Murkier and murkier. They are such a bunch of charlatans, surely to goodness enough people can begin to see through their charades and smokescreens. Surely...
I am afraid they are probably blinkered enough to ignore the facts.
The Tories list of achievements since 2010 is indeed impressive. Not my list and I've not checked them all but the ones I have are fairly close to the mark: -
1,000 sure start centres closed.
780 libraries closed.
700 football pitches closed.
Food bank use up 2,400%.
Homelessness up 1,000%.
Rough sleeping up 1,200%.
Bedroom tax caused mass evictions.
Evictions are running at record highs.
35% of U.K. kids live in poverty.
Student fees up 300%.
Student debt has risen 150%.
Eradication of EMA (education maintenance allowance).
National debt has risen from £850billion to £2.25trillion.
Emergency Brexit stimulus from BoE in June 2016 of £175b.
Brexit related fall in national revenue £500b.
GDP fallen to -0.1%.
U.K. pound fallen by circa 15%, versus EUR and USD.
AAA credit rating gone.
Manufacturing in recession.
Construction in recession.
Retail in recession.
Services close to recession.
25-30% cuts to all govt departments.
25-30% cuts to all councils, mainly centred on Labour councils.
Half of councils facing effective bankruptcy.
185k extra deaths attached to the political ideology of austerity.
20,000 fewer police.
20,000 fewer prison officers.
10,000 fewer border officials.
10,000 fewer firefighters.
10,000 fewer medical professionals.
25,000 fewer bed spaces for mental illness.
OECD calculate 3 million hidden unemployed; rate is really 13%.
Creation of 1.3m jobs, mainly temporary, self employed, gig economy and ZHC.
Only 30k full time positions created.
Close on 50% of workers are self employed, ZHC, or part time precariat.
25% cuts for disabled community.
Mobility allowance cut.
Closed Remploy.
40% of working households have practically no savings.
70% of households have less than 10k savings.
80% of households can only survive 4 months without a wage.
Household debt reaches new peak, despite emergency base rates.
Increase of 350% in hate crimes.
Increase of knife crime by 150% to 22,000 per year.
Increase in teenage suicide by 70%.
Suicide up 12% in the year 2018.
Self harm among young women up 70%.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
Zero starter homes built, despite Tory flagship programme.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
One million families on council home waiting list.
100,000 increase on the council home waiting list since 2010.
You've got to love the Tory Party, increasing hardship whilst knocking off the nations assets since 1834.