One last thing - on average, the tax take from GDP has been lower under a Labour Government than a Tory one since 1948, and company profits have been higher under Labour than Tory. Somehow the political parties and the media lead us all to believe that if we want to be better off we should vote Tory, but the data of the last 70 years tells us otherwise.
In the end, every Government ends up in the mire (Tories in 1964, 1974 and 1991, Labour in 1951, 1979 and 2009) when they assume they can keep growth going forever and over-reach both themselves and the markets. So there's an argument that says we are better off giving them each five years at a time, and then changing to the other one before they do too much damage!!
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