Over recent weeks Parliament has been in recess for the Conference season. Two weeks ago Labour held their annual Conference and this week it is the turn of the Liberal Democrats but last week at the Conservative Party Conference the Prime Minister set out the priorities for a future Conservative Government after next year’s General Election.
The Prime Minister announced that a Conservative Government will cut taxes for 30m people, increase the tax free Personal Allowance to £12,500, raise the threshold at which people pay the 40p rate of tax to £50,000, make GP access available seven days a week, help more people to own their own home and continue to cut the deficit as part of its long-term economic plan.
It is clear that with a Conservative Government if you work hard and do the right thing you will keep more of your own money to spend as you please. This will only be made possible by sticking to the long-term economic plan which has already helped clean up so much of the mess left by the previous Government. Only with a strong economy can we continue to turn our country around and it was clear after the Prime Minister’s speech which Party had a clear vision for our future and the ability to build upon the successes and the groundwork of the last four years.
The difference between Miliband’s speech at the Labour Party Conference and the Prime Minister’s speech last week were clear for all to see. Many commentators labelled Miliband as weak as he struggled to outline any coherent plan for hardworking people and neglected to even speak about the issues that really matter to people. Ed Miliband might want us all to forget about the deficit and the economy but these vital issues for the future of our country, the future of our children and grand-children, cannot be ignored.
By contrast the Prime Minister showed how a Conservative Government would help secure a better future for hardworking taxpayers and our country. It is no surprise that even members of his own party are now calling Miliband’s polices ‘hopeless and desperate’ with one Labour MP stating that he will ‘probably go down as one of the worst leaders’ of the Labour Party.
Next May the British people will have a clear choice at the ballot box. Vote Conservative and get a Party on your side which rewards hard work, helps our young people onto the housing ladder, continues our economic recovery, reduces taxes, protects the NHS and replaces Labour’s Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights; or vote Labour or UKIP and endure Ed Miliband as Prime Minister: a man whose own Party think he is too weak to lead, who forgets about the deficit and the economy and who isn’t up to the job of putting the Great back into Great Britain.