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I should also add (from Wiki): " Two months after the Labour party took office, the Health Secretary , Alan Milburn , announced that "when there is a limited amount of public-sector capital available, as there is, it's PFI or bust". PFI expanded considerably in 1996 and then expanded much further under Labour, resulting in criticism from many trade unions , elements of the Labour Party, ...
Errr........ Didn't we have terrorism in this country before Islamic Jihadist's? The Angry Brigade, the IRA, INLA, in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s to name but a few. Please don't forget all the PFIs set up by Labour that we are still paying for. That's where the crisis in Public Services really needs addressing. Never mind re-nationalising the railways, post office, water etc. We need ...
@leatash what so this tory government sells arms to saudi arabia and may turns a blind eye to saudis funding and arming isis so our government make a dent in the deficit? and mps award themselves pay rises and all manner of perks? when everyone else's wages fall or stagnate in real terms? So the people who lost their lives in London and Manchester did so because our government has to service ...
To save money, to pay back monies borrowed to bail out the banks, yes everybody pays and the bankers got away with it, everything, all cutbacks stem from the banking crisis.
@Lynne i wonder why you bother sometimes.
A politician presenting things exactly how they're not. I suppose it's on-topic with the thread title. This cartoon explains perfectly the lengths PM May is taking to make sure we live in 'a secure nation' http://www.skelf-cartoons.com/
Seen tonight 06/06/17. Are the tories proud to parade a poster like this less than 3 days after the London attack and 2 weeks after the Manchester attack? What an absolute insulte to all those killed or injured by terrorists. Is it a joke? How very insensitive of them. Oh, and who was it that made all the cuts to the Police and Armed Forces? Answer BELOW!
And of course folk have forgot the famous note from the borrow borrow spend spend labour goverment left by Liam Byrne " Theres no money left".
There were no food banks before the bankers messed up our economy i could be wrong but i dont remember any.
I find it funny how folk have forgoten how all these cuts started was it not mainly the bankers who brought the country to its knees and then a Labour goverment who borrowed, borrowed, borrowed.