The So-Called Recession

[poliphilo]

I was a little surprised at how chipper George Osborne seemed to be about chucking 8 billion in the direction of the Irish banks. I thought there was a squeeze on and we had to save every last penny. 

But then Lord Young explained the situation. What we're suffering is only a "so-called recession" and most people "have never had it so good". Ah, so Cameron's inner circle aren't nearly as worried about the economy as they'd like us to think they are.

They see the recession as a blip; it's manageable- and there's cash down the back of the sofa for the things they really want to do- like helping out their enterprising friends. The crisis talk is to soften up the rest of us for a set of cruel and destructive policies- throwing public servants out of work, dismantling the welfare state, harrassing the weak-  that are a matter of choice, not necessity.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I believe I've always voted in general elections, but I often wonder why I bother. As Neil Innes put it, "The government always gets in". This time I voted Lib Dem in the belief that they were the least right-wing option- and look what happened!

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

It's such a typically Tory thing to do. They lull you into a sense of false security with their Saruman promises, then sink their teeth into your jugular.

I have a long memory. I remember what happened in the 80s. I cannot forgive, and I cannot forget. Yeah, the public sector has got really fat and bloated under Labour, but... The Tories can't provide us with a panacea to cure all ills. If the workforce must be lean, flexible and mobile forcing people to move to where the jobs are, is it any wonder that social cohesion and the fabric of communities has completely disinetgrated? A mobile work force and a stable community cannot go hand in hand...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Tories don't care about us. They live in a world where everyone they engage with is a millionaire. They can afford to fuck with the fabric of our society because no-one they care about is going to be adversely affected by what they do.

My political loyalties aren't fixed. I wobble about between Labour and the Lib Dems, but I have never voted Tory and never will.