I was watching this live on the BBC and found it all quite interesting. I can't remember the Labour guys name (I am so far out of the loop), but he was quite right in his observation along the lines of "this is what you lot got into politics for!". It has always been the Tory line to carry out Friedman style reforms that cut back on public services and support the upper echelons of society. However, despite saying that, I don't think they were all that bad on education and the NHS. I mean, let's just compare ourselves with America today. The systems are night and day. We have free health care and our public schools are still pretty good. Our infrastructure is not disintegrating. It could have been a lot worse, and let's face it Labour, did over extend itself.

The thing that pisses me off though is that it is the poor who are being hit the hardest through welfare reform and a significant reason we have such a high deficit is because the banks and financial sectors were allowed to run riot. They have yet to be held accountable and I see no reason to blame a guy in his 50's who was laid off from a decent job, but doesn't fancy p/t work in a cafe. These insidious bankers are back to granting themselves record payouts and yet nobody has been put in jail for the fraud and theft that went on. That is my major beef with it all.

Okay, we have austerity, but only austerity for those who had nothing to do with a good half of the deficit. Where are 'their' contributions and accountability for all this? Namely those that spiralled the issue with the so called economic collapse. Just a case of sweeping it under the rug and moving on.....until next time...which will be sooner than we all think.