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Originally Posted by NettoSuperstar!

46. It is very hard for the British people to make a serious choice in this election without talking about one factor above all others – class. This isn't about David Cameron's background; it's about his policies. It is a provable fact that he will redistribute wealth – substantially – but in a strange direction: from everyone in the big wide middle and bottom of British society, to the very top.

....Yes, the differences between New Labour and the Conservatives are far too small, on this as on all issues. There are myriad ways in which the current Government has also spoon-fed the super-rich. They cheer-led the economy-crashing deregulation of the banks; they turned Britain into a de facto tax haven for non-doms; when you add it all up, a tycoon still scandalously pays a lower


http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...s-1939666.html

http://www.ifs.org.uk/

http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4806

Yes and Labour have done wonders for poverty in the UK havent they?

This election briefing note finds strong evidence of an increase in the rate of severe poverty since 2004-05, mirroring a rise in the official poverty rate, although the rate of persistent poverty does seem to have fallen under Labour, at least until 2007.

http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4809
http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4808