63% of those surveyed believe the government is either solely to blame or mostly to blame for the current economic turmoil, despite the insistence of both the prime minister and senior Tory ministers that international events beyond their control are to blame
Yet another excuse…
“I don’t care about equality issues. I have no interest in equality. I think it’s an incorrect policy objective. I don’t think it’s either morally or economically sound as a policy objective.”
“Where have you been”
‘The IMF statement is very serious, and it shows just what a mess the government have made of the economy.’
‘The last Labour government delivered Britain’s first ever national minimum wage. The next Labour government will introduce a genuine living wage.’
‘What the government is resolutely refusing to acknowledge, let alone address, is the crisis of people who aren’t working not because they don’t have to financially, not because they’re choosing a life of leisure, but simply because they can’t, due to ill health’
“We need to democratise corporations and have effective accountability embedded in law to secure equitable distribution of income.”
The lessons for workers are clear. Join a trade union, show solidarity with fellow workers and vote for a political party that will enhance market and political power of labour.
There are now a record 177 billionaires in the UK. A wealth tax is a necessary step for reducing inequalities and building a society that enables everyone to live a fulfilling life
