Dear Lapsed,
Competence, The Tories, competent for who!!
Even the most politically uneducated ( like myself ) can understand and agree with what the Tories are trying to do, don't spend what you don't have, they are trying to balance the books, it is the way they are going about it.
To be competent about something you at least need to have basic knowledge.
One of the Tories big issues is unemployment, ever visited a Job centre over the past year, soul destroying.
Staff so disenchanted that they just go through the motions, although I did witness a bit of excitement, the government introduced electronic signing on, whoopee!! it was nice to see them nearly smiling.
The governments internet job site, Universal job match, run by private contractors, a joke, no actually you can laugh at a joke, travesty is the word I was looking for, google it to find out what a absolute mess it is, even the company who runs it wants out.
The Tories like to privatise stuff, privatise Job centres, ask most job seekers they will tell you that using private employment agencies is far superior.
There are lots of ways of gaining employment, sadly Government run Job centres are not one of them, but it would be nice if the job centres informed citizens of the different agencies available to help and who also offer training/education to further your job prospect.
The Tories are so out of touch with reality, I sometimes wonder if they think poor people are something that we just need to get used to.
Gonnagle.
