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Tories are asset stripping the country

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Letshaveablackcelebration22 · 03/01/2023 07:56

I don’t remember things ever being as bad as they are now in the U.K. and I am 50 this year. The NHS is collapsing/ has collapsed (depending where you live), we have the most expensive energy costs of any country in Europe, public transport is shit, housing is dreadful & unaffordable for many, we have the most expensive water in the world etc etc.

The tories made a fortune through their dodgy dealings in covid- many work on the sly for private companies lobbying while in power. The want the NHS to fail so it’s easier to privatise (exactly what they did with trains, water, power companies etc). The country is being pillaged for the wealthy & is in a right state.

We should be on the streets but people are struggling so much at the moment, it’s hard to have the energy to do it.

Is a general strike the answer?

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Theluggage15 · 03/01/2023 08:10

Anyone who thinks Tories want to privatise the NHS needs their head examined. Usually the same people who don’t realise that it’s the NHS that’s the problem and throwing yet more money at it won’t improve anything.

MarshaBradyo · 03/01/2023 08:10

Letshaveablackcelebration22 · 03/01/2023 08:08

@Ablababla no, of course not not, but it’s ramping up to the prize that they really want, the NHS

Not much of a prize. People have been going on about this for years.

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Letshaveablackcelebration22 · 03/01/2023 08:10

@Spendonsend maybe not but there doesn’t seem to be many other options at the moment.

Ultimately we need an election to get them out.

@BadShepherd well frankly they can’t be worse than the tories

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Theimpossiblegirl · 03/01/2023 08:09

I completely agree. I don't know how anyone can justify what they are doing, but I'm sure they'll be along shortly to try...

PAFMO · 03/01/2023 08:08

"have been asset stripping since coming to power over a decade ago"
You only have to read the MN threads from 2010 onwards to see that people will still vote for them because: passports/Brexit/Jeremy Corbyn is a Stalinist anti-semite/benefits/Brexit/I vote Green/I don't vote etc etc.

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Letshaveablackcelebration22 · 03/01/2023 08:08

@Ablababla no, of course not not, but it’s ramping up to the prize that they really want, the NHS

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BadShepherd · 03/01/2023 08:08

Yes! If Labour get in they’ll employ unicorns to shit glitter EVERYWHERE!

Tories are asset stripping the country
Velvian · 03/01/2023 08:07

It is absolutely time to stop expecting the poorest and hardest working in this country to get the country out of this shithole.

Enough of demonising people less priveleged than yourself.

Reluctantadult · 03/01/2023 08:07

I keep wondering why there's not more fuss being made. There's a really big list of organisations striking or balloting. But somehow it's like it's not being added up.

Nhs
Royal mail
Transport network
Civil service / public sector
Rail employees
Bus drivers
Teachers in Scotland

Add in the cost of living crisis and climate and ecological emergency...

Ablababla · 03/01/2023 08:06

They’ve been asset stripping the country since the 80s. BT, rail, water etc. it’s not a new thing.

Spendonsend · 03/01/2023 08:04

I dont think a general strike would stop asset striping or the transfer of tax to private individuals/companies.

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Letshaveablackcelebration22 · 03/01/2023 08:00

@Moonmelodies are they? They don’t seem to want to pay NHS staff properly and there is a huge recruitment crisis. I keep reading A&E doctors saying it’s the worst it’s ever been & people are dying in corridors. It’s deliberate

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CalistoNoSolo · 03/01/2023 07:59

And yet people will still make excuses for them and vote for them. Plus there will be the usual Labour whataboutery to deflect.

stbrandonsboat · 03/01/2023 07:59

Moonmelodies · 03/01/2023 07:58

If they want the NHS to fail why are they throwing more money at it than ever before?

Strategic incompetence

Moonmelodies · 03/01/2023 07:58

If they want the NHS to fail why are they throwing more money at it than ever before?

Rollin · 03/01/2023 07:58

We know. They’re getting nice and rich on it too, as are all their friends and families

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