law that I've read, the government are screwing a great many number of people quite heavily in the posterior. White lists on countries that are certainly not safe, harsh policies, and general incompetence means that most of the process revolves around being in limbo and wasting taxpayers' money. I've read things which I probably shouldn't say, but the majority of asylum claims appear to be genuine, and still refused; or, hopefully, given liberty to remain, but not asylum (so that the extended family comes over, only spouse + children, which is quite nasty, but meh).


At any rate, I think it would be an idea to vote for no-vote....