Social Crunch

Gordon Brown and New Labour has consistently shown an immense disregard for the lives of the individual man on the street. They have always been too focused on appearances. Priorities have been big business, international back slapping, flashy policies and partisan party interests. On all accounts they have failed.

At a time when homelessness, unemployment and social disorder are at an all time high the Government has been confused but resolute in its pursuit of the great evil that is bankers' bonuses. That seems to be the smokescreen that the government hopes will distract us from the weakening pound and the pounding every sector of the economy is taking. I think the people are hurting too much to even follow this red herring.

It seems the government is not aware of the impact of the recession on the fabric of society. The more people find themselves suffering from the impact of their economic travails the more the likelihood that the fabric of society will begin to unravel. There will be complete reversal of all the social cohesion that Labour had been promoting in its early days. We have already started seeing the seeds of racial and ethnic discrimination. The chances are that crime rates will shoot up.

Unfortunately the government is so taken with fixing the economy that rest of the society will be left to stew until its too late.