Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Kensal Library closure

        Yesterday for me was a coalition landmark and a day of reaffirmation. Opening a tweet from UKUncut, I learnt that council workers accompanied by police, though nowadays they are employed more as government forces than officers of the law, proceeded at 2am to return to the Kensal library and empty it of all remaining books.
         The Deputy Prime Minister, a title worth less every day, Nick Clegg, a man worth less every day speaks of supporting social mobility one day and being subjected to " bullying" the next. Indeed sir ?? , well poor little you! Removing avenues of learning, support and information from the less well off in our society hardly encourages opportunities for social mobility. Evidence has shown, it does exactly the reverse. No wonder your leader, for Mr Cameron isn't ours, he's just a pillaging stooge of the corporate elite taking advantage of his position, wisely stays quiet on the subject. He plainly has no time for such fanciful ideas as social mobility, better that the public hear lame baseless explanations from Clegg, the fall guy, the meek mouthpiece of mediation.
         This after a weekend when UK uncutters and other anti-cuts activists in several towns and cities across the country held Great British Street parties, peacefully protesting against the continued slashing of the austerity axe. The Sheffield event, which all reports say passed off peacefully, was held outside Mr Clegg's current constituency home. Come the following day a disgruntled Mr Clegg bleated to the press about unfairness and bullying tactics. Indeed sir ??, well poor you. In fact, how bloody dare you complain, what about the tens, no , hundreds of thousands of children you are pushing into poverty? What about the disabled people who are being  assessed as fit to work when quite clearly they are not? What about all the young unemployed and all those being forced to work for their benefits for companies that rake in profits quarter after quarter? If you want to know about bullying Mr Clegg, talk to some of the people whose lives have been thrown into turmoil by policies that you have meekly stood by and watched wreak havoc in your leader's Big bloody Society. Guilt by association in this case is an inescapable fact. You, Mr Deputy Prime Minister, have supported the implementation of these austerity measures which affect those most blameless whilst the guilty walk free with not punishment but encouragement.
          Forget red,blue, yellow has destroyed itself !,  left right or any other convenient label, the only two groups that will count are the have everythings and the have nothings!
          What is happening now in our country will have consequences for future generations which is why thousands of British citizens are angry. We refuse to have our children and love ones suffer the coalition"dream", because in truth this is all about neoliberal economics isn't it, and we will not go away.
         

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