by The British Government says we have run out of money so we have to have very harsh austerity now. They say it will put right the economy and then one day we will be all be better off again.Thatcher said we are living beyond our means and that cut backs are necessary. We have to tighten our belts, she would say. Look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves.Conservatives say they believe in the work ethic, and that no one owes you a living. They support the Conservative Party for this reason. They say we can't afford a better health service, or give young people a state paid university education.Hmm, but perhaps all this time someone has been siphoning off our money. Each year, the banking and financial services industry in the City of London is sucking out of Britain’s
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Thatcher said we are living beyond our means and that cut backs are necessary. We have to tighten our belts, she would say. Look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves.
Conservatives say they believe in the work ethic, and that no one owes you a living. They support the Conservative Party for this reason. They say we can't afford a better health service, or give young people a state paid university education.
Hmm, but perhaps all this time someone has been siphoning off our money.
Each year, the banking and financial services industry in the City of London is sucking out of Britain’s economy the equivalent of 160 per cent of total government spending on all health care including the NHS, or 100 per cent on social protection, which includes that of all pension payments per year, or 700 per cent spent on public order and safety or 230 per cent of spending on education.To go further, this sum of money represents the equivalent of £67,500 of wealth losses to every person in the country.
TruePublica: A seriously important and highly credible study was published five months ago last October. It was completely ignored by all of the mainstream media. Not one took the opportunity to publish the stunning revelations for fear of what might happen if they did. The report has unpalatable political consequences for the government – in fact, both Labour and Tory are implicated by the exposure of this colossal crime.