UK record dire
In the same week that charities announce that more than 20 million meals have been handed out at food banks in the last year he asks us: “What is the problem that demands such high-risk surgery?”
This perhaps tells us a lot about a Labour Party that is virtually indistinguishable from the Tory Party on virtually every issue.
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Hide AdThe reality of course is that on every long-term social and economic measure the UK’s ranking versus other developed nations is abysmal.
Whether it’s social inequality, social mobility, levels of state pension, minimum wage levels, under-fives’ death rates, productivity or business investment, the UK sits at or near the bottom of international tables.
This goes a long way to explaining the negative, scaremongering messages coming from the Better Together campaign. Its campaign is negative because it has nothing positive to tell us.
Andrew S R Gordon
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