The Prime Minister has stayed the same but everything has changed...
Disclaimer: I am not a political expert. I am a student. And the following post is my opinion.
After trying and failing to stay up last night to watch the polls come in on BBC news, I woke up this morning and, like so many others, was pretty stunned by the results of yesterday's election.
Contrary to predictions, and claims that this was going to be the closest election in history, one hour ago, the Conservatives were confirmed to have achieved a majority in parliament. Not only has David Cameron won a second term as Prime Minister, but Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have also resigned, indicating the scale of defeat that is being felt in their respective parties... (not that I'm remotely bothered that UKIP failed to influence most of the UK...)
So I suppose now the focus turns to Cameron, and his party, and what we can all expect in the next 5 years. I am lucky enough to have been brought up in an environment where I have never experienced poverty, or been deprived of basic rights such as healthcare, or education. I'm sure there are Conservative policies that I will benefit from, but that does not mean that I support them.
It is a view held by many that the actions of the Conservatives have allowed the poor to get poorer and the rich to get richer. Many cuts made over the last 5 years have targeted the vulnerable. A report from the Centre of Welfare Reform last year indicated that 20% of UK population that live in poverty are bearing 36% of total cuts. It is predicted that as of next year, these people will be £2744 a year worse off as a result. Looks like the death toll due to benefit cuts is to increase...
But never mind guys, unemployment looks set to fall even further as more and more are coerced into unfair working contracts, working long hours for minimum wage...
Last year alone, nearly 1.1million people were given 3 days emergency food from Food Banks across the country, 400,000 of whom were children. The number of food banks increased from 56 to 445 under the Conservatives and further Tory plans to cut £12billion welfare spending (though unspecified as to exactly from where this will be taken) will only serve to worsen these statistics, and will put immense pressure on the less fortunate.
Plans to turn failing or 'coasting' schools into academies threatens to exacerbate the issues in education; turning children into commodities necessary to fuel an enterprise as schools become businesses. Oh and that plan to scrap the human rights act, yeah that sounds brill too...
It seems, that as we are faced with a future of hardship and uncertainty, and as Russell Brand so succinctly put it, there is more responsibility than ever for us to do what we can to prevent the vulnerable being marginalised. "The only currency we have left is Compassion" says Brand, aptly highlighting the need for the people of Britain to unite in helping those that are going to be most effected by what Cameron's government have in store for us...
After trying and failing to stay up last night to watch the polls come in on BBC news, I woke up this morning and, like so many others, was pretty stunned by the results of yesterday's election.
Contrary to predictions, and claims that this was going to be the closest election in history, one hour ago, the Conservatives were confirmed to have achieved a majority in parliament. Not only has David Cameron won a second term as Prime Minister, but Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have also resigned, indicating the scale of defeat that is being felt in their respective parties... (not that I'm remotely bothered that UKIP failed to influence most of the UK...)
So I suppose now the focus turns to Cameron, and his party, and what we can all expect in the next 5 years. I am lucky enough to have been brought up in an environment where I have never experienced poverty, or been deprived of basic rights such as healthcare, or education. I'm sure there are Conservative policies that I will benefit from, but that does not mean that I support them.
It is a view held by many that the actions of the Conservatives have allowed the poor to get poorer and the rich to get richer. Many cuts made over the last 5 years have targeted the vulnerable. A report from the Centre of Welfare Reform last year indicated that 20% of UK population that live in poverty are bearing 36% of total cuts. It is predicted that as of next year, these people will be £2744 a year worse off as a result. Looks like the death toll due to benefit cuts is to increase...
But never mind guys, unemployment looks set to fall even further as more and more are coerced into unfair working contracts, working long hours for minimum wage...
Last year alone, nearly 1.1million people were given 3 days emergency food from Food Banks across the country, 400,000 of whom were children. The number of food banks increased from 56 to 445 under the Conservatives and further Tory plans to cut £12billion welfare spending (though unspecified as to exactly from where this will be taken) will only serve to worsen these statistics, and will put immense pressure on the less fortunate.
Plans to turn failing or 'coasting' schools into academies threatens to exacerbate the issues in education; turning children into commodities necessary to fuel an enterprise as schools become businesses. Oh and that plan to scrap the human rights act, yeah that sounds brill too...
It seems, that as we are faced with a future of hardship and uncertainty, and as Russell Brand so succinctly put it, there is more responsibility than ever for us to do what we can to prevent the vulnerable being marginalised. "The only currency we have left is Compassion" says Brand, aptly highlighting the need for the people of Britain to unite in helping those that are going to be most effected by what Cameron's government have in store for us...
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