“It can’t be said often enough that the change in where the center was perceived to sit was not organic but the result of a well-funded, open-ended campaign codified by the Powell Memorandum of 1971, with effective propagandists like Milton Friedman as its vanguard.”
Consequences of the British Election - Ian Welsh. Excerpt:
- The grant to local governments dropped 60% from 2010 to 2020. They’re the ones who run most of the government: libraries, fire departments, council housing, roads, public transit and so on.
- 20% of libraries closed
- Spending on old people down 35% with one estimate saying this killed 45K people.
- Inflation adjusted wages are lower than in 2007, and the inflation numbers are certainly lower than reality.
- Rent and housing costs are way up.
- Twenty percent less people get cancer treatment on time.
- The UK now has the highest homelessness rates in the Western world.
- Gutted universities, one of the few world class industries left in Britain (and one which brings in a lot of foreign currency.)
And so on. Tory rule has been a catastrophe.”
…and, lest you believe Labour’s victory means some lefties won: Starmer’s role in Assange’s persecution
7/7/24 update about Labour (from nakedcapitalism.com):
Labour is not going to deliver Funding the Future
Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quo In These Times
The Rejection of Starmerism Craig Murray
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