As we move forward into April Our Coalition government's 'cuts' programme will considerably increase in intensity. The following are only some of the targets set to be achieved by 2015:
* £15-£20 Billion shaved off the NHS
* £2-£3 Billion off Disability Services
* £3.5 Billion off Local Govt. Admin
* £3 Billion off Criminal Justice (incl. police)
* £165 Million off Rubbish Collection/Street Repairs
* £350 Million off Public Leisure Facilities (eg. swimming pools, libraries)
The cuts are euphemistically referred to as 'savings', which is meant to make the idea of them easier to swallow. In many cases it will be Local Council Authorities who have to decide exactly where to make the 'savings' of course, which cleverly leaves government ministers like Eric Pickles out of the spotlight. The blame for any chaos and misery caused is intended to be taken by the Councils. But it need not necessarily be so. If the public are assisted in becoming aware of this devious ploy (and blogging about it certainly helps) then come the local elections in May, Pickles and his inhuman band of devils can be severely routed. This could pave the way for a vote of No Confidence in the Coalition, and ultimately stop the chaos in its tracks.
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jenray
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2011-03-31 @ 12:40:29
I agree use your vote to disrupt this criminal dismantling of the Welfare state...that is this coalition's intention and Clegg has enabled it to come about...We will never vote Lib/Dem again.
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SeasideMan
- http://seasideman.com/
- 2011-03-31 @ 17:47:31
The common view of local elections is that people will make protest votes in these that they wouldn't make in a General Election. the Tories and Liberals would have to do astonishingly badly for it to be a real concern for them. Consider this though: who else are people going to vote for?
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thepirate
- 2011-04-01 @ 16:27:46
Well, any representative other than Tory or LibDem, SeasideMan. I'll be voting Labour, as usual, but other people could vote Green or anything but Coalition councillors. It's a simple enough exercise in itself.
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SeasideMan
- http://seasideman.com/
- 2011-04-01 @ 16:40:21
You still like Labour after the hideous mismanagement and lying they carried out last time? That's why the current shower are in, because Labour were so shockingly bad that they made even the Tories seem reasonable.
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thepirate
- 2011-04-01 @ 16:47:45
Naa, not so. You seem to believe the Tory press too much. It's the banks that are the cause of the underlying problem. Look at Ireland!
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SeasideMan
- http://seasideman.com/
- 2011-04-01 @ 16:58:18
No, I do not read the Tory press. I am a Green voter and always have been. Labour have lost huge amounts of credibility because if their shocking mismanagement. It was them who enabled the banks and the fault lies squarely with Labour. If you can't see that, perhaps you have been reading too much of the pro-Labour press.
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thepirate
- 2011-04-01 @ 20:36:11
Well, I wouldn't call The Guardian pro-Labour exactly. But I get much of my 'rational' info from that. Is there an actual 'Green' paper that you can refer to?
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This is the dismemberment of the Welfare State. The Tories have long considered it a burden on those whose sole purpose is to make themselves into billionaries set apart from common humanity.
You make a very good point about the transfer of the blame to local authorities so that members of the Cabinet can distance themselves from the misery and pain which they have brought about.
I agree we need to understand what they are really about as opposed to what they say. Income tax should be progressive, it is to some extent although it begins far too low. -
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technomist
- 2011-03-31 @ 23:19:33
And yet there are people who say the 'cuts' are a sham and that the government has not actually reduced government spending at all. Which, in fact, they have not. They have merely failed to increase the rise in the debt in line with Labour's previous plans and are continuing to waste vast amounts of money, at a national and local level.
There will apparently be a polite protest about this in due course:
http://rallyagainstdebt.org/-
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thepirate
- 2011-04-01 @ 16:41:19
I took a look at the rallyagainstdebt, technomist. Of course I disagree with it entirely. Much of the chaos is going to come because Osborne and Co. are going too fast with the cuts. If the process was slower, adjustments could be made to lessen the impact on many of those being affected. If you had only a small amount of income, how would you like to see it suddenly reduced by £20-£30 a week, or more? I'm expecting a big protest at the elections in May by the way.
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technomist
- 2011-04-02 @ 16:08:28
So am I. The thing about protsts at the polls though is that they do not necessarily change the economic facts of life. The debt is still growing and as such the electorate, whoevere they vote for among the main parties, will be leaving a dreadful legacy for our children
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