Not the slightest bit Ideological ...

The Conservative coalition has not been far from my mind since they took power in may. There has been a great deal of media coverage surrounding the cuts agenda they propose and the claim made by the Conservatives that these cuts are needed to ensure the deficit is tackled, this message is teamed up with the claim that we need to grow our way out of recession. However when all the economic reports of the Christmas period had been finished we found out this startling fact that the British economy has marginally shrunk, apparently due to bad weather (an excuse not dissimilar to "the dog ate it"), yet our coalition claims it must continue the course regardless of this fact, that during the point in which sales will be at the highest, some how our economy is diminishing in size. Maybe rather then blaming the weather the government should look inwards and think of something else to do other then cut.

The deficit is untrue. The number they give us is true, but it is factually misreported for effect, while in terms of a numerical number we have a vast deficit, in terms of percentage in comparison to our GDP, then it becomes abundantly clear that the figure is not as bad as they make it out to be. When our GDP is factored into the equation then Britain sits in relatively good standings compared to the rest of the world. The actual number may be higher then that of Greece but in Britain we make much more money then Greece. Therefore Greece is an irrelevant example and just a scare mongering tool used by the Tories to make us accept this mandateless program.

So if the deficit is a lie what does it have to do with Ideology? 7/7 was an excuse for anti terror laws, interest rates/unions/whatever Thatcher woke up hating that morning was the excuse for privatisation/milk snatching and this is the Cleggeron's excuse for imposing its twisted ideology on us. Cameron dreams of a "Big society" because it means government can retract itself totally and the rich (also known as the conservative party) can continue to privatise there profits whilst socialising there losses. If there was growth, then maybe, just maybe, the conservatives could justify there actions. Instead we have unemployment, economic retraction and a whole lot of misery... so next time they try and tell you its necessary, just remind them you have your facts straight, and you know its nothing but ideology ...