The "debate" thread

[Ed Doe]

Reform the education system, to recognise degrees for what they should be, a bloody good qualification in a scientific discipline or similar, rather than chucking them all in together with surf-science and the like.

Make A-levels harder, so they stretch the brighter kids. Remove the stigma associated with leaving school after GCSE.

Bring back the polytechnics to offer vocational courses such as plumbing, electrics etc, and make it compulsory to gain a vocational qualification as an alternative to A-levels.

Drastically reform the benefits system to give a fairer balance so when you are physically unable to work you are able to live, but if you are able to work but are chosing not to you don't have enough to live comfortably.

Properly work out the required funding/workforce/materials for resurfacing the roads the UK (properly, none of this half-arsed patch up shit), and put in place a system for providing emploment to these people 'unable to get a job', and at the same time improving the transport network in the country. (gotta be a shout for getting a lot of the unemployed working, and get a much needed job done!)

Increase tax on alcohol and cigarettes.
Increase TV licensing costs.

I can think of many more but those would be a nice start.