I would like to sum up why I’m voting Yes for Scotlands Independance, It will always come back to this simple, reality of the United Kingdom as it is now: Rich and Poor - The United Kingdom is a state where the 1,000 richest citizens receive a £155 billion tax cut, while the 900,000 poorest are forced to use food banks, all this while the UK Government claim that “We are Better Together, we can have the best of both worlds.” If this is the case why is there the massive divide between rich and poor. Austerity - Its is a lie, and remaining in the UK will continue to feed it. And Alistair Darling gave the architects of Austerity all they needed to make it happen. This is why I have a resentment for Alistair Darling – not because he is evil, but because he has enabled it. Austerity is only tolerated because the vast majority of people don’t seem to realise what a complete and utter lie it is. Banking - I hold Alistair Darling personally responsible for everything which happened since the banking crisis. In September of 2007, a bank run on Northern Rock started. The first time there had been a run on a British Bank in almost 150 years. The UK banking industry was already suffering a liquidity crisis due to the lack of regulation combined with a mortgage crisis in the United States, and thus, it was unable to borrow to cover its liabilities. It was a grave situation. The bank was going to collapse. Alistair Darling faced a choice: should he allow the bank to fail, or should he act to stop it? Alistair Darling chose to act – by not only authorizing the Bank of England to lend funds to Northern Rock, but by providing an unqualified taxpayer’s guarantee of saver’s deposits. In short, Alistair Darling chose to funnel billions in public money to save the skin of a private company. As a result, the UK’s already huge debt rocketed to astronomic levels. This lead the way to a huge crisis of confidence in Labour, already reeling from the Iraq War and the Data Protection scandal, allowing the Conservatives to sweep in – and Darling’s actions gave them the excuse they needed to tighten the grip of Austerity. Welfare reform, the Health & Social Care Act, the privatisation of the Royal Mail and NHS – the massive deficit & debt provided the excuse to devastate public spending under the lie of Austerity, the idea that there is nothing else in the UK’s budget which could possibly be cut to alleviate the UK’s horrendous debt. Labour started it, and the Conservatives capitalised.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:32:25 +0000
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