Why I Am Not A Tory

I can never vote Conservative because I have a social conscious. Cameron’s party is going to cut tax if they get into power. This means cutting inheritance tax, giving a tax break to married couples and lowering NI contribution. In the middle of a recession there is only one way that a Conservative government could fund these tax cuts-through spending cuts. Indeed Cameron has already announced that he will fund these policies by slashing 30-40,000 jobs in the public services. In so doing the mask has slipped and we once more see the same old Tory underneath.

Dear reader do not listen to Tory rhetoric, for there is only one type of person that a tax cut will help-the rich. You see the poorest sections in society rely on the public services for a decent standard of living, and it is that money which the Conservatives wish to take away which prevents the poorest rung of society from starving. Indeed, Cameron is going to add to the unemployment list for the sake of giving the richest 2% a little more disposable income. Even the claim that a Tory government would preserve front line staff just does not work in practice. The jobs that will be lost in the public sector are secretaries, cleaners and the like-people Cameron has decided are not central to the ‘business’. When these people go it will save millions, but also makes public services completely inefficient. For instance if there is no secretary doing the paper work, taking calls etc it means that so-called front line staff will have to devout the majority of their time doing these jobs. This means that they spend less time doing the job they are paid for and our public services become even more ineffective than they already are. So ,dear reader, because I believe in a living wage for the poor, and because I think our public services should be the best in the world, I am not voting Tory on 6th May. I encourage you to do the same.