It’s time to expose Labour’s legacy

Comment by Raymond on August 11, 2010 at 12:28 pm

why not dismiss all labour mp’s think what you could save in salaries

Comment by Andrew on August 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Impressive. Please make sure you let us know what they all say!

Comment by Patrick Gill on August 11, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Well Sayeeda,
You’re quite right to point out the issues you are inheriting.
But these are not the concern of me and all the other small business employers.
Make the bank lend – or at worst increase our overdraft facilities.
We turn over £20-£25,000 of demands and cash flow per month and have a £7000 over draft which the bank is insisting is taken down to £3000
It’s a joke.
Some pen-pusher in some ivory tower is forcing the hands of millions of lives by being excessively tight-fisted.

We don’t want to borrow for borrowing’s sake.
We need cash to expand, recruit more and so sell more and so grow……. instead of losing every penny of profit we get in the mire of cash-flow and keeping suppliers happy

For HSBC’s cheif and others to say they will conduct a review and report back in October is a joke. That’s what happened under Labour.

A simple statement from all banks that all businesses can get overdraft facilities – against a directors personal guarantee – to the value of their average monthly turnover will help the economy no end.
Just do it !

Comment by lifelong tory voter on August 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm

good work Sayeeda.I reckon the damage Labour have done in 13yrs was worse than the mess they left in 1979.I’m staggered how they can get away with leaving such a mess.They did one good thing,the smoking ban,but that was an EU rule anyhow.They did everything wrong,they made common sense extinct.I think a priority has to be to get that Falklands oil drilled out as the revenues from this will help pay back the debt,it’s crucial infact.I can honestly say that since Labour were booted out the State pressure has dropped meaning that the whole Nanny state “we know best” thing has thankfully disappeared.

Comment by Mr Viv Fenlon on August 11, 2010 at 12:41 pm

I voted conservative as I was aware of the problems created by 13 years of Labour Government.
All I hear at the moment is confirmation of the things that I already new of and I await new action to resolve those problems.
Local policing, immigaration, our benefit society and Afghanistan just to mention a few.
Please stop telling us how bad labour were and start showing us how good you are.
Thank you

Comment by David on August 11, 2010 at 12:48 pm

If as a Government you are serious about undoing the wrong decisions made by Labour then you need to urgently look at the situation with Civil Legal Aid and the shambles of the new Civil Contract. It might have been a policy introduced and supported by the Labour Government but senior members of the Judiciary are now warning this Government of the serious implications of the new contract in October which will see nearly half of all family legal aid suppliers cut from legal aid.

Saving money and cutting costs maybe important but you should not be over looking other serious issues that require your attention.

Comment by Philip de Leon on August 11, 2010 at 12:52 pm

Every single time that the Labour Party is defeated we are being shown that they are wholly incompetent financial managers. Sadly though a little of the responsibility can be traced back to the day when banking and stock controls were lifted. Labour has had 13 years to repair the damage they thought had been done, instead of which they plotted and schemed to destroy the last thing made in Britain – money. From selling off gold at knock down prices, to failing to understand that their stupidity was making this worse by allowing money to be expatriated in quantities that beggar belief. If Labour are ever returned I shall be only too happy to leave the country. Just let’s hope I don’t have to be the one who switches off the light!

Comment by Swami on August 11, 2010 at 12:53 pm

Dear Warsi,
you are correct – labour need pay for its past mistakes. NHS computer system never worked.

Comment by Tony Arkinstall on August 11, 2010 at 12:57 pm

I run a manufacturing business that is nationally no 30 in the export growth ranking. Labour proved their naiivety by pressurising departments with funds to such an extent that the cash simply leaked in an uncrontrolled way into the economy. I do not believe that the departmental remnants that remain after the cuts will cut spending any more effectively than they spent in the past. Let’s face it, anyone in a position of authority with imagination and drive and an iota of original thougt never worked in public service or, due t frustration, left years ago. Please identify the frustrated civil servants, put them in charge, give them authority and have them report to a local board of governors drawn from the private sector.

Comment by Bill Green on August 11, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Brown & Blair should be tried for treason….

Comment by Anthea Daunton on August 11, 2010 at 1:01 pm

utter disgrace and not a word of apology.I will always support you and David Cameron will turn out to be one of the greatest Prime Ministers.

Comment by David Triphook on August 11, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Ok, so now I voted you into office how about doing something for me. Firstly, sort out Westminster Councils Parking idea’s who charge motorcycles to park citing they cause congestion & secondly i work in Government Sector I.T. – I have been unemployed since April this year due to the pending cut backs. I have not claimed ‘doll money’ or any other benefits and will soon be out of a house. What do you intend to do to help me? If you can be bothered to reply – I’ll beleive it when I see it.

Comment by Paul Vitti on August 11, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Dear Sayeeda,

I wish you well and I hope you expose as much of Labour’s incompetency and hypocrisy as possible. Their total disregard for the silent majority in favour of the vociferous minority in so many areas and for workers in favour of shirkers and their total incompetence in controlling public spending, has led this country into the most appalling situation.

I hope you deal with it as swiftly and as forcefully as possible. Please don’t let it end up as empty rhetoric. We want a fair society but not a soft one open to the abuses of those who simply don’t care. Mr Cameron seems determined and certainly has my full backing. I hope you can cut the quango’s and deal with the ocean of unnecessary legislation brought in over the Labour years that has been no deterrent to criminals because they don’t care about consequences but a great headache and cost to business and the public alike. Best wishes, Paul Vitti

Comment by John Rooth on August 11, 2010 at 1:05 pm

I feel very angry about the waste, the debts, and the huge interest payments and the cuts which it is all causing. The Coalition is not being sufficiently critical of New Labour. They need to be exposed as pariahs who have brought Britain to its knees. There should be a detailed expose of where the money went and what we got in return. Much of this was I suspect just pure base corruption. The previous government need to be exposed as criminals, and the appropriate action taken. And this comes from a (former) Labour supporter.

Comment by Nigel Auckland on August 11, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Having worked for HMRC as a Compliance Officer I saw just how much waste the previous Government existed over Mr Brown’s special scheme Tax Credit. I was amazed that so much money could be written off at the cost of every tax payer in UK.

I also saw the work ethic of the Civil Servants I was working with. Having entered the Civil Service from outside ,in order to take up the position, I could not believe what I found and how much the work ethic varied from that in the real world of work in the Commercial sector

Comment by Robin Richmond on August 11, 2010 at 1:21 pm

The Coalition will not win this argument unless it exposes the truth about Brown’s handling of the eceonomy during the 7 years before the recession and the bank bailout hit when government debt increased by £31 bn per year – a total £217 bn.

Comment by Alex on August 11, 2010 at 1:26 pm

This country’s ills will not be solved until everyone, big companies down to individuals become less greedy and government at all levels goes back to providing essential services only.

Comment by Manji Kara on August 11, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Well done, Sayeeda. Keep exposing Labour’s tax, grab and spend attitude. I think it is about time we started telling people as to what, if anything, we the Conservatives are doing to mend things.

Comment by Samantha Walden-Jones on August 11, 2010 at 1:27 pm

I’ve always admired your manner of expression, and honest forthright responses to questions. (Question Time is never uncomfortable with you in the Conservative chair). I’m delighted with this attack on Labour’s Legacy. There are still many, many people unable to understand that the debt left by Labour must be paid for asap. May I take this opportunity to say how proud you make me feel to be a Conservative supporter.

Comment by Ken Travis on August 11, 2010 at 1:28 pm

I’m in total agreement with your comments and the actions being taken to sort out benefit fraud and all the other self serving benefits labour created and fostered.
The work ethic has been allowed to go down the pan and to restore it one almost needs a war to brush away the crud, well, we have an economic war lets rally round to restore our country to be one to be proud of, not one to give handouts to all & sundry whether they contributed or not.
It will be a difficult hill to climb, but press on towards the goal !!!

Comment by Malcolm MacLellan on August 11, 2010 at 1:35 pm

As I have said before, the previous Labour administration could, collectively, not tell the truth even by accident!

The reluctance to face up to, or defend, this point surely explains why GB is still esconced in Fife.

To my shame, he is my mother’s MP, she’s 87 this year and has historically voted labour since her father survived the 1st World War and sees no point in changing! Why should she, her pension is OK, she says?

I think that within the “grey vote2 there is a lot of this thinking to be dealt with!

Malcolm

Comment by macdquad on August 11, 2010 at 1:41 pm

I quite agree but cannot understand why you don’t just broadcast the plain facts instead of “dressing it up”
Whilst I do believe that Labour have left us a heck of a deficit, nobody seems to be able to tell us how much it is.
Surely it would be more effective to present the actual amount- and as more information becomes turned up – to amend the figure

Comment by John on August 11, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Labour spent irresponsibly on everything except defence. Soldiers have paid for it with their lives. The Royal Navy has been weakened to a point that the country is at great risk. Whatever else has to be cut defence spending must be at least doubled. The defence of the realm comes F I R S T.

Comment by Margaret HUnt on August 11, 2010 at 1:48 pm

I agree with everything that the Coalition Government is trying to do but I fear they will not have enough time in the 5 years. What can be done to prevent Labour ever getting in again. Can more be made of historical facts that whenever Labour have been in government they have left the country in the same mess (only bigger this time). They need to be discredited once and for all.

Comment by Ben on August 11, 2010 at 1:49 pm

Totally agree with Syeeda and the awful legacy from the ‘Labour Lot’ but was disappoined with the video -
not strong enough,
sound double tracking was confusing,
not specific enough.
much more info could have been given.
Should have had a Solicitor reading a will to all the generations of a family. It would have hit home much more in my opinion and others I have talked too.

Comment by James Dale on August 11, 2010 at 1:54 pm

Well worth making the video, even though most of us know what a complete & utter irresponsible mess Blair, Brown & all their cronies made of everything. Education, education, education? They should have started with themselves.

Comment by Del Boy on August 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm

I had the pleasure of picking up management of a Labour IT initiative to link volunteer charities. By the time I took control they had specified & entered into a legal agreement with a software house for a system costing 250’000. The whole design was never going to fly but the Labour committee pushed it. I had to redo the entire design & code most of the work myself, as the legal contract meant that if the system worked or not the software house would get paid. 250’000 down the drain. I had to do the whole thing on 35’000. I did & it worked. I recommended legal action against the software firm for not pointing out that the design would not work EVER, but Labour shyed away from this probably because it would show just how dumb they were. And the reason they went with the highest bidder – they thought that it would mean a sucessful outcome. Man they got took for a ride. I wonder how often this happened elsewhere hmmm.

Comment by ray waterman on August 11, 2010 at 2:14 pm

i think its great that , you are going to expose the labour wastage , just hope you keep a firm eye on the con-dems also

Comment by Phil on August 11, 2010 at 2:19 pm

I think we should go all out pursuing tax evaders and the large accountancy firms who devise these schemes that the super rich take advantage of.

Comment by Ben Smith on August 11, 2010 at 2:20 pm

If, as is widely believed, the labour administration behaved in a delinquent or criminal fashion in the conduct of this nation’s financial affairs, then should not the individuals concerned , singly and collectively, be brought to trial ? The damage they have done, may, in many people’s eyes, be worthy of a charge of treason.

Comment by Nev Power on August 11, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Yes I agree with all the cuts, however when are you going to look at the waste by the Defece school of army drivers, they have over 1000 learners out on East Riding roads EVERY DAY, I can’t believe the Army needs that many trained drivers, from my own experience in my National Service, I was trained by the army in Yeovil I and most were passed with a full all vehicles inc HGV after two weeks driver training, so if 90 % oass rate at Leconfield there must be over 3,500 drivers passing the HGV level every 2 weeks, nearly 200,000 Army drivers every year, they have over 1,500 newish vehicles with trailers in use. if this Defence School of Transport was cut by 50% we would still have more drivers than required for theatre.

Millions could be saved, not to mention the petrol wasted while local private and businesses in this arear are held up behind these tortiose speed lorries, all the queue’s in long lines wasting petrol time and money.

Its just too wasteful at the level they operate.

Nev Power

Comment by robert griffiths on August 11, 2010 at 2:23 pm

The Labour Government spent huge sums to shore up the the Banking system, yet again. We have had miss-selling scandals for years and it is a sign of the uncontrolled Capitalist system that unfortunately the Labour Party has become part of. The World Bank makes loans dependent upon privatisations.

Bring back the the steady jobs,wages and pensions of the nationalised industries of 1970′s. The only thing growing is the wealth gap.

Comment by Robert L Cooper on August 11, 2010 at 2:31 pm

Excellent article
One of my concerns is the BBC and how they spend taxpayers funds. Cannot the Government curtail their disregard for the
economy.

Comment by jbeuro on August 11, 2010 at 2:47 pm

This message has to be repeated again and again till it sinks in. People are forgetting. Also we should not refer to dealing with ‘the deficit’, but keep referring insterad to ‘Labour’s deficit’.

Comment by IAN WIDDOWS on August 11, 2010 at 2:47 pm

I agree with everything Sayeeda comments on..
Labour never change. the same old story over and over again

Comment by Norman Raven FRICS on August 11, 2010 at 2:48 pm

All is good to say what you want to do and what the Labour Party has done, but unless the banks lend to small businesses there will be no growth. Banks are still restricting loans and are not allowing the reconstruction of our economy …………. I speak from personal findings how HSBC is refusing to lend

Comment by H Loft on August 11, 2010 at 2:56 pm

I am 85 yeats old and i remember how each labour government has operated since I was demobbed in 1947,its a pity that the young voters of today are not informed of this,I married a Belgium lady in 53 and she was dumb founded that we were still rationed.

Comment by Yachydda on August 11, 2010 at 3:20 pm

You know, this used to be a great country…even under Labour it was known for its integrity, and its honsety and most of all its fair play….but under Labour’s last government its lost its tags… they have become dishonesty, deciet,and untrustworthy… they have taken this country to new lows, there is very little confidence in the Labour camp itself except in how to lie,cheat and rob…its imigration policy has damaged the financial structure in all walks of life… we know what has to be done… has to be done…but dont expect any help from Labour..as far as they are conserned its ” Maggies ” fault.

Comment by Robert on August 11, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Good work Sayeeda. Tell me, has anyone seen Gordon since he was chased out of No.10? You should set-up a campaign “Spot the Gordon” competition.

Comment by Colin Neal on August 11, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Labour’s big failure after the financial crisis was not to pursue those responsible for the criminal fraud behind the creation of the sub prime financial instruments. At the very least all the people in charge of organising and selling these should have been barred from ever holding a job in the financial sector again.

Gordon Brown’s arrogance in refusing to listen to all those who told him time and time again his policies would end in tears should be broadcast loud and clear to try and ensure people don’t fall for labour’s pretensions to financial competence again.

Comment by Kenneth Fontana on August 11, 2010 at 3:30 pm

People have short memories especially as the media moves on to more sensational topics.
The answer is to keep on and on and on about Labour’s waste and to publish a tariff of the things they have spent money on. Do this on billboards and in any way it can be got across to the general population.
I notice that Labour is already posing as the party with reasonable comments about what should be done and how we are making mistakes.
As we all know, in politics it is wise to preach to the unconverted as well as the supporters.
Fortunately, most people are aware of the mess the country is in and they accept belt tightening but Labour is (naturally) putting the blame for our situation on the world recession and not on themselves.

Comment by Louise Jolson on August 11, 2010 at 3:33 pm

Well done Sayeeda, labour should not be allowed to remain in denial of the facts ie. that their massive over-spending during 13 years in power without taking the trouble of checking for wasteful and poor value for money expenditure, has caused the severe cuts the coalition is having to impose today. Only when they admit that what they did was wrong can the public ever begin to trust them again.

Comment by elizabeth swift on August 11, 2010 at 3:46 pm

Huge amounts of waste & fraud go undetected until mega sums are reached.We never hear of Gov.Deptmental managers being held to account/sacked for incomptence;someone must be responsible.
If you want to cut waste then sell off a few London Buildings.Look at number of Miinistry of Justice/Tribunals/Constitutional Affairs addresses-they all need reception,security, refurbs,cleaning, IT&other systems.This should come before redundancies.Oh & cut out free tea/coffee & unnecessary “training”conferences & jollies-can all be done on-line.

Comment by F Davis on August 11, 2010 at 3:46 pm

Excellent article, Sayeeda.
Your Government should also expose the waste that is the EU – another fine mess that New Labour left us deep in! We should be trading with the WORLD and not being overruled by the corrupt organisation that is the EU.

Comment by Kandis on August 11, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Good luck on getting their severance pay back. I have no doubt it will be like getting blood out of a stone. Although I agree that it is about time the taxpayer was reminded that the financial hardship we are all suffering now is because of Labour.

Comment by jason may on August 11, 2010 at 4:01 pm

I hope it not too prudent to ask if the video was free to produce. I would happily read the information and find graphics distract as expense comes to mind.
The subject of severence pay is very good though, in the same manner as the pay offs issued to Bank directors and bank bonuses. Rally some public support for it too!

Comment by F Wilson on August 11, 2010 at 4:05 pm

It seems a good idea to expose wrong doings,until you mention the secondhand smoke fraud,that it seems cannot be exposed,so much for truth and honesty.

Comment by Ranbir Suri on August 11, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Well done Sayeeda. Mis-use and waste of Tax Payers’
hard earned money by Labour and their denial of negligence is admittance of their guilt of irresponsible governing. Difficult and responsible decisions by the Colalition are steps in the right direction. Good luck to
PM David and his team for working to bring Britain back on track.

Comment by David Dundas on August 11, 2010 at 4:08 pm

I am glad that you are taking up this crucial matter of waste, but the reason that Labour is in denial is because they can get away with it. The general public do not understand the issues, so they do not see the falacies in the Labour arguments. We need to better job explaining: how the massive Public Sector National Debt (PSND) grew under Labour which is their big legacy.

With respect, there’s a big difference between the Budget Deficit that you mention and the much greater problem of the PSND that has to be financed. It is the Annual Budget Deficit that grows the PSND which grew under labour to £ 903 billion at the end of May this year. The interest cost on this debt is around £ 35 billion a year, similar to our defence budget.

Every year that we have a Budget Deficit, this adds to the PSND, increasing our interest costs. We must eliminate the deficit as fast as possible and move into a budget surplus to start reducing the PSND. Whilst we have to cut public spending right away and restore confidence, as the economy recovers, the extra tax revenues that this will bring, will also contribute to reducing the deficit.

All this needs a clear explanation to the electorate.

Comment by jmsaric on August 11, 2010 at 4:16 pm

I the middle ages anyone guilty of ruining the country as labour has done would have been hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.
I am willing to donate towards the executioners fee.

Comment by alan taylor on August 11, 2010 at 4:20 pm

labours record on crime and immigration is appaling is anyone from the coalition going to address this , its a major concern to everyone

Comment by Alan on August 11, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Great video doesn’t go far enough though with their profligacy. Shame about the facts on deficits though, Japan has the highest deficit in the world by a large margin. However when you add in all our off balance sheet stuff and liabilities it is catastrophic. Labour bought lots of votes at the last election with money the country did not have!

Comment by anabelle santiago on August 11, 2010 at 4:31 pm

It is a Deserving and Honest Speech !

Comment by mitch fountain on August 11, 2010 at 4:37 pm

Hi my name is mitchell fountain and im a very angry citizen of the USA,I watch every thing you do in Britain, and the same has happened here,I have watched the Dems spend and spend and the good lord knows,that one day we are going to pay big,and its you over there and us over here, the people, thats going to pay,God be with us all,mitchell fountain.

Comment by John Attwood on August 11, 2010 at 4:54 pm

Whilst I wholeheartedly echo the views of the video, I am aware that continual Labour – bashing may have a negative effect upon the Government. There has to be a time when the govt stop attacking Labours behaviour and informs the public of the positive action they are taking. The attack upon Labour smacks of what they did when they first came into power.
You are doing a good job as a team you don’t need to continually remind the voter of the poor conduct of Labour (maybe now and again is okay but not all the time)

Comment by Zuhayr Menjou on August 11, 2010 at 5:05 pm

It is not wrong to also focus on those who receive/spunge benefits because it takes more than 2 hard working employees who pay their taxes to support each indivual benefit recepient.

It is not wrong to review their status and examine their official documents as this will be a deterent which will reduce crime, contribute to the deficit in the budget labout left behind and also gain loyalty and respect to this country.

Comment by william fitzsimons on August 11, 2010 at 5:15 pm

yea to all of it……

Comment by Edward Nugee on August 11, 2010 at 5:24 pm

Why did hardly anyone say anything like this before the election? Most of the facts were well enough known, in particular that Gordon Brown had been hugely overspending the country’s income for the last few years, that Kenneth Clarke left the budget more or less in balance, that Labiour’s election manifesto had nothing to say about the enormous deficit that, to his credit, Alastair Darling had told us aoubt in his last budget speech (and the Conservative manifesto was not that much better). Were the Conservatives frightened that the electorate is so unintelligent that it cannot appreciate the disastrous economic performance of Gordon Brow in his latter years (so long as he followed Kenneth Clarke’s prudent principles, as he did for a few years, matters were all right)? I tried to get our Conservative candidate to say something about Labour’s woeful economic performance, but without appreciable success. If he had he might not have lost the seat by 42 votes.

Comment by Phil Manning on August 11, 2010 at 5:30 pm

New Labour`s flawed philosophy has not worked.
They detest the business community; they hate anyone richer than they and in terms of wealth, the NLP are very good at spending it.
What else are they good at? They are good at creating jobs.
Oh! And I think they are still patting themselves on the back for a job well done. Poor deluded fools. Ah well…. Never mind… We just pick ourselves up and start all over again.

Comment by patrick on August 11, 2010 at 5:36 pm

i think it is time we had elections for all judges ,it is unfair that they are in jobs for life and we cannot even have a say as to wether they are upto the mark,and considering the big fat pensions they get at the end of their shelf life, it is wrong

Comment by Matt Wright on August 11, 2010 at 5:58 pm

Absolutely right to show the people exactly what Labour did. It will not be possible to explain what has to be done and how to go forward without this reckoning. This should have been done earlier but thank God it’s happening now. Do not let up on this, it is critical you keep this action up and ram home the message hard.

Comment by Mark Breecher on August 11, 2010 at 6:05 pm

Absolutely right. I would like to see politicians struck off for running finances insolvent, in the same way that it is an offence for companies to.
The staggering arrogance of Labour politicians in passing blame around is matched only by our stupidity for electing any of them.
For a country so full of genuine genius, we do some dumb things!

Comment by Geoff Thorpe on August 11, 2010 at 6:18 pm

Minimalist and brilliant. An often misunderstood, if relatively straight forward message often lost in the telling. Yes, we all know that this is the awful truth, let’s hope that this communicates the fact to a larger audience. I look forward to seeing more

Comment by Bill Turner on August 11, 2010 at 6:47 pm

Sayeeda,thanks for your latest. Rectifying ‘New Labour’s’ (read the same old one)legacy must be the goal now for everyone, but until the Banks are seen to be in the same ball park as everyone else and pulling their weight then there will no be true cohesion to right the wrongs. There claim that they have to pay the bonuses to keep the good staff just doesn’t hold water. It was those self same people that threw caution to the wind in the first place.
One of your readers replies asked where was Brown these days. There was a small clip this evening on R4 that he is saving the world,sorry cancel that – saving Pakistan. AND WOULD SOMEONE PURSUE THE ANSWER TO JUST WHERE THE MONIES / / INVESTMENTS ARE NOW FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE 395 TONNES OF GOLD BULLION HE SOLD AT HALF PRICE.

Comment by Gwen Puckrin on August 11, 2010 at 7:22 pm

Hi

Good thinking, but honestly do you really think any labour leader is going to give back cash? First of all ask the greediest of them all – Tony Blair

Comment by Sheila Roberts on August 11, 2010 at 7:24 pm

Strange isn’t it that Labour comes to power about every 10 to 15 years, the population never learn do they? Blair and Brown along with the rest of their cabinet should be in prison for their handling and ultimate betrayal of the British people. They have split the Union, given the EU powers over us they shouldn’t have – allowed foreign ownership of key services (water, gas, electricity) industries which should still be producing wealth for Britain not some foreign country. The list is endless. Do what is necessary to make sure the population understand what has been going on and where the blame lies.

Comment by Chris B on August 11, 2010 at 7:30 pm

I wish politicians would just get on with running the country instead of constantly trying to score points off of the other party. After an election campaign of “bad mouthing” Labour and Labour doing the same to the Coalition the bandwagon rolls on. Quite frankly its getting old.

Too much of the modern way of life involves a “blame culture” everything is somebody’s fault. Expensive enquiries follow expensive inquests.

Identify the problems work out how to fix them and get on with it. Finger pointing is not part of the solution.

Comment by Mike Maunder on August 11, 2010 at 7:42 pm

At every opportunity the coalition must rub Labour’s nose in the mess they have made.
Our Government must do more to get all the people to vote,- this would be universally acceptable. I don’t want to hear ever again, a couple of local guys at the run up to the general election, saying “I’m a working man so I vote Labour” We don’t want to see the country passed back to these fools ever again.
Surely, the working man = Labour mind set, must be dying out now, and I don’t belive the Nation is full of people with limited intelect !
I was a Shop Steward for 7 years, and when I showed my members a better way of chasing a wage increase other than ‘Going on the gate’ they were amazed, but then I had been a Managing Director before then.- The swings and roundabouts of life !!!

Comment by John H. Walker on August 11, 2010 at 7:53 pm

A lot of right thinking people in the country have guessed or realised what the Labour Government was up to, so all this should come as no suprise. They very effectively suppressed all criticism of their policies almost to the point of paranoia and are still denying all the problems that they have created. They have effectively ruined the country with their policies on everything that they have touched. Oh for a clean sheet of paper and a fresh start without any stupid leftist ideology. I have always maintained that a Labour Government is the working mans own worst enemy and I think I have been proved right again. They have completely messed everything up.

Comment by Cllr R Kerry on August 11, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Surely if you commission a 12 billion pound computer system for the NHS you make the contractor supply the system for the price agreed. How can you keep throwing this sort of money down the drain, who was in charge of this fiasco? Which private company pocketed all this money to deliver nothing? Some one must be made accountable this is scandalous behaviour, in the real world it would be see you in court for fraud.

Comment by J. Christine Moore on August 11, 2010 at 8:20 pm

Very interesting communication. You may like to know that it has come to my attention that some social workers are supplementing their salaries (sometimes doubling them) by charging more petrol mileage than they have actually used. No check is made on their mileage.

Comment by Arnold Whittle on August 11, 2010 at 8:29 pm

I am quite aware of the damage that the last government left the country in,I new when they took over power what state the nation would be in I remember the day that the Labour leader walked through the gates of Downing Street shaking hands with his supporters I commented to my wife as I looked through the window in my front room now you will see some changes , and I was spot on, just look at those changes now a country in almost total ruin that is the legacy of a government with no vision or concept of forward planning, or vision, just waste on top of waste, money thrown to all quarters of the globe what a shambles. I expect big things of the present sitting coalition I want to see giant strides in the direction of maintaining our independence of other nations, I want to see a strong and robust infrastructure, I want to see people working not just living on hand outs, I work every day I want all people who residing in this country to do there bit for the country or get out there must be no free rides while others work hard to make a simple basic income such as we do in the North of England

Comment by Lindsey on August 11, 2010 at 9:05 pm

Well done on the video. We know whos fault it is but how will it help my son and son-in-law who are about to lose their jobs with Cornwall Council.They are making 2000 people redundant BUT spending £8 million pounds on renevation and upgrading buidlings, its insane. Please someone stop then and let people keep their jobs and stay off the dole.

Comment by tim on August 11, 2010 at 9:24 pm

While labour appears to have has spent money frivalously, morally it is difficult to argue against ‘excess’ spending on good causes such as health and education. People remember the cuts of the 80s and labour had good publicists so be careful how much effort is expended on shining the light on the past. Looking forward with good ideas will gain you more support than looking back to counter balance ideological cuts. People have short memories when they have money in their pockets and shorter ones when they don’t!

Comment by Brendan Faulkner on August 11, 2010 at 10:18 pm

i’m not as angry as i am worried, i worry for the future of our young people, my children and yours. I am ready to take the big hit, i already have personally losing seven hundred pounds a month but i feel that this is only the beginning, i was a labour supporter for many years and have been betrayed by those i placed my trust in 13 years ago. No more cut and run, no more blaming someone else its time to pay back what you owe, cough up labour. Some one somewhere got stinking rich off all this looting of the treasury…

Comment by Sandra on August 12, 2010 at 6:18 am

I wish you all the luck in the world with regards to getting any money out of the Labour party. They should all be taken to court and sued for all the extras that they claimed, and all pensions should be rejected. Put the pension money in the government’s coffers to help this country get back on it’s feet. I have never known a governing party use such dirty tricks as Labour. Why not confiscate all of Tony Blair’s new properties, which he acquired since he was in power.

Comment by gordon Lissner on August 12, 2010 at 6:50 am

In ‘your’ email to us ( end of first ‘para’ it says ” our money “. We all know that Everybody’s money is meant, including M.P.’s but it would sound much better if it had said ‘Your Money!’ Best Regards, Gordon.

Comment by Frank C. Radley on August 12, 2010 at 7:04 am

Louder and more often. Everyone needs to know. Keep up the good work ! FCR

Comment by John Laity on August 12, 2010 at 7:24 am

James Ramsay MacDonald was Labours first Prime Minister in 1924. He served for less than a year, but got another chance of power in 1929. In 1931 the great Depression forced him to form a National Government (Coallition) with several Conservative MPs. He was subsiquently expelled by the Labour Party.

Long has Labour struggled with the concept of Coallition!

The lesson for Conservatives and Liberal Deocrats is this. McDonald is remembered for breaking up the Labour Party…Yet he actually guided the UK through the great depression leaving it financially stable and retaining its industrial might.

How would have the UK faired if it had entered WWII with less industry and a poor economy?

Will the Coallition be as brave?

Comment by robert peckham on August 12, 2010 at 7:27 am

It will be a miracle if any kind of state socialism can work but the horrific kind of self-centred wasteful arrogance of the last government was the sddest sight i can ever remember.Pandering to the long-term lazy and indolent they cynically used their vote!!The tories must above all things remain firm and determined to permanently change things!

Comment by Tilda Dean on August 12, 2010 at 8:00 am

History continues to repeat. My Grandparents lost much of their retirement income in the post war Labour government. My parents retirement was hit hard by Harold Wilson and his ilk. Now I am suffering at the hands of Gordon Brown and his spendthrifts. Please make this coalition work and there will be a fair chance that we never have to suffer another labour government

Comment by Tony Platts on August 12, 2010 at 8:45 am

Elsewhere in the papers today I read:
1) a Northumbria councillor quits his job and receives c£500k, then starts immediately with another council on a huge 6 figure salary.
2) travellers camp in a public park, and the police refuse to do anything about it, citing its a ‘civil’ matter.
I will believe the coalition is truly serious when it implements laws to deal with these outrageous issues.
Until then, I am not taking you seriously, because you clearly are becoming a group that’s all talk and no action.
Imagine the positive responses all round were you to be SEEN to be acting for the PEOPLE who you represent.
The similarities between you lot and the Blair govt are startling.
The 2 issues I raise above should be simple to immediately legislate on, but I won’t hold my breath.

Comment by Garry Heath on August 12, 2010 at 10:11 am

The last years of Labour’s reign were not poor management but deliberate vandalism.

There should be a number of Royal Commissions and similar to look at Labour’s legacy in order to prosecute those who were reckless.

We need to strengthen the Chilcot Inquiry’s remit to ensure that it has no stone unturned.

We should also revisit Dr Kelly’s death. There are people Blair, Straw and particularly Campbell who should be in jail on very long sentences

G

Comment by Colin on August 12, 2010 at 10:27 am

About time. You must get this out in all media channels, and hammer home the outragous spending, the shallow excuses (global recession, banks, etc.) and for each and every waste you identify, name the politician who was responsible and the amount.
Suggestion: at the end of each year Government departments spend what is left inn their budget…just because it is there. Congratulate and if necessary bonus / incentify all under spend of budgets.

Comment by Hazel Keirle on August 12, 2010 at 10:30 am

Absolutely the right message to go to every houshold in the coutry, and if you have also inherited a ‘labour legacy’ in local government, it should be tagged into the message.

Comment by Paul T Horgan on August 12, 2010 at 11:49 am

The main feature of the Labour leadership election is that the male candidates appear indistinguishable from each other in so many ways.

So, given the above, a mixture of any two of the candidates would suffice to lead the party.

But what kind of mixture?

Using the latest morphing technologies, I have determined that the best candidate would be 80% David Miliband with 20% Ed Balls.

Want to see how?

Watch the video of the candidates morphing seamlessly into each other here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IitpA73rphs

Comment by ken calder on August 12, 2010 at 11:59 am

Agree with all contributors and the video put out.
Keep saying it. Labour should keep their heads down in shame for at least 12 months!!
But tell David Cameron it is time for `sackcloth and ashes` all round! Don`t let the media keep taking photos of the PM in his best togs going off to some wonderfully expensive `bash`. Tone it down – you will alienate the public!

Comment by terence on August 12, 2010 at 12:38 pm

pursue/expose/and villify these incompetent wasters daily

Comment by Tony Platts on August 12, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Me again.
I now read of the £m’s spent by councils and government offices up and down our land on day trips to the beach, head massages, and other staggering and unbelievable things.
Now, why doesn’t the coalition leadership introduce an IMMEDIATE ban on all non-essential spending of this type? How easy would that be?
Take note, little of this nonsense is going on in the private sector and where it is its paid for out of profits. Not taken from the long-suffering taxpayer.
Just GET a GRIP please and make it SOON!

Comment by peter reed on August 12, 2010 at 2:46 pm

It’s ok to expose previous governments faults as long as you don’t take your ‘eye off the ball’

Comment by sue sweeney on August 12, 2010 at 3:16 pm

I agree with everything you say about our “inheritance” As a public sector worker in a secondary school – I hope my job which I love is safe.

Comment by David Clarke on August 12, 2010 at 4:10 pm

Sadly people – voters – tend to have very short memories. The economic ‘pain’ has probably not yet been felt by the majority of people in the country. In a way we have recently been living in a bit of a ‘phoney war mentality’. This well constructed Coalition package will remain strong for longer if the message delivered here is delivered properly over a long time.

Comment by Anita on August 12, 2010 at 5:12 pm

People on benefits have more then avaerage familly. when you add housing child taz credit working taz credit etc. Pople who are self employed, they earn 500 a week but after deduction they are 13000 net, and get benefits wheras emloyed earn 500 but they will not get anyting but has to pay for transport, clothes etc education.

Comment by Ian Robertson on August 12, 2010 at 5:44 pm

No problem with the request for the refund of Labour ministers severence pay. I suspect that the answer will be answered with the raising of two fingers! I am concerned that there are a number of MP’s who are bemoaning the loss of expenseses and perrks including some rather well paid Tory MP’s and ministers. Parliament still comes across to be morally and prossibly criminally corrupt and until somebody gets to grip with this situation the general public will always be sceptical that thier interests are being addressed.

Comment by peter atkinson on August 12, 2010 at 5:55 pm

We read, till the cows come into be milked and go out again to munch on grass. In my humble opinion the financial authorities have not learnt any lessons, they will not change their modus operandi. Oh they will pontificate and appear to do the right thing on the out side but under neath it will be business as usual. The crucial point is that when public money was dished out NO terms and conditions were spelt out, the banks got the money and that is that.And so we are now waiting for the next financial collapse, see if I am not right.

Comment by peter atkinson on August 12, 2010 at 6:14 pm

It seems to me we can go off to war based on lies, spin and deceit with no one called to account, we all know who I mean.Then we fall down a deep financial hole which gordon brown dug for us, although he is an MP we see nothing of him nor are our elected representatives demanding he usess a sat nav to find his way to westminster, to explain him self.

Comment by brian hanson on August 12, 2010 at 6:15 pm

about time labuor did the last timein power it willbe along time to get it back to theconservit vaetoput right iwill never vote labour ever

Comment by Mike Maunder on August 12, 2010 at 11:12 pm

I know where Labour went wrong !
Brown and Darling were only front men at No.11. – The real work was done by John Prescott.
Mystery solved.

Comment by J.Lane on August 13, 2010 at 10:26 am

This is a very difficult time,and, worse is to come.I remember the irritation I felt when the misguided stars of the Blair / Brown era constantly referred back to “eighteen(?) years of Tory mis-rule”, the “Nasty Party” etc. While the current criticisms might be absolutely fair, I firmly believe over use, over statement, undue reference to it all, runs the risk of de-sensitising us, automatic switch-off…”Here we go again…” By now, most people will have owned a general view.Be wary of flogging dead horses. Concentrate on clear, specific, focussed criticism/reaction, intelligently and carefully applied….sprinkled with a little generosity of spirit,where possible.We are only at the beginning of the journey.

Comment by Peter Voller on August 13, 2010 at 1:35 pm

I’m surprised those cronies in Labour can sleep at night! If they were on the private arena they would be jailed.
Well done for the campaigne
Regards

Comment by Dermot Glynn on August 13, 2010 at 1:37 pm

This is the right approach.

One place to find an immediate saving is in LOCOG’s plans to use Greenwich Park for the equestrian events in the Olympic Games. The costs would befar less if a venue where there are already facilities for equestrianism were used; and that would allow a legacy of improvements. At Greenwich, everything would have to be constructed from scratch, and cleared away imediately afterwards – completely wasteful. LOCOG is not interested in saving money however.

Comment by Tim Craig on August 13, 2010 at 2:35 pm

The legacy I hate most is the control freaky arrogance that has filtered down from the Blair/Brown regimes to all public sector workers. The majority are neither civil nor willing to be servants, and such offensive attitudes will take a long time to correct. DC is taking a great lead in this.

Comment by Granville on August 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm

I quite agree. Every last desperate act and wastage by Labour must be clearly spelt out. This must be repeated time and time again for the next five years and beyond. The public must never be allowed to forget the thirteen years of misery these awful people perpertrated upon us.

Comment by Roger Robbins on August 13, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Well done. It is about time that Labour faced up to it’s continual failings, greed and total lack of responsibility. Hopefully never to gain power ever again…..remind you of a certain party in the late 19th century, does it??
We look forward very much to the country getting back on it’s feet but we will have to watch our backs carefully.

Comment by john broughton on August 13, 2010 at 4:45 pm

What is the point of the demand for the return of severance pay, when a large number of MPs of all parties have had their noses well into the trough for years, – its just tokenism – like David Cameron’s bleat about tourism which doesn’t begin to address the issues which cause the tourism problems – VAT, flights taxes and visas.

Comment by Rob Litten on August 13, 2010 at 4:59 pm

The points raised here are spot-on. Whenever I am in a political discussion and people complain about cuts, I remind them that it’s Gordon Brown and the rest of the Labour party they should be complaining to. The Labour-party ‘elders’ should be made to hang their heads in shame. We have to keep reminding people that this mess is Labour’s mess.

Comment by Rob Litten on August 13, 2010 at 5:35 pm

Very effective video. This video should be continually shown in all public buildings for the next twenty years. That would would get the message across. Gordon Brown is still taking an MP’s salary and should therefore be in parliament to publicly account for his actions.

Comment by Tony Platts on August 13, 2010 at 8:07 pm

Audit Commission axed!
Great news and well done !

Now tell us theres NO golden goodbyes for its senior managers who are labour toadies and lackies to the core!

A merit badge for Mr Pickles! Well done sir!

Now continue the good work with a daily axing!

Comment by Sean Smith on August 13, 2010 at 11:09 pm

Labour Legacy – NO COMMENT !

Please do inform us whether you receive a reply from your correspondence to the Labour candidates. It would be highly interesting to hear what their response would be.

Comment by Salvador Psaila on August 14, 2010 at 11:04 am

Great work. I worked in large multi-national for 35 yrs and even in good times as a director, I had to ALWAYS find savings and fund new projects/ideas by dropping less effective old ones. You need to get this thinking of New for Old when civil service budgets and proposals come through. Labour just kept adding more and more layers of spending without retiring/re-evaluating old ones. Hence=overspending!

Comment by Tim Hunter on August 14, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Good work. We’ve all got to accept that the country is broke and we cannot live beyond our means anymore. These cuts are necessary, or we face economic ruination of the type being experienced by Greece. Some may lose their jobs, that is true, but many of those jobs were never real and were only artificially created by the last Government in order to create a grateful publically funded workforce that would dutifully vote for its political masters.

However, Labour’s dastardly, devious plans were rumbled. We’re lucky that just enough of us (although not as many as I would prefer) do understand the economic realities and as a result, we might just get ourselves out of the hole that Labour dug us into.

Comment by R Evans on August 14, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Having just heard Question time (Tony Benn et al) the Coalition will have to work hard to challenge the Labour line that a) the deficit was caused by the banking crisis, (ignoring government borrowing) and b) there is a painless alternative to spending cuts.

Union leaders are already gearing up for strike action in response to cuts in social sectors.

Comment by DR on August 14, 2010 at 7:52 pm

I sent some information into the blue office on how a £500 pc was sold to the MoD for over £100k. This was just one of many examples of money wasted on a new computer system that cost over £50 million and never saw the light of day. I’m quite disappointed nobody has contacted me for more information as money is still being thrown around by the same people on its replacement system.

Comment by Kevin Scott on August 15, 2010 at 8:26 am

Successive Labour Governments have been noted for spending our money for the benefit of Labour voters or to win voters from other parties. As long as governments of any colour continue to focus almost exclusively on economic growth we will never achieve sustainable biodiversity, eliminate excessive waste or fruitless exploitation.

Comment by Hazim Hussain on August 15, 2010 at 10:12 am

Well done,Syaida,we are proud of you.Please continue to expose the corrupt New Labour leaders such as Blair/Brown

Comment by john on August 17, 2010 at 10:54 am

If you want to take an axe to an absurd and overly bureaucratic system, read on…

I would like to see some sort of rational, radical reform of the CRB system. As a teacher I have filled out more CRB forms than I care to count, most of which have contained identical information. I say “most” because I have just received a new form from a teaching agency I have just signed up with, which demands even more intrusive personal data.

I have lived at the same address for almost 14 years, never changed my name, never been in trouble with the police, held a valid and unblemished UK driving licence and a UK passport for over 40 years… and every time I fill out one of these forms I become more disillusioned with our society. Once upon a time it was enough to say who you were: whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?

This system was I believe introduced as a result of “Soham”. Perhaps it has prevented repeats, or perhaps we have been lucky.

Why is it that a CRB clearance issued to one organization is not valid for another? I have had concurrent CRBs for Hants CC, Surrey CC, the Scouts, various teacher supply agencies, etc.: I could paper my walls with them. And yet if I had stayed with the same employer all my teaching life I would presumably have one at most. Would that have made me a better person or proved my lack of criminal habits?

If we must have this obnoxious system, surely it is possible to create a central database which all bona fide organizations could interrogate? Once I am on the system, surely any changes to my behaviour or status can be recorded and checked – which I gather they are every time I fill out another form?

At a time when you are busy cutting all the posts and programmes you can lay your hands on, surely this one is ripe for surgery? Or is it inviolate because it is actually a source of revenue?

Do all those people who spend their time typing my information onto the database actually make money for the government?

Could they be doing something useful?

Comment by Julie Gent on August 17, 2010 at 1:24 pm

You don’t have to tell me of labours legacy, they’ve ruined our beautiful country, Blair Brown and that idiot who’s been made a lord? Prescott and all the other so called politicians should be ashamed of themselves, their slogan should have been, vote Labour so can continue to take the piss out of the electorate vote labour so we can continue to waste your money and line our own pockets. I rest my case

Comment by Mr R G C Williams on August 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Dear Syaida,

Well said. Severance pay for those who left after making outrageous claims is totally unjustified. Labour also left us a legasy in the form of Trident. We do not needit. It is a political system nhot a military requirement and should go.

Regards

RW

Comment by W Maskell on August 18, 2010 at 9:21 am

Can the labour party be sued for corporate incompetance?

Comment by Tim S on August 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm

And after all this the BBC News today is STILL making negative comments about the new Gov and STILL giving a platform to D Milliband to allow him to make vague negative comments with complete disregard to the last 13 years.

This is serious, In times like these there is little difference between talking down the Govt and talking down the country.

Comment by Joe on August 18, 2010 at 8:05 pm

A lot has been said about the waste and financial mess we are in, but, not one word of the mess that the European Parliament has also put us in. Not once has there been a successful audit on their finances, I would almost certainly guarentee that their expenses scandal would put our MPs “fiddling” in the shade.

Comment by Manju Dave on August 18, 2010 at 8:36 pm

Dear Sayeeda and The Coalition Govt.,

All we ask is the right to work! Construction allows employment for across the social strata. Get it going.

Comment by Susan R on August 23, 2010 at 10:13 am

I agree with your views, and I support the cooalition whole-heartedly and yet I find I am getting just a teensy bit tired of hearing you talking about Labours mismanagement. Time now to get on and get things done and to pay attention to making sure the right things get done (consider consequences of actions) and that government departments actually do sensible things in an efficient manner. Good intentions are admirable but actually getting the right things done in the right manner is so much harder. How will you ensure that your good intentions don’t result in similar unforseen consequences as those from Labour’s actions ? When budgets are cut – how do you ensure that the body/department whatever doesn’t cut the essential service to the disabled instead of the useless glossy magazine they send round to all the households on thier list; for example ?

Comment by Rumaisa on August 29, 2010 at 1:32 am

Good work, pleased for that.

Comment by maureen curd on August 31, 2010 at 2:07 pm

I applaud the fact that Labour are being blamed for so much mismanagement. However I would like to see the results of some of the proposed remedies. We hear of people being found to have abused the benefits system but we do not hear how they are punished sending them to prison is irrelevant as the taxpayer still picks up the bill for a lazy lifestyle. Do the benefit cheats have to reimburse the country? Are they made to work? The coalition will earn the respect of many people if we are told the results of some of the planned proposals. Is it possible to make sure the BBC is shown to support these proposals instead of pooh poohing everyone of them. I am appalled by the fact that whilst everyone admits the need to change the habits of borrowing it seems that we are all guilty of expecting these habits to be changed by everyone else. I have always been in favour of rewards for effort but it is time that the whole nation is required to put some effort into yhe restoration of our country. Please let the PM go on telling the truth even if it hurts i.e. Pakistan. They think we still owe them for the past but it is time they and others like them came into the present. Tony Blair is a master liar and a total thief so why is he being applauded for his so called charitable contributions to the very people whose lives he is responsible for ruining. DO NOT BUY HIS BOOK!!!

Comment by Arnold Whittle on September 6, 2010 at 8:07 pm

Why is it that I have to be subjected to watching this farse of a Labour party trying to put importance in there process of electing a new leader, of there party who is interested why do the media keep trying to put life back into this party they are burned out, and the public will I believe leave them in the wilderness for a very long time, in my opinion they are going no were fast. politcis is in a very fragile state in this country all parties are being assessed by the voting public and small changes in the wrong places can be volatile in the public arena.

Comment by Barbara Hixson on September 7, 2010 at 10:40 am

hello,there’s some issue that’s bothering the most,like asylum seekers,i think the government should let all asylum seekers work as hard as every one else, and till you make your decision on weather the should return back to there country are the are suitable to stay here so in that way they helps pay tax

Comment by John South West on September 7, 2010 at 2:40 pm

Good video. And we should carry on reminding taxpayers of the damage Labour did to our economy. But I am not convinced about the need for the planned rise in VAT – especially as the international development budget is being maintained. We have big enough problems here at home and risk a double dip recession.