Thursday, December 12, 2013

As the veneer of democracy starts to fade

Reblogged from Pride's Purge:


(not satire - it's the UK today)

What's happened to democracy?

62% of British people say the government's austerity measures are harming the economy but the government continues with yet more of them anyway.

The public believe in public ownership by a margin of 4:1 yet the government has announced a massive new programme of even more privatisations of public services.