"They've burnt the house down" new govt

[Lilith7]

It's funny how those who profess to care about people were so keen to see a continuation of what we had. If you do the same, you get the same. So the majority of people voted to do something different. And maybe it will help. Some of the problems do go back decades, but most have got worse in the last 3/6 years under Labour. The new government has hit the ground running with a balance of new and experienced leadership. Hopefully the new will have new ideas, and the experienced will use that experience to guide in the right direction. Only time will tell. At least there is now reason to hope.

Once again the problems we now have are due to greed based Neo Liberalism being imposed on this country without warning or consultation, by BOTH National & Labour over the last 40 odd years. Its therefore somewhat unfair to blame solely Labour for the situation we have.
And right wing govts have a history of often bashing poor people, (Ruth Richardson & the 'mother of all budgets might ring a bell or two) & of imposing harsh  penalties for various crimes rather than trying to address the causes. 

I'd prefer that we have a govt which can take a long term view rather than merely a 3 year one; apart from the govt in the 30's which set about building state houses, there's been a  distinct lack of that.
 I'd also prefer that we have (set in stone so that no future meddling idiot politicians of any political stripe can alter it) suffcient laws/rules around incomes with the basic income for everyone whether working or not, sufficient to actually live on, sufficient housing for everyone, free ( as in paid for with our taxes)  healthcare available to everyone rather than just the wealthy, education also freely available to all & also paid for with our taxes as far as is possible for this country.


I'd also like to see public education on the subject of poor people; there was a time in this country when we were far more equal than is now the case & its utterly disgraceful & not a little sickening that some who've become wealthy apparently thoroughly enjoy looking down their noses  at those who are struggling, blaming them for their poverty & disparaging them on a regular basis.