tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285074778703952555.post1882528564748582503..comments2020-06-13T10:42:05.519+01:00Comments on Inconsequentials: Labour's Riots Blame Game Tactic Turns ToxicFullabeanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13321640946016234662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285074778703952555.post-74152205866703521742011-08-11T23:35:42.019+01:002011-08-11T23:35:42.019+01:00I'm living in the real world. A world where no...I'm living in the real world. A world where none of the people involved in rioting had been affected by the cuts or tuition fee increases Harman linked to their behaviour. Because they haven't happened yet. <br /><br />Yes, there are some tough times ahead as the coalition attempts to reduce the national deficit. EMA will be reformed, tuition fees will be going up, alongside many other painful changes that will affect all sections of society. Such is the extent of state dependency in this country. So, a more valid question would have been, how can we mitigate the risk of further disturbances when the cuts do start to bite? But that's not the question Harman was asking. She wants to link these riots to this government, despite the fact that any economic or opportunity deprivation can not be laid at the door of a government that's been in for just over a year. If we want to indulge in Harman style finger pointing we could ask who has had 13 of the past 14 years in power to resolve these issues of deprivation? But, I believe the problems go back much further than that and no party has done enough when given power to sort them out. <br /><br />Youth unemployment has been a problem for years. It's not something that's popped up since we've had a Tory PM as much as you'd like to believe it. <br /><br />Let's have a grown up debate about the causes and avoid the silly point scoring we've seen from Harman, Abbott and Livingstone.Fullabeanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321640946016234662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285074778703952555.post-89303849480325906362011-08-11T20:18:53.466+01:002011-08-11T20:18:53.466+01:00"Spending cuts (that haven't happened yet..."Spending cuts (that haven't happened yet?)" What planet are you living on? Of course spending cuts are to blame for the riots. Tottenham has the highest rate of unemployment in London (twice the national average) and eight out of thirteen youth centres have closed. Add inequality, police violence and racism into the mix and you go a long way to explaining what has been happening to our young people that now have no chance of an education, a job or a future.Keith Shilsonhttp://makealeftturn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com