Why I Won't Vote for Michael Howard

As someone who has spent most of his life voting Tory and who's father did too, I find Michael Howard and most of his policies unacceptable. He was on Radio 5 this morning and despite a very pleasant performance he added another couple of reasons :-

1. His new asylum policy is unacceptable and also on his part hyprocritical. We must welcome people just as our forefathers did, as this gives us the vibrancy that makes Britain great.

2. Some of his tax ideas are good, but he must remove Inheritance Tax, as basically it costs a lot to collect and some of the best brains in this country are used to avoid it. Removal would free up land and houses for development, as many worthwhile developments are performed at the best time for Inheritance Tax, rather than what would be best for housing needs. Removal would also attract rich individuals to this country for their later years, just like they go to Monaco or Italy now.

He should say immediately that it will be consigned to the dustbin of scientific incorrectness.

3. He has said nothing about Guantanamo. America's detention is illegal and very racist.

4. He is in favour of identity cards. I suspect that we'll all have to vote Liberal Democrat to get rid of that one.

5. And then there's Iraq. Blair took us into that war on a fraud and when it was revealed he still said we should have gone in. If we had done things properly and with care, Saddam would certainly be gone by now and Iraq would be a lot peaceful by now.

6. He also disclosed in his interview that Trident is up for renewal during the next Parliament. He would renew it. Why? Who's going to bomb us now? Suppose it's a stupid Russian terrorist trying to make a point about Chechnya. Do we bomb Grosny or Moscow?

Keep a few bombs to be delivered by aircraft, but Trident? No!

7. I think we ought to join the Euro. He doesn't.

8. And Shengen! Why should we be second-class citizens in Europe? Not much chance of support on that one.