Friday 17 April 2015

All them debates!

 As we come up to the time to vote here in the UK (May 8th 2015), TV networks have been trying to push politics down our throats... and with good reason.

ITV were the first to attempt to do such with their political debate between a staggering 7 parties, all of whom stand a good chance of winning as they all have very valid points to make. Thing is though, a lot of what gets said and by whom, is always a problem for people who don't understand politics, so hopefully this written piece will shine lights on some of the "big issues" that are going to be used to gain political points as we come up to voting time.

Immigration.


Immigration is a hot topic during this debate, brought around mainly by the UK party, UKIP. They want to say that most of the UK's problems are brought around because of Immigration, in saying, the strain put on the NHS, both in waiting times and finances, which could be seen by many as to "oh, that's why the NHS is struggling". Many on the other side of the debate though would say that in recent years, the NHS has had a lot of financial cuts made on it's budgets, from every angle. This is why in the news at the moment they're speaking about how the NHS needs 8 million pounds, and this is to secure that the reduced level of services they're running can be secured.

Immigration as a whole for the UK has seen increases in the past couple of years, as people, world over, try to come to the UK for a better life. These problems are the same world over, immigration can be seen as a problem, or, it can be managed. In recent years we have chosen to manage it, and some parties have said they will do what they can to end it.


Housing.



Housing isn't available, the UK is facing a shortage of housing and this is one issue that should have been delt with in the past, but hasn't been. Many people are still finding themselves the victim of the recession and subsequent austerity measures in thinking "hmm, where has my money gone, this house costs too much to run". The housing market itself really did suffer when the recession first started to hit. Left right and centre these housing companies had to close their doors, lay off their staff and most regrettably, stop building housing. We now find ourselves short of housing, as you'd expect.

Laws have been changing already though let's not forget. The un-popular "right to by scheme" has even had a bit of a dusting off and a re-wording here and there, but is still the same principle of buying your own home if you rent off a council, giving you a chance at owning your own home. This then means that your local council will have a shortage of homes... or so you'd think. Council's can now build their own properties, whereas before, they would have been restricted under law.

The housing market will pick itself back up, but a political party needs to have a good management of the industry, to make sure they are building well, for the future.

The Deficit



I think it's hard for anybody to not have noticed that the UK is in debt. As it is a debt, we need to re-pay it. Questions mainly come around on this topic because people differ as to how we should re-pay our debt. Austerity is what we are in at the moment, which involves cutting back on spending (at different variations) and trying to increase income. Similar to what somebody would do at home if they found themselves in a lot of debt. Stop going out and having as many parties, and maybe even take on a 2nd job, if only for a while.

All the different political parties have different ways they would ensure the UK repaid the debt.

So, now we know.

There is a lot of other topics, but this is hopefully going to explain some of the basic's to you.

It is too important that you vote this year. Make your voice heard.

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