To think todays protest was stupid and pointless

[Ryoko]

All those that have gone before that have had an effect (admittedly there isn't many) have had 1 thing in common, a single point to rally around, a simple ideal that all can rally around sometimes with targeted violence at the thing you are angry about (targeting symbols of the government, council building and police during the poll tax revolt for example).

Todays protest, large as it was consisted of many voices who's only connection was one word in each of their points and that word was cuts, some where protesting against NHS cuts, some protesting that their should be no cuts at all, others that the cuts where unfairly affecting the poor.

Can any protest mean anything without a clear message I don't think so, today was just a collection of the disgruntled matching the streets without anyone really knowing what exactly they are disgruntled about, such things mean nothing and will effect nothing as the people where not really united and sent no coherent message to the powers that be.

Am I right or am I wrong?

not being passive aggressive tawdry. just teasing you.

I know, was being narky. Sorry

huddspur - are you suggesting for one moment that incr. revenues in years to come would be used to resurect the public provision that the govt will have spent so much energy in trying to destroy? By that time it will be used to further finance private sector services which poorer people will be excluded from, or, reinvesting in the military as the world becomes a great deal less stable than it is now. (even).
'Private provision' always means less resource, fewer employees, worse conditions of service, and less investment so the shareholders get a greater payout. That is where todays public money will be going to in years to come. NOT in re-investment.

sorry for teasing Audrey.

rohanda- I'm saying that I would expect any profit made by the sale of the nationalised banks to be used on a mixture of tax cuts and rises in public spending.

and I am saying it won't be huddspur. There will no reverse in public spending after so much effort to reduce it. Tories want a 'small state' ethos (akin to American neo-conservatives) where we are all at the careless mercy of 'the markets' which are no respecters of 'need', just ability to pay. And if you can't pay then tough. It's a fiscal robbery to played out in years to come.

Cheery ain't I?

tawdryhepburn Sat 26-Mar-11 22:55:53
Anyway, who said they're privatising it [the NHS]?

May I just point out this interesting article from that well-known lefty rag, the 'Daily Telegraph'?

by Max Pemberton

I agree with Rohanda and Jacqueline Hyde.