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Originally Posted by Livia
Multi-millionaire Tony Blair went to Fettes in Edinburgh, don't see anyone on the left kicking up a fuss about that. In fact, more than half of Labour Party MPs have been privately educated. But if a Tory is privately education it's a stick with which to beat them, supposedly.
The financial mess was in full flow long before the Conservatives came to power. No bankers have been prosecuted by the Conservative Party in much the same way that no bankers were prosecuted under Labour. The Fred Goodwin/RBS scandal happened under Labour. They didn't even ask him for his knighthood back, so how anyone would imagine that bankers should be prosecuted now the Conservatives are in charge smacks slightly of double-standards.
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If I was defending Labour and Blair you'd have made some decent points. But I didn't. I am way to the left of the centre-right Labour party. There is a plague on both their houses as far as I'm concerned. It's just that the current ruling party (Forget about the LD's), is waging a war on the poor and most needy, whilst protecting their friends. Labour would have done the same but to a lesser extent. They certainly wouldn't have demonised people on benefits, though, the way the tories have.
I say this as someone who was fairly privileged growing up myself. Although not on the same level as Boris, David and the rest of the Bulingdon Club.