tracking Cameron's Axe

[El Rojo]

im getting really fucking scared. every day in the british papers there is more anti-worker, anti-welfare state going down.

"minister X proposes increase in tuition fees"

"ian duncan smith sets out radical welfare reforms"

ect ect. i can't keep up w this shit. is there anywhere that shows clearly the govt's cuts and policies clearly and preferably with some marxist and or left analysis

cheers

[scarletghoul]

I know what you mean, it's pretty frustrating. I read some thing on the BBC about higher education being "a drain on the taxpayer", which is obviously the most ridiculous and shallow rightist populism imaginable .. certainly things will go downhill from here :( My worst fear is that no socialist opposition arises and the Labour Party will become the only voice of hope for working class people

[Universal Struggle]

yeah go to
www.wewillfuckyouandtakeyourmoneywhileblamingtheec onomicdisasterontheworkingclass/UK.org

[Steve_j]

ect ect. i can't keep up w this shit. is there anywhere that shows clearly the govt's cuts and policies clearly and preferably with some marxist and or left analysis

I second that, everything they have stated has been very vauge to me so im not sure how deep the implications are and would love some anaylisis if any one has.


I read some thing on the BBC about higher education being "a drain on the taxpayer", which is obviously the most ridiculous and shallow rightist populism imaginable ..

Fucking ministers are a burden on the tax payer, lets start by getting rid of them. Atleast student go on to/do already contribute to society economically, ministers just leech their whole career.

[Luisrah]

It isn't just Britain, just next to my country, in Spain, there was some proposition to diminish that money you get when you retire.

The parliament voted against, and the council of ministers, when they knew the parliament didn't let them lower it, they aproved it directly.

Might aswell dissolve the parliament already, it doesn't make any difference! :bored:

[ed miliband]

I don't know what sort of game they're playing, but last Sunday Cameron warned of 'pain ahead' whilst Clegg said there'd be no return to the Thatcher years. Conflicting messages or what?

[El Rojo]

It isn't just Britain, just next to my country, in Spain, there was some proposition to diminish that money you get when you retire.

The parliament voted against, and the council of ministers, when they knew the parliament didn't let them lower it, they aproved it directly.

Might aswell dissolve the parliament already, it doesn't make any difference! :bored:

tell me about it conrade. here when we dont get a party that recieved a majority to form a govt they just stick 2 parties togther.combine that with "the markets are unsettled by a hung parliament" being an entire fucking news story, and why bother w elections in the first place eh?


I don't know what sort of game they're playing, but last Sunday Cameron warned of 'pain ahead' whilst Clegg said there'd be no return to the Thatcher years. Conflicting messages or what?

we should seriously start a pool on how long the coalition is gonna last

[ed miliband]

we should seriously start a pool on how long the coalition is gonna last

I can honestly see it lasting forever (theoretically, of course). The Lib Dems are more-or-less Tories with friendly faces. There's a section that considers themselves social democrats, and then the dominant faction which includes people like David Laws and Clegg is very pro-markets. I mean, Laws once called for the privatisation of the NHS!

[scarletghoul]

I don't know what sort of game they're playing, but last Sunday Cameron warned of 'pain ahead' whilst Clegg said there'd be no return to the Thatcher years. Conflicting messages or what? Good cop bad cop
Cameron does a load of horrible shit, Clegg tries to 'soften the blow' with what remains of his election personality (the 'moral voice of the nation' etc)

The coalition is doing fine. LibDems and Tories get on perfectly, particularly in economics. Anyone who thought the LibDems were somehow 'leftist' were tragic victims of their moralist opportunism..

[Red Commissar]

I would be interested in reading some socialist perspectives on this ordeal as well.

I would hope the people see through this but right-wing populism is running amock in the West atm...