Political facts for beginners

I am becoming increasing concerned that young people are not taking an interest in who runs the country. After all it is their country. People of all ages should be involved in the process of electing the politicians who make the decisions that affect their lives. However more and more I get the sense that this generation don’t care. There seems to be a feeling of apathy, perhaps due to current economical failures blamed on the last government. I do fear that the apathy towards politics may be due to lack of education on the matter. Even though no governments are perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I believe that different parties will help different people. Therefore you should be provided with that information impartially, so from an early age you can make a decision on who you want to run the country.

I believe you should at least have the basic facts. I can’t guarantee I am fully impartial, but I’m certainly not being dishonest or misleading. This is just my opinion.

In England there are two main political parties, with differing ideologies, right wing and left wing politics. We currently have a right wing government, the Conservative Party. This party believe in individualism. This means in basic terms that every citizen should provide for themselves without any government assistants. This would mean, no National Health Service, no free education, no state pension, no council housing, and no benefits. They believe that we should all pay in to private insurances and fend for ourselves. Taxation is also a system they would change with everyone paying one flat rate of tax.

 The Conservatives would like to see a political system similar to the United States. In the US (the land of the free) they allow people without insurance to die without treatment, and people without employment to starve on the streets. Unfortunately this ideology can at best be positive for only 10% of the country. This ideology only supports the rich and wealthy. So if you are one of the lucky few that are wealthy and your conscience allows you to not care for those less fortunate as you, please do vote Conservative.

However, there is another choice...

The other major political party in England is the Labour Party. They have left wing socialistic political views. Their ideology is collectivism. This is a system that collects money from all tax payers and provides health care, education, pensions, affordable housing and benefits for the unemployed, families and disabled. The tax that is collected increases in bands meaning the poorest in society pay the least and the wealthiest pay the most. This is the current system we have in place in Britain.

This system surely will be the most positive for most people. Its work for sixty years, probably best not to change back to Victorian system, only my opinion!

The Conservative party in just two years have raised university tuition fees to £9000 per year, put in motion the end of the NHS, and removed benefits millions of families. However on the plus side they have decided to give millionaires an extra £45,000 a year in tax relief, and let off big companies like Vodafone, Top Shop, and Boots with not paying their taxes.

Just something for you to consider next time you vote.