![]() | 'The LibDems, we are told, want to make an issue of their "opposition" to the war. This turns out to mean that they were a bit sceptical about shooting Iraqis until the shooting of Iraqis actually commenced. Coming from the party that "scrapped" tuition fees in Scotland - the ones you still have to pay - this shows admirable consistency.' Ian Bell in the Sunday Herald, 10 th April 2005. | ![]() |

Tory election poster from 1979
Ironically, during the Thatcher years (1979 - 1992) unemployment in the UK rose from 1.1 million to 1.7 million

Advice to voters from the Save the Scottish Regiments campaign in 2005

Are you thinking what we're thinking?
The Tory election catchphrase for 2005.

Michael Howard as Fagin
Labour attempted to cast Tory leader Michael Howard as Fagin from Oliver Twist.
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SNP election poster from 2005
Bush and Blair lied to the world about their reasons for wanting to invade oil-rich Iraq.

SNP election poster from 2005
Calls for more police rather than useless and expensive identity cards

SNP election poster from 2005
In Scotand wating time targets are tice as long (32 weeks) as those in England. Hospitals are being closed to be replaced by much smaller, much more expensive and less efficient for-profit hospitals. National health Service dentists are almost impossible to find.

SNP election poster from 2005
Under Labour, Scottish pensioners have become second class citizens, unable to heat their homes because of punitive council taxes. Labour and the Tories are against a fair system of local taxation such as a local income tax

Conservative election poster
The Tories have tended to focus on the Scottish parliament in the Westminster election campaign.

Conservative election poster
The Tories are campaigning on crime, traditionally seen as one of their strong areas.

Conservative election poster
The Conservatives are protesting against Labour's continuation of Tory cuts in the NHS.

Conservative election poster
Arguments about Tory tax cuts dominated the begining of the election campaign, resulting in front bench spokesman Howard Flight (Arundel & South Down) being denied the Tory whip and another candidate being selected in his place.

Conservative election poster
As the party who introduced tolls for the Skye Bridge, the Tories have an inimicable record.

Conservative election poster
Are you thinking what we're thinking?

Green election poster
With a summary of their policies

"Nothing found"
This is the response I got when I tried to find out what Labour had done in my constituency. I praise the Labour party for their honesty!

Help us!
After eight years in office, Labour candidly admit that Britain is not yet better than it was under the Tories.
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