The idea that people who worked in the industry had any say in how the industry was run was a completely foreign idea. ibid. Tony Benn
It was not until 1967 that dockers gained permanent employment. ibid.
They [police] seemed to enjoy inflicting pain and suffering on the working man. ibid. striking miner
The last registered dock workers did not get their jobs back. Casual labour has returned to the docks. ibid.
This Government seems to think that the only thing that can possibly motivate people is greed. And if not greed, then fear. The concept of pride in public service for its own sake is utterly beyond the understanding of this Tory government. But we know there is a different set of values. John Smith
This Tory government are deluded by the bizarre notion that the free market is intrinsically good, and the public sector is intrinsically bad. So the try to sell everything off to the private sector, and the thing they cannot sell, they try to run according to market rules. But schools are not businesses, and neither are hospitals. Head teachers are not entrepreneurs, and doctors are not accountants. Nor should they be forced to act like them. They should be allowed to get on with the job they are trained to do: to teach children and heal the sick. John Smith
This growing idea that the government is too big and too restrictive. And there’s no clearer example of this than Elon Musk’s Doge Department, leading to a revolution of sorts with dudes with bad haircuts holding chainsaws coming to free the handcuffs of government bureaucracy from the people. However, is this concept really new? JimmytheGiant podcast: How the Elite Engineered Britain’s Collapse (And Blamed You), Youtube 2025
Oh yeah, loads of cuts to social welfare spending … This ideology is known as neoliberalism. ibid.
Government debt continued to rise because they needed to borrow in order to allow for major tax cuts for the rich. ibid.
Neoliberalism – this ideology which was ignited by Nixon, exploded under Thatcher and Reagan, and then accelerated under Blair and Bush – had led to this zombified mantra of deregulation, selling off of state assets to private individuals, and massively cutting welfare spending. ibid.
The UK and the United States bailed out the banks to the tune of £500 billion, with a guarantee of £1 trillion. That is taxpayer money, our money, paying to keep banks alive. Also known as Socialism for the Rich. ibid.
We launched our very own DOGE department, or as well call it, Austerity. Austerity was being euphemistically sold to as as, Fixing the Roof While the Sun is Shining. ibid.
The entire Theory of Austerity was built on incorrect maths. ibid.
Even our refugee system is privatized. ibid.
This wasn’t like sustainable real economic growth, this was wealth extraction from the ordinary people and the state into the hands of the ultra-wealthy. And so our whole economy, everything, our public services, everything, got shitter and shitter but more expensive. ibid.
This is the Big Scam. ibid.