[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by jaxie

My reality is that I have no one to vote for which is a touch annoying as the vote I have was hard fought for by many brave women.

That Labour are the most unpopular with the general public than they have ever been in my memory.

Articles claiming a potential win in 5 weeks seem unrealistic to me.

What about you?

My reality is, there is no viable opposition to what looks set to be yet another Conservative Party victory on 8th June and we appear to be heading towards a single party state.

May reminds me of Thatcher, the difference is, Thatcher had the benefit of trickledown economics. As she sold off our social structure, everyone got a piece of the pie. Now apart from the dregs of the NHS, there is little pie left and its only the fringes of society, the elite and those who made investments in the 80s who will benefit from the crumbs.

My reality is, the days of neoliberalism is reaching its end, just as its ideology predicted it would, but the Tories are pushing on regardless, knowing full well that a mild tweaking of the system won’t make our economy more efficient.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

My reality is, there is no viable opposition to what looks set to be yet another Conservative Party victory on 8th June and we appear to be heading towards a single party state.

May reminds me of Thatcher, the difference is, Thatcher had the benefit of trickledown economics. As she sold off our social structure, everyone got a piece of the pie. Now apart from the dregs of the NHS, there is little pie left and its only the fringes of society, the elite and those who made investments in the 80s who will benefit from the crumbs.

My reality is, the days of neoliberalism is reaching its end, just as its ideology predicted it would, but the Tories are pushing on regardless, knowing full well that a mild tweaking of the system won’t make our economy more efficient.

We more or less agree then that we seem to have a one party state, but that is a fault at Labour and it's leaders door. I'm not really seeing the similarity with May and Thatcher so far.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by jaxie

We more or less agree then that we seem to have a one party state, but that is a fault at Labour and it's leaders door. I'm not really seeing the similarity with May and Thatcher so far.

When Thatcher came along she, like May, had no viable opposition and it remained the same for at least three full terms.

Thatcher was the birth mother of neoliberalism in the UK and I’m sure she legitimately thought monetaristic economic policy was a good thing. It certainly helped a lot of people in the UK, including my parents.

May is a child of Thatcher, her policies are neoliberal, but the honeymoons over. Neoliberal ideology only has a short life span. She’s in no position like Thatcher was, to role back the state and give everyone the opportunity to be prosperous. All she can do is assist the already prosperous to further their riches.