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simply not true. The Labour government brought 35% crash in the pound 2008, Forced unpaid labour to benefit private corporations (who remembers those who were f

simply not true. The Labour government brought 35% crash in the pound 2008, Forced unpaid labour to benefit private corporations (who remembers those who were forced to work unpaid at supermarkets to ensure they got a meagre £46 a week benefits), Houses which were forever increasing in value, became impossible to buy for the majority of graduates leaving university with £45k student loan debt. Hope left the building. I had friends who were picking food from bins and sleeping on floors and they were graduates, parents didn't want to help because they didn't understand the problem. And now those parents are dying out or siding with their children who are very angry and bitter and will vote conservative always, far-right if the option came along.

happymellon 3y ago
That's nice. It's all completely wrong though. Blair came in 1997, stayed steady in 2001, and was already losing seats by the 2005 despite the improvements to living. Take a look at the graphs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdo... Poverty in the UK dropped significantly under Labour, and after they were replaced it flattened. 2008 was a global financial crisis, so a little harsh to blame it on Labour. Could it have been handled better? Maybe, but the recovery here was pretty quick until the Tories decided to do what they can to extend it through breaking the country up via austerity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_...
- benbojangles 3y ago
  >Poverty in the UK dropped significantly under Labour > False & incorrect, Labour simply moved a few million 18-30s from unemployment to University/Loans thus changing the statistics. > and after they were replaced it flattened. > Those millions of students then became a heavily in debt unemployed.

happymellon 3y ago

That's nice. It's all completely wrong though. Blair came in 1997, stayed steady in 2001, and was already losing seats by the 2005 despite the improvements to living. Take a look at the graphs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdo... Poverty in the UK dropped significantly under Labour, and after they were replaced it flattened. 2008 was a global financial crisis, so a little harsh to blame it on Labour. Could it have been handled better? Maybe, but the recovery here was pretty quick until the Tories decided to do what they can to extend it through breaking the country up via austerity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_...

benbojangles 3y ago
>Poverty in the UK dropped significantly under Labour > False & incorrect, Labour simply moved a few million 18-30s from unemployment to University/Loans thus changing the statistics. > and after they were replaced it flattened. > Those millions of students then became a heavily in debt unemployed.