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Tuesday 6 October 2009

Osborne – of the rich, for the rich, to the rich

We’re all in this together’ says George Osborne Shadow Chancellor. Our pay and our pensions are in the firing line. Bullingdon boy George insists that he doesn’t want to put the poorest on the line. Oh really!
Sorry George but who caused this crisis? Would that be public sector workers? Or would it be your cronies in the banking and finance industry, earning millions but still avoiding taxes. Not a word in your speech about that! What about controls on the banking sector? What about controls on extortionate profits? We will wait a long time to hear about those.

Learn one thing about the Tory Party. They are always loyal to their paymaster – big business. In that respect nothing ever changes. Trusting a Tory is always the same bargain - if you recognise that they represent a class that believes that inequality is a natural order; that money rules – then that is what you are voting for.

http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/10/George_Osborne_We_will_lead_the_economy_out_of_crisis.aspx

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8292680.stm