Originally Posted by
anchorhold
... like me you might be thinking of joining the Labour party..
Having lived through the 1970s and Labour governments that looked much like the present Labour front bench, I'd rather see the most incompetent of Conservative governments running things than go back to the 3 day week, power cuts, dock strikes, lorry driver strikes and all the rest.
I'd also like to avoid seeing junior servicemen treated as they were then so badly they frequently had to rely on the Station Commander's fund to pay their household bills. A flying officer I knew in 1978-9 had every pay top-up (in substitution of pay rise, which were more limited then than now) and social assistance for his family, including free school meals for his children.
Anyone that thinks the Labour party now has any better answers than they did then needs to read some history.