There is no choice between the parties. They both seek to retain the "status quo".
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| Chancellor George Osborne |
This country is lost in a
quagmire of right centre politics, dominated by the Conservative and
Labour parties preaching much the same policies as each other, but
with marginally different emphases. The Liberal democrats are in the
same dreamland, but flit around trying to find an opportunistic
perch, upon which to alight and barter their few seats in the house
of Commons in exchange for a few cabinet posts should either of the
other parties fail to achieve an overall majority under our present
antiquated and blatantly unfair voting system.
All the while, the people
of this nation remain locked into a situation where they have little
control of their everyday environment and even less prospect of
bringing about any real change in the foreseeable future. On
Wednesday of this week, (26th June 2013) the Chancellor of the
Exchequer George Osborne, announced this governments latest round of
cuts and austerity, wrapped up in the Government Spending Review
enthusiastically encouraged and endorsed on the ConDem coalition
benches. The sight of Iain Duncan-Smith and Jeremy Hunt grinning and
laughing during Osborne's speech and Michael Gove being patted on the
shoulder as if he had brought about some earth shattering advancement
of human achievement, was nauseous. There can be no cause for levity
when announcements are being made which will ensure that living
standards will be cut even further for those least able to protect
themselves against the consequences.
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| The Opposition? |
Those waiting for some
sort of spirited response or challenge from the opposition benches,
defending working people, the disabled, the unemployed or benefit
claimants generally, were sadly disappointed. The Labour party,
through Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, could only trot out the usual
cliché’s of “the government has failed” or “the Chancellor
offering more of the same” or “no support for families” etc
etc. The crowning insult, is that Labour have already conceded their
intention to keep the government spending plans for 2015 and after,
and will not reverse the cuts in welfare and other austerity measures
already announced by the Tories. In other words, Labour will continue
with the austerity programme, but with a few minor and insignificant
tweaks, should they win the next election.
This
emphatically demonstrates that
there is no discernible difference between the mainstream political
parties and their plans to impose years of cuts, falling living
standards and hardship on a growing number of people in this country.
There is no doubt that if austerity has not come knocking on your
door yet, it will soon do so, forcing you to acknowledge the reality
of the social and economic reality of present day living. The
political grouping of Labour, Tory, Libdems and a few other's, welded
together in the centre ground would have us believe that there is no
alternative to continued austerity, regardless
of how
such measures are packaged or which party completes the packaging.
This
is a fallacious proposition seeking only to ensure that the “status
quo” of alternating periods of government between
Labour and Conservative is maintained. In this deceit, the parties
are aided and abetted by elements of the media and press, patronising
the public with their bias for one side or other, and their often not
very well hidden agenda's for greater press “freedoms”.
There
is an alternative to never ending austerity. There is an alternative
to the centre right morass of political opportunism
and self interests. The
alternative is not UKIP, who may soon become part of the problem. The
realignment of the left of the political spectrum is taking place now
and will soon become the rallying point for the peoples of the United
Kingdom.
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