UK parties- Time for a new one?, page 1

Originally posted by candyfloss
So then what sense does it make to have Tory ministers who've been brought up by nannies and shoved off to prep school at the nearest oppertunity make policy for a single mum in a council flat on benefits?If I remember rightly one famous Tory repetoire of the past was demonising single mums as the root of all society's ill's(that was when they were'nt busy creating ones of they're own with their secretaries etc)Blair and Booth might have had privelged backgrounds but the Labour Party is packed to roof with ordinary working class people incuding members of the cabinet.This was in the Observer today and makes interesting reading;
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The point I'm making is that the idea that the Conservatives are the party of privilege and New Labour are the part of the common working man is a flawed myth. I'm certainly not saying anything in favour of the Tories, just pointing out that generally, politicians across both main parties are removed from the rest of us.

I find it a bit rich that you talk of hypocrisy amongst the Conservatives - and for the record, I have as much beef with the Tories as I do with New Labour; I'm certainly no Tory - when New Labour are equally riddled with it. To use a topical example, how about Ruth Kelly member of Opus Dei as well as being Minister for Women and Equality? I'm not sure how that's compatible given the limited role of women in Opus Dei and Catholicism in general. How about the view of gays from the Catholic church, never mind something as hard-line as the Opus Dei? Where's the equality there?

How about the same Ruth Kelly as Secretary of State for Education and Skills who takes her child out of regular school due to having special needs and puts him in a private prep school? Despite Oftsed giving fantastic reports to the school that Kelly didn't think was good enough for her child (but good enough for other people's kids, obviously) as well as there being SIX special needs schools in her area that she obviously didn't have a problem with given that her own department hadn't closed them down.

That's just one person that's held senior posts in New Labour. How about the general theme of New Labour being for the working man and not big business? That's been shown to be a farce from the start. Are you aware of New Labour's track record with Private Finance Initiatives? It's back door privatisation and cronyism on a scale as bad the Conservatives have ever did.

Here's a link that makes for interesting reading

Here's another.

Again, I'm not trying to say Labour are worse than the Tories, just highlight that they're all as bad as each other. Whilst there might be a couple of good eggs in both New Labour and Conservative baskets, generally? Rotten to the end.