Social mobility in the UK?

Question

With all Labooors talk about encouraging social mobility in the UK, has any one noticed that its really going on - DOWNWARDS.

I feel that for many of us who have studied and worked hard from ordinary backgrounds and "come off the shop floor", we are punished with massive taxation and drops in living standards if we happen to put our meagre money int our house rather than drinking it and going on holiday.

It seems to me that I would have been better off being single and having lots of kids and just sat on my rear. Why does Labooor (and lets be honest the Tories were similar) hate hard working honest people.

Iam not especially political and realise change can be a good thing but this government has treated many very very shabilly whilst it pursues its soviet style social engineering agenda.

No wonder we are leaving in droves.

Any way, educate me in case I've got it wrong and I am slipping in to a kind of middle england paranoia. I would really value your honest opinion

Answer 1

Born and bred her, can't stand what I see, I moved away. What happens in my host country is their business, I'll live by their rules - (what a shame others don't think this way).

This country has screwed the hardworking person into the ground. You work your a.r.s.e. off and what benefits do you get...... the benefit of watching 'strangers' receive benefits they've never worked for..... priority on the housing list you've been on for years......., changes in your childs lessons at school to accommodate these newcomers..., and worst of all for me??.. the bloody pension age changes - I am so p.i.s.s.e.d. off about that believe me. (excuse my french).. I only found out today. Had no letter from the Pensions People yet. They told me I retire in 8 years time (7 now)...they haven't written telling me of the change... and why do I think its all changed??? the bloody money they're paying out to the newcomers that's why... It ain't flippin right !!! What the hell have my government done for the people of my country?? NOTHING GOOD.

Answer 2

It's my belief that, as a country, we try to box above our weight. We are a small country on the way down the economic charts, but insist on following a world role. If we were to remove nuclear weapons, scale down the armed forces and actually try to run the country with vision, instead of managing every 'crisis' that arises, to a scale that fits our size, Britain could be a pleasant place to live.
Far more troublesome for me is the 'Big Brother' mentality of our government. They try to micro manage every element of our lives, usually by introducing laws with swingeing financial penalties.

Answer 3

They aren't helping anyone except themselves (usually to our money).

It doesn't matter if you are a graduate or worked your way up - or are young or if you are old - they are doing nothing except feathering their own nests.

Why does anyone believe anything they say when they have consistently deceived, dissembled and contrived in every argument they have made for a decade ?

Answer 4

Agree....I was raised in a council house and although I have 'done well' and now have my own house I see friends - why stayed in their council house - are now better off than me. They have more cash in their pockets and no worries about maintenance etc. Like your good self; I feel I have been conned.

Answer 5

but thats what politicians do, they promis the world atthe same time as ruining it,they have been doing it long enough for people not to listen to or believe asingle word they say. so why do they.