50,000 anti-austerity march central London.

[Anna B]

50,000 people took part in an anti-austerity march in Central London yesterday.

 

Not a peep about it on the mainstream News or in the papers, even though social media is full of it. The media is now so biased it's not worth watching. The only way to find out what's really going on in the world, let alone your own back yard, is on the internet.

 

Doesn't the mainstream media have a duty to keep us informed?

[altus]

50,000 people took part in an anti-austerity march in Central London yesterday.

 

Not a peep about it on the mainstream News or in the papers, even though social media is full of it. The media is now so biased it's not worth watching. The only way to find out what's really going on in the world, let alone your own back yard, is on the internet.

 

Doesn't the mainstream media have a duty to keep us informed?

 

BBC report from yesterday.

 

Guardian report from yesterday.

 

I'm sure you could find others if you could be bothered to look.

[runningman1]

It was widely reported, you would have had to go out of your way to avoid seeing coverage. It was on the front page of the BBC for example.

 

I heard about 3500 protesters, where did you get 50'000 from?

[RonJeremy]

3500 or 50000 fools who think we shouldn't reduce the deficit and should live on borrowing money.

[melthebell]

3500 or 50000 fools who think we shouldn't reduce the deficit and should live on borrowing money.

i think its more to do with who the rich are taking the money off

[Tim1]

I did hear about it. But was too busy earning a living lol.

[RonJeremy]

i think its more to do with who the rich are taking the money off

 

Ha ha. Brilliant.

Are you a deficit denier too?

[Fogey]

3500 or 50000 fools who think we shouldn't reduce the deficit and should live on borrowing money.

 

Or that think we should look to pay using different methods such as proper collection of tax from the rich and the closing of proper loopholes e.t.c. Maybe not urinate money away on political vanity projects like the Garden Bridge e.t.c.

 

Austerity and the deficit are for many an excuse for the Conservative party to enact a particular ideology that keeps the rich rich and the poor available for exploitation.

[ECCOnoob]

Here is the headline news "0.07% of the population attend a demonstration March in London"

**for clarity by the way even taking top line figures is still only 0.10% of the entire voting electorate from 2015***

 

The reason the mainstream news outlets don't give it full blown 30 minute top story coverage is quite frankly nobody cares.

 

This is one of the many many many "anti-austerity" "anti-tory" "anti-rich person" marches they have had this year. In fact had every bloody year.

 

They are attended by the exact same bus loads of students, liberals, union mouthpieces and rent-an-activist organisations.

 

Their message is, as always, totally stupid without any practical basis in reality.

 

Tax the rich. Give to the poor is not good enough.

 

We are not some universal socialist utopia where everyone is equal. Some people have money. Others don't. However, we are also not some third world country.

 

Every citizen has a bare minimum standard of living provided by the state - a standard of living, by the way, which despite what the rent a gob crowd thinks is far far more than many other countries give their citizens. Every citizen gets a bare minimum standard of healthcare. Every childbirth gets given a bare minimum level of money. Every child gets a bare minimum national standard of education. Every child keeps that free education right up until their teenage years. Anyone from any background and any education level can study at university with one of most flexible and fair payment plans ever. Nobody has to pay such fees back until they earn over certain limits and many never pay the fees at all.

 

Unfair society? Unfairly treated citizens? My backside.

 

There will always be people richer than others. There will always be those who are lucky enough to be popped out into the world in the right family and right time. There will always be those who work harder than others and earn a lot more money.

 

Nothing a load of windbags clogging up London streets is going to change that. Look at the figures - these people are not the voice of the electorate.

 

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Or that think we should look to pay using different methods such as proper collection of tax from the rich and the closing of proper loopholes e.t.c. Maybe not urinate money away on political vanity projects like the Garden Bridge e.t.c.

 

Austerity and the deficit are for many an excuse for the Conservative party to enact a particular ideology that keeps the rich rich and the poor available for exploitation.

 

The rich pay tax just like the rest of the population. They pay what the HMRC says they are legally obliged to pay.

 

IF a loophole is deemed to be illegal then it can no longer be used and those who did can be retrospectively punished for using it (a first as a rule of law and quite frankly horrifying that a Court could reach a decision - watch out for retrospective application of a law change being applied to other things in the future - perhaps it might not so loudly be celebrated then)

 

Do you not consider that when your in the red you have to cut spending? Of course it affects the poor more than the rich. The poor are the ones who use public services the most.

 

However, why should that mean that cuts aren't necessary. I bet if you do the maths you will find that the rich contribute significantly more than the poor and would use less of the public services their taxes fund.

 

Quite frankly the whole thing is sour grapes. The public spoke. The tories won a majority election using the same voting method as all elections before. The same voting method as the coalition in 2010. The same voted methods that kept labour in power for 13 years before that.

 

Some of the more moronic in society fuelled by left wing media and the union gobs cant get that into their thick skulls.

 

They want tories out. They want the rich to be driven away with their jealously and faux outrage despite their own side's mass hypocrisy and controversy.

 

Well get over it. You had your chance. You will have another go in 4 years.

I would suggest they should expel their energy into preparation for that. They are not exactly excelling themselves so far with their decisions.

Edited April 17, 2016 by ECCOnoob

[hotrock]

I could not afford to go:hihi::hihi: