An opinion poll out tomorrow will reveal that support for the Liberal Democrats is now at 11 per cent. My guess is it wil be single figures before the year is out.
Yesterday I attended a full house TUC rally in London and heard speaker after speaker outline how they would suffer as a result of the obscene cuts announced today by this wretched government.
It's not surprising the Tories have inflicted the worst cuts in living memory on the poor and vulnerable n our society. They have always done that. What is unspeakable is the way they try to label it "fair." What is even more unspeakable is to see, as we did tonight, Danny Alexander and "left" Lib Dem Simon Hughes defend the indefensible. That they will be annihilated at the next elections is small comfort to those of us now forced to work till we are 66, see welfare benefits cut by £18billion , and live with the awful reality of job cuts on a massive scale.
They now how to protest in France. The Govt is currently harbouring the illusion that their destruction of the welfare state will go unopposed. It will not.
It is the job of every person involved in the labour movement to fight with every sinew to expose these cuts for what they are - ideologically driven, grossly unfair, and totally unnecessary.
One of the most angry speakers yesterday was not a usual suspect an expert from the Institute of Chartered Accountants who pointed out some £42billion a year is lost in tax avoidance.
That job cuts will lead to more job cuts. And that we face the biggest attack ever on basic principles of social justice we have taken for granted.
No more new schools. No more social housing. No more secure tenancies for those lucky enough to have a council house. Sky-high rents, disability benefits slashed, The list is endless.
Shame on the Liberal Democrats for colluding in this .And time to nail the lie it is inevitable
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
11 PER CENT....AND FALLING
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I have just been watching Danny"Beaker"Alexander blustering his way through an interview with Paxman on Newsnight,and like you Susan I am incandenscent with rage.Looking at these vicous class warriors bullshitting away on tv,and the easy ride the media are giving them turns my stomach.You just know that when they are thrown out of their constituencies at the next election(I certainly cant see them surviving); Cable will go to the Lords and Clegg,Alexander and Huhne will slither back to Brussels.Hopefully the movement is slowly beginning to respond to the attacks on working class living standards; but I have very little confidence in the likes of Angela Eagle after seeing her performance on Newsnight. In our area Doncaster(Ed Millibannd is our M.P.) Tony Benn is addressing a meeting against the cuts on 27/10/2010 so hopefully we may be able to create a campaign locally,if only to show that we are'nt going to roll over and lie down.
A small wager. I bet you that by the time of the next election, assuming (not a given) that parliament runs a full term, employment is higher and unemployment lower than today. Alas, I can't take you out to dinner (do stop shuddering, Susan!) but the bet is for the cost of a fish and chip supper; you win, I pay, and vice versa.
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