tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post7889128500710611521..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: To have, and have notMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-82107580063325452572010-04-24T11:11:02.973+01:002010-04-24T11:11:02.973+01:00Yes, I agree that the government has failed to get...Yes, I agree that the government has failed to get to grips with the problem, but I believe that much of what Cameron labels as 'Broken Britain' has its roots in the Thatcher years, when, for example, on 'laissez faire' economic and ideological grounds industry was allowed to decline without intervention and support from government. The loss of the mines, the steel factories, ship building etc was a massive blow to so many communitities, causing mass unemployment and a generation of workers dependent on the benefits system. Combined with other more blatant social engineering, the sale of council housing, tinkering with health and education, we were left with a society in which the gulf between rich and poor, well educated and uneducated, had got bigger and bigger, and we saw the growth of a severely disadvantaged, neglected underclass. Welcome to Broken Britain. My annoyance with Cameron's seeking to blame this all on the present government, however, is largely due to the fact that many of the local authorities who are failing to address the problem of antisocial behaviour are themselves Tory run and actively choosing not to put funding into these areas - a tste of things to come should there be a Tory government or another Tory run council. Cameron has already made it clear that he will not provide funding for imporved policing, and I am sure the same will apply to the measure need to tackle ASB.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-28156964681726615492010-04-23T14:55:03.758+01:002010-04-23T14:55:03.758+01:00Surely after 13 years of Labour Government, they s...Surely after 13 years of Labour Government, they should take some of the blame?zwanzig20https://www.blogger.com/profile/02342701961580345146noreply@blogger.com