Job losses mount across industry from cars to banking.
There is a vicious campaign against refugees and asylum seekers where Labour and Tories compete to introduce more draconian measures. More and more people feel alienated from the political system, as witnessed by the low turnout in the May elections on the one hand, and the growth of the anti-capitalist protests on the other. All this seems eerily reminiscent of the mid-term of previous Labour governments. This government too, despite a record majority, has become bogged down. This is creating a polarisation.