Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Cost of living crisis.

Austerity.

Constant ways of reducing public spending to the point where essential services are under threat.

Why is life, for those at the bottom of the ladder, always harder for those under a Tory government.
Is this true though?

I'm sure there's an interesting debate to be had, but it's unlikely when the starting point is the scenario outlined.

Is post covid Tory Britain worse than post financial crisis Labour Britain?

Is Tory Britain worse than Social Democrat Germany or Socialist Party Spain or Portugal, or centrist France?

Do we actually have austerity now?

Did Labour oppose austerity a decade ago?

Is life at the bottom really harder now than 12, 15 years ago?

If so, are these all the result of the UK govt or are other factors at play?

Where we remove the Tories from many policies such as in Wales, do there problems get much better?