tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6271514114940602009..comments2024-03-18T19:21:49.666+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The "Security" Mantra and Tory HypocrisyPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35413065612879452112015-10-07T11:23:36.016+01:002015-10-07T11:23:36.016+01:00If Security is the new Tory mantra why no Security...If Security is the new Tory mantra why no Security by means of rent controls where it really maters for private tenants. Or might that also control landlords, and restrict the terms on offer from the providers of buy to rent mortgages. But horror of horrors that might drive down house prices. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-1592362928881054012015-09-15T18:09:00.341+01:002015-09-15T18:09:00.341+01:00You are correct about Tory hypocrisy of course and...You are correct about Tory hypocrisy of course and you could have added that the Tories are also a threat to the health of all, including your children. Their health policies will lead to US style health care, which comes bottom of every health league table, apart from the ones concerning money!<br /><br />But we should recognise that the Tories share the blame with the Liberals (of course) who gave them office in the first place and facilitated their vile policies and also New Labour who led the way is neo liberalism and the current state of affairs.<br /><br />There are some interesing stats that show you the period we are in, like the fact that the richest 1% own more than the bottom 50% and 99% if we factor in the rest of the world, or that after 2007 the biggest fall in living standards has been for the bottom 20%, while the top 10% have seen their wealth increase.<br /><br />We should also note that before the neo liberal period debt as a % of hoursehold wealth was 20% and now stands around 140%.<br /><br />Also pensions that are defined contributions now account for the majority and are subject to the casino practices of the city. previously the majority of pensions were defined benefit schemes.<br /><br />On tax the burden has moved from the wealthy to the poorest. the rich have seen a staggering fall in tax rates, while the majority have seen a rise in rates. This means that states now have to go cap in hand to the rich and borrow at interest.<br /><br />Record numbers are now using food banks, with food banks users more likely to live in rented accomodation. This is another security issue the Tories, liberals and New Labour have imposed, the threat to decent housing. The Tory promise of owning your house has turned into the nightmare of renting off spivs.<br /><br />Though temporary fall in oil and food prices have in a very small way started to see modest real wage increases, between 2007 and 2013 we saw the biggest sustained drop in real wages on record. It should be noted that the Tories changed the way this figure was calculated, and masks the real fall.<br /><br />There has also been a huge increase in zero hour contracts and for many workers life is now insecure, many people cannot no longer make any sort of long term plan. As full time jobs has been lost these have been replaced by part time and low skill work.<br /><br />Many students and young people now face the prospect of being debt slaves before they even get into the job market.<br /><br />This is the backdrop of the Corbyn victory. The vote for Corbyn was a vote for security, which currently is a luxury that only the rich can afford.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-78224574421912357092015-09-15T09:20:25.849+01:002015-09-15T09:20:25.849+01:00Jezza said did roughly half of what he's accus...Jezza said did roughly half of what he's accused of, and that IS enough to kill the vaguest hope of me supporting him. The other half is exaggerated of fabricated, but will be widely believed in Staffordshire Moorlands, Cannock Chase, Tamworth, etc. This is enough to end his electoral prospects I think.<br /><br />You're right about the Tories, and the far-left will throw it back in Blairite faces that their illegal war in Iraq didn't accomplish any known mission. But what if you're not a Blairite, but as I am a supporter of Tim Farron :)<br /><br />Like the Scottish seperatists and the Europhobes (of whom Jezza will probably end up being one) he has won a kind of victory just by turning up. He will mainstream his ideas. But what about those who don't want that and think it would land us in Venezuela or permanent Tory rule that I want no more than you?asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com