CLEAR RED WATER NEEDED

David Cameron has just announced an end to Tory-lite - and abandoned plans to stick to Labour's spending plans. Is this a panic move as opinion polls continue to cut a swathe in his lead? Could it also be that he is returning to the Party's comfort zone in a bid to woo back diehards appalled at his tiuchy-feely brand of Toryism.
Whatever, political pundits seem to be hailing the Government's neo-Keynesian plans to restore health to the economy as a move back to traditional Labour ground.
Coupled with the recent ( part) nationalisation of the banks. this seems an attractive scenario - and at least the unalloyed New Labour worship of neo-liberalism and market forces as panacea seems to be on hold.
But let's not forget the Government is still demonising immigrants (Phil Woolas) paying for huge ad campaigns on benefit fraud ( no I don't condone it but let's start attacking the real thieves in the City of London) and supporting ever more punitive welfare benefits. #
And just to dclare a persobnal interest here time and again the low-paid and single are forgotten in whatever tax breaks and means-tested credits are handed out to "hard working families." .
Inflation may be falling but repossessions are on the up with Shelter predicting 45,000 this year.Unemployment is also rising - a piece in yesterday's Media Guardian was a depressing read for journalists like me currently facing challenging - no let's be honest - difficult times economically. 5.4 million households live in fuel poverty.
So glad though we are that the Tories have revealed their true colours, there is no room for complacency. No more fudging which sounds nice. We need clear red water between us and the Conservatives . And we need it fast. It is time for the trade union and labour movement to mobilise on behalf of the low-paid and everyone about to feel the impact of the coming recession.