I know that I am
biased because I want to live in a country where there is social justice and
greater equality, where everyone is treated with respect, and where the rich
don’t become obscenely wealthy on the backs of the rest of us and particularly
the poorest.
A country where families and the most vulnerable don’t have
to rely on the charity of others to survive and where food banks are not the
fastest growing industry.
A country where health care is still available to everyone free
at the point of need, and is well enough staffed with compassionate, well paid
and well treated professionals so that the quality of service matches or surpasses
the service that those rich enough to afford private health care get.
A country which values the public services that we all use
and that some of us provide, and recognises their significant importance for
all of us who use them but also for the economy as a whole. After all, public
servants pay their taxes, shop and buy in their local communities, and use
their local trades people, keeping their businesses in work.
But biased or not, I am sick of hearing the lies that pop
out of the mouths of certain politicians as easily as breathing. Ruth Davidson,
Leader of the Scottish Tories, has
particularly irritated me over recent days. So, there are fewer children
growing up in workless households are there Ruth? And she
says it as if it is a great thing that her government has achieved. Well, maybe
it is from her perspective. But, how does it fit with the increasing numbers of
children growing up in poverty WHO LIVE IN WORKING HOUSEHOLDS? With parents for
whom work DOESN’T pay – low waged and dependent
on government top ups and the charity of food banks.
