Correct. Together with wanton waste in the education sector. I went to a school that had paint peeling off the walls, taught in portakabins with oldschool blackboards, yet everyone in our class got at least 8 GCSEs.
Why oh why did Labour insist on blowing all the cash on new "centres for excellence"? why not increase salaries for those working at the coal face, increase teacher numbers to get class sizes down.
As for facile comments on protecting children from abuse, I am sorry, I went to a school that had corporal punishment, and for those on the receiving end, it was the best thing for them. No backchat and certainly no control issues. The problem I have with socialists is it always supports the supposed underdog. Well, why should one little chav disrupt the education of the whole class just because he came from a bad home and is an attention seeking little get?
As for selling the countries silver, Brown went one better, selling off our gold at a historic low. What concerns me is the enormous expansion of debt that has to be repaid. What did we get in return? A feelgood factor for 11 years that is certainly going to take a lot longer to repay. State debt, including the NR fiasco and PFI stands around 45% GDP. Thats the worst in the western world, together with our personal debt. Its all going to get very messy unfortunately thanks to the ineptness of Brown, Blair and his cronies. NP20 you comment on the credit crisis. We are going to be worse hit in the long run thanks to Labour policies than the Americans. Our Per-capita debt is worse. Not something to be proud of in a credit crunch.
NP20, in this day and age, there is NO excuse to be unemployed, the law protects all individuals, whether aged, disabled or bone idle to equality and discrimination protection at work. Yet Labour still holds the same numner of unemployed on the handouts register as they did when they came to power. They just shifted them from the unemployment list to the incapacity benefits list. People should not have the choice. either work, or dont get money. If you are lazy, thats not middle britains problem, its your problem. The money saved should be given to the lowest paid in income tax breaks or to up the lower threshold. They shouldnt have to support the idle either, especialy as they are the closest to the breadline. Benefits to school leavers that have never paid a penny in NI or done a days work should be paid in food stamps and vouchers for clothing at ASDA/Primark. I am sick of seeing chavs pile out of DSS cigarette hanging out of mouth in the latest designer clobber.
Edit:
I didnt think Browns government could stoop any lower, then I read this:
Nimrod families may get 'close to £1m' compensation - Telegraph
However, the payout comes with a condition preventing the families from seeking any further legal redress.
Disgraceful.