Posted by Hari on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 with No comments | Labels: Austerity, benefits, Big Society, budget cuts, Cameron, inequality, jobs, pay, the government, Tories
KJ and Fee celebrate Theresa May's Tory u-turn, for the moment...
For we know what happens when mainstream,
centre-ground politics fails. People embrace the fringe – the politics of
division and despair. They turn to those who offer easy answers – who claim to
understand people’s problems and always know what – and who – to blame. We see
those fringe voices gaining prominence in some countries across Europe today –
voices from the hard-left and the far-right stepping forward and sensing that
this is their time. But they stand on the shoulders of mainstream politicians
who have allowed unfairness and division to grow by ignoring the legitimate
concerns of ordinary people for too long. Politicians who embraced the twin
pillars of liberalism and globalisation as the great forces for good that they
are, but failed to understand that for too many people – particularly those on
modest to low incomes living in rich countries like our own – those forces are
something to be concerned, not thrilled, about. Politicians who supported and
promoted an economic system that works well for a privileged few, but failed to
ensure that the prosperity generated by free markets and free trade is shared
by everyone, in every corner and community of their land.
The plans aim to make mental health an everyday concern for
every bit of the system, helping ensure that no one affected by mental
ill-health goes unattended. It includes... new ways to right the injustices
people with mental health problems face. Despite known links between debt and
mental health, currently hundreds of mental health patients are charged up to
£300 by their GP for a form to prove they have mental health issues.
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