General Chat

I am not a political animal, but am slightly pleased that the tories won, as I'm an old fashioned prudence person.

Seems to me it will be a case of pain today (Tory cuts) or pain tomorrow when labour borrowing would have come home to roost, causing trouble for all our children.

I am sorry Nigel didn't get into parliament as he is one of the few who says pretty much what he thinks, and would have rattled a few cages.

Best wishes to all. Happy days

And just to show how out of touch I am, must say I am sorry for all the losers who put their heart and soul into the elections, nationally and locally, and who will not be rewarded by European posts and a place in the house of lords.

sadly, mental health care has always been at the bottom of the pile :-(

.....and the number is set to increase, Dermot.
On top of that, Mental Health funding has been cut, and living like that must surely affect a person's mental health.

I'd like to hear/read the opinions of the men and women who regularly sleep rough in squats, tents, cars, parks, bins, flimsy sleeping bags in shop doorways – all unimaginable spaces in our capital city and beyond.

It began yesterday -

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/hours-after-the-election-the-dwp-says-it-is-looking-to-cut-a-disabled-access-to-work-scheme-10237191.html

I'm not a very politically minded person to be honest, so my feelings are mixed.


I don't think ANY particular party has all the answers to the problems within society, they all make promises which are not always kept.


We live in a very firm labour stronghold and I have been engaged with the labour council for several years re support for those with autism. The people are lovely, but we are constantly re-inventing the wheel and getting nowhere fast. The council people seem to move from meeting to meeting without much work showing for it from what I can see. A lot of talk but little action.


The problems aren't just due to government cuts either. We have to face the fact that some people are inefficient in their posts, we are strangled by red tape and, too often, we hear of corruption within the powers that be, affecting all parties.


No one party would please everyone and I doubt any party would get everything right. :-D

Not happy because I have a disability and the Torys do not care about us, the poll really got it wrong :-(

Did not want Tories or Labour about time we see a new government that listens what the wage earner wants

I am pleased simply because I dont trust labour not to put the country back into the same dire financial straights that Brown did.

Having said that it was plainly obvious that the real vote loser Ian Duncan Smith was kept in a cupboard during the campaign. I worry about health and social care cuts which may well affect me.

I had to take a long term view re what opportunities will be available to my grandchildren-just my opinion.

Sue

I agree with all that's been said on here, and feel so sorry for that poor Mum caring for her son. As he gets even heavier as he gets older, she will end up burned out, exhausted and possibly disabled herself ftom the lifting. It's scandalous that she gets little help due to cuts in care.

My heart sunk as I watched things unfold with the count results and saw that smugfaced cretin as the result became clear. He just has no idea what many people are going through and really doesn't live in the real world or know how people sttuggle, either that or he doesn't care and is just out for his own glory.

Heaven help the UK

Lizx

I'm sorry the Conservatives got back in.
During the past 5 years, the Tories have frozen wages, both in local government and the NHS (usually the lowest paid) cut hospital staff, and expected those staff to 'cover' for their now non-existent colleagues.
They've cut after care for patients, meaning many older people are 'stuck' in hospitals, and accused of being 'bed blockers'.
Waiting times have risen, partly due to the cut in staff made by the Tories, partly to Private patients being referred to the NHS when their money runs out. They, (naturally ) go to the top of the queue, making non-paying people wait even longer.
If it wasn't for the foreign (immigrant) doctors and nurse, the NHS wouldn't exist, but never mind, the Tories back in power, it'll soon be a Private Health Service. As long as you have the money, you'll get seen first.

Some of us were born at the wrong time, and despite having over 35 years of NI contributions, we have to wait an extra 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 years before we can get our pensions. This is to be reviewed in the Autumn, and with Cameron in charge, you can bet the pension age will just keep on rising.

The amount paid to home carers is likely to go down, wages for workers are unlikely to rise in line with inflation, and tax credits are to be cut.
Bedroom tax will probably rise - despite their not being enough 1 bedroom places.
Rent will rise.
Food banks look set to stay - to become 'normal'.
I could go on.

Good news for some though - Fox hunting will be coming back!!! Like that's important in these days of austerity, but he's got to get his priorities right. S*d the rest, the ill, the disabled, the homeless the soon to be homeless - we have to 'play' our toff games.

The Tories want to ignore the Human Rights Act, and with TTIP, we're now open to GM foods and inhumanely kept animals for food.
TTIP is about reducing the regulatory barriers to trade for big business, things like food safety law, environmental legislation, banking regulations and the sovereign powers of individual nations.
We all wanted that, didn't we?

Agree with Rose - it's not just about what I can get out of it - me,me me.

Disappointed with the results

Dear All

Hello

Well, I am stunned at the result and I am feel devastated.

I am not happy that Labour did not win.

I hoped there would be some form of good coalition.

The first past the post system of voting has simply got to be changed.


Take gentle care
Best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

For me personally and what is important to me as i reach 70 and most of my neighbours are immigrants who speak little or no English.. and the fact that i was on a NHS waiting list for 3 years being sent home or having surgery cancelled , then had surgery with no aftercare when i live alone..( even told to clean my own wound when the dressings were removed as they did not have time)
i was deemed to be in my right mind and not a danger to myself , and that was the reason for not getting any help.

I am very disappointed ....

I am not proud to be English anymore. :-(

No ... because it is not about 'me', and I have never chosen to vote just for 'me'

I am sure that in some ways many of us benefit from a Tory govt, but I do not feel comfortable with it being at the expense of the ill, the weak, carers, and those who due to disability are already NOT on a level playing field.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/hours-after-the-election-the-dwp-says-it-is-looking-to-cut-a-disabled-access-to-work-scheme-10237191.html

and this from FB...I have removed the name but it is from the ATOS miracles page...

"Dear Mr Cameron,

Do you actually have a fcuking clue?! Just over an hour ago I thought I'd be good and read and rest in bed. I'm exhausted. I look after my son who has multiple complex health needs and disabilities. Now I know you had a son and in no way do I belittle your very real grief but you had nannies. You have no idea of real life with a disabled child. You just use your sons memory to emotionalise policies. Shame on you.

So anyway, an hour ago I did one last check on my son. Only just over an hour earlier I had tucked him in. Adjusted his oxygen. Done the night cares. He's 14. He's in nappies. I betray his dignity in this account but I went in his room to find a code brown. Head to toe. Administered by his wandering hands. He's asleep. I cry inside. To leave him is wrong and disgusting. To wake him is a night awake for us both. I have to do the latter. He's cross. I have to shower him. He's over six stone. I don't have a hoist. I can't fit it in the house in his room. I have to strip and carry a screaming hitting shitty teenage boy to the bathroom to shower him. He's stressed. Seizures start. Oxygen drops. Super quick shower while literally getting battered. Carry him to my room and wrap in towels before drying and dressing him. Change his bed. Clean his toys he HAS to have in bed. Then fight him to get him back to bed. He's had his sleep. He thinks it's morning. As I type he's awake. Wide awake. Not much sleep in this house tonight then! The smell lingers. I can't myself shower until he's settled and asleep with no seizures and good oxygen levels. I'm hurt. Yes the slaps hurt but nothing hurts like knowing you are making your child cry when you have no choice for their own welfare.

So Mr Cameron, tell me if you can relate to this? Tell me why you see fit to make cuts that will take away respite that keeps me going? Tell me how £62 carers allowance a week justifies the work that carers like me do? We love our kids but we have no real choice!

You, Mr Cameron, have not got my vote, just so you know! "



I am ashamed to be British today....greed has taken over, the politics of 'in it for me and sod the rest of you' causes as much dismay to me today as it did through the Thatcher years. I benefited then, from lower tax, right to buy etc etc...but at what cost to society as a whole... it divided the nation then it will do so now. That is my real fear...that this will become even less a country I recognise, let alone respect.

And if you feel that's a bit 'strong', please be assured I am just being "honest" as per the title.

The only good thing is that they got in with a clear majority

Me neither.

Not happy with the result

I'm glad they won...I don't think any party can achieve their promises in 5 years,because when another party get in ..it's all change again...

I am happy with the result. Maybe somehow they can be persuaded to sort out the problems surrounding the disabled and those in real poverty.