Sorry for Rish!
Fuck that
In 2012 the UK hosted one of the most successful Olympic Games ever. The stadium was built on time and under budget, the GB team performed magnificently, and NHS doctors and nurses danced into the hearts of the world in the opening celebrations. We were, for a moment, the envy of nations. Then came austerity.
Austerity: the damage in numbers
2024 is the year that the Tory chickens come home to roost, as the consequences of utter self-serving incompetence and a heartless Treasury are revealed.
Today, Britain has by far the highest rate of homelessness in the developed world. In 2023 the rate per 10,000 people was more than twice as high as Germany and ten time higher than Norway. Rough sleeping has increased from about 1,700 in 2010 to about 4,000 in 2024.
In 2010, the number of people receiving emergency food from the Trussell Trust was 61,000. Ten years of Conservative rule later, it had risen 40 times to 2.5 million, with more than 600,000 children in poverty. In that time the government had closed 1,300 children’s centres, 600 police stations, resulting in 12,000 fewer police officers, and cut the local government funding that pays for social care by over 50%.
They had gutted our public services. The public, not the politicians, are paying the price.
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/good-public-services-for-all-are-the-real-democracy-not-votes/