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Originally Posted by MTVN
Except inequality actually narrowed under the coalition and that government had a pretty good record on child poverty. I find it strange to talk about the welfare state being stronger under Thatcher when the state had changed so much by 2010 that the available welfare provisions were far greater in the last government than they ever were pre-Blair.
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It's not really about what's available so much as what they are attempting to do / what their desires are. Which is to dismantle the state to the extent that the only people who are protected from a potentially massive decline in living standards are the rich. It's not just about welfare, it's the entire philosophy of privitisation, and the removal / destruction of public services of all kinds.
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