I GET exasperated when I think how unresponsive the Conservatives are to the needs of ordinary people.

I see, hear and read every day of the wretchedness of the poor, disabled and disadvantaged, who are crying out for some glimmer of compassion from this government.

They are being made scapegoats for the wrongs they have not committed.

Yet we are governed by a public school-educated elite, who know precious little of the plight of those struggling to survive.

The Tories, isolated in their ivory towers, are completely unaware how their support is dwindling within the United Kingdom.

They are almost eliminated in Scotland, Wales and Northern England.

They cling on to power “by the skin of their teeth” in the rural south east.

There is very little support amongst the ethnic minorities and where is the voice of their women in a Tory Party dominated by privileged white males?

Labour governments have not always got everything right, but my God, they always have compassion in their hearts and endeavour to alleviate the problems of the deprived and impoverished.

Remember that a Labour administration has to govern within the confines of global capitalism – no compassion there – it is always profit before people!

The last Labour government made great social improvements and the national debt was within acceptable levels: what jeopardised this stability was the incompetence and greed of national/international bankers, which plunged Britain and the rest of the world into economic crisis.

Due to this banking mismanagement the Brown government was forced to bail out the banks to the tune of over £150 billion of public money.

The majority of us have to endure continual cuts to the quality of our lives.

How many of the well-heeled few have to suffer in the same way?

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