tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post3443212376199913797..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Scaremongering and slanging - the new generation Labour approach to Parliamentary DebateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-31735974673874760852010-10-28T09:43:57.213+01:002010-10-28T09:43:57.213+01:00I do hope Labour is not going to be your excuse fo...I do hope Labour is not going to be your excuse for the next 5 years Caron. You are rapidly gaining a reputation as the Polyanna of politics.<br /><br />A couple of points suffice. Something called the Pupil Premium remains but it is not what was in the Lib Dem election manifesto, most crucially it does not represent new money, it is simply a reallocation of existing resources.<br /><br />Sure there were tax cuts in the budget but those cuts did nothing for the poorest on benefits and the overall impact of the budget was regressive anyway.<br /><br />The latest package of welfare cuts come with a series of homilies about making people less reliant on benefits but makes no serous provisions to get them work. The cuts in DLA and ESA are particularly iniquitous, reversing the capacity of the long-term sick to be self-reliant. This is the worse kind of economic liberalism and nothing to do with the social liberalism I know you support.<br /><br />There is litte evidence that Liberal Democrats in government are making a difference, although there is some evidence that the coalition is trying to spin it that way.<br /><br />We have tied ourself to the stinking corpse of Toryism and all you can do is blame the Labour Party. Not only Pollyanna but a victim of Stockholm Syndrome too...KelvinKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118042006400401585noreply@blogger.com