15 April 2010

Join Cameron's government of Toy Town? Perhaps not

I read this and found it articulating many of the worries about and responses I have to the Conservative rhetoric. I have to say the slogans are very appealing but then I start to think the same sort of things that Hilary Wainwright clearly does (and if you were bored enough to search through this blog on 'economics' or 'justice' you'd probably find I've often said similar things in general (that is not specifically addressing the Tory manifesto but the way of thinking that lies behind it):Cameron's 'big society' is a toy town | Hilary Wainwright | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
In sum it seems to come down to this: "In other words, without economic democracy – and the constitutional reforms needed to enable the people to control executive power – Cameron's invitation to join the government conjures up a toy-town democracy, a patronising attempt to divert our anger from the real centres of power."
It all talks big but really comes down to side shows that leave the real issues untouched and the way clear for elites to continue being elites without being challenged by the people they are supposed to represent, work for and are given licence to, supposedly, create wealth and jobs for.

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