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Great News? No, just the latest government "Lie Sheet".

  http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2015/nov/11/uk-employment-gains-unlikely-to-trigger-rate-rise   We are moving further towards the goal of full employment that we set out in our manifesto. (Says the latest conservative party Lie Sheet)   The economy is creating plenty of jobs. Unemployment is falling. The proportion of people in work has never been higher. Great News? More people on Zero hour contracts (reducing the unemployment figures) more people on short time hours and having to claim tax credits (reducing the unemployment figures), more people on "education" courses (reducing the unemployment figures) more people on government subsidies "apprentice" schemes (reducing the unemployment figures) and other nefarious government scams to delude the public into believing that the government is doing something to tackle the problem and is the party for working people. Conservative propaganda wrapped in government lies.

The dying throes of a party which once put priciple ahead of personal advantage.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-lib-dems-declarewar-on-the-rich-with-raidson-pensions-and-property-in-2015-manifesto-9089203.html Lib Dems declare war on the rich in 2015 manifesto   During the last four and a bit years, the LibDems have been enthusiastic allies of the Tories in the "war" against ordinary people in this country. The poor, the sick, the disabled, the benefit claimants, have had state support cut savagely as the LibDems trooped through the lobby in support of their "Coalition partners". Working people too have been attacked with reductions in working credits, wage and salary freezes, conditions and pension restrictions and the vast majority of people in the United Kingdom, have been adversely affected by the relentless increases in the price of gas, electricity, water and all the other essentials of everyday life in this country. It is not coincidental that in the four years of the ConDem coalition, ...