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Stifling establishment (From York Press)
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Stifling establishment
11:19am Friday 19th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
THE radical action needed for the country to move forward is stifled by the establishment, who are doing well under the status quo, and politicians sometimes afraid to do what is needed for fear of losing votes.
As for Ed Miliband’s One Nation speech, this is just a pipe dream. There are too many factions pulling in different directions: north/south, rich/poor, indigenous/ new arrivals; liberal/pragmatic, etc.
Talk is cheap and a good speech only needs a well-paid speech writer.
“Jobs for everyone” – only if people will accept Chinese-type slave wages.
“Shortage of houses” – just too many people, especially in London and the south- east.
Finally, EU membership is now costing every family £500 a year. The UK gives Brussells £48 million each and every day.
It can’t go on.
Roger Barlow, Portholme Road, Selby.
Comments(3)
Scarlet Pimpernel
says...
12:37pm Fri 19 Oct 12
perplexed
says...
5:52pm Fri 19 Oct 12
No-one ever needs to 'hammer the rich', because they do such a good job of making themselves look so foolish and out of touch.
Such arrogance is truly indefensible , although I am sure some die hard will make a feeble attempt!
Zetkin says...
12:17pm Fri 19 Oct 12
Not really.
Take a look at all the empty properties around the country, the second, third, fourth homes owned by the wealthy, noy to mention the absurdly large houses occupied by some, and it becomes clear there isn't a shortage of homes or too many people - as usual it's the distribution of resources that's all wrong.