While Labour voters looked to the government to carry through a fundamental change, they got more of the same. The Iron Chancellor continued with the Tory spending restraints, school children went without books, the sick died waiting for treatment, fees were imposed on students, disability allowance was cut. This government has sickened everybody. We all voted Labour but we're worse off than under the Tories. Her friend Margaret, who voted Labour, wondered why she bothered.
Nothing seems to change our lives.
This now sums up the mood of millions of working class people. But the government should sort this place out, stop factories shutting down the local brewery is about to close, with the loss of 600 jobs. For the majority nothing has changed. All we are offered are Tory values. Now, I believe we are all ready to leave behind the old divisions and build a modern culture of enterprise, open to all and benefiting all.