Don’t forget that generally at least 20% of the population in each county works in the public sector, in many areas exceeding 40%.

Christ. I was going to ask “who reads this cretinous straw man drivel?” But then I remembered it’s the Indie and the answer is “nobody”.

Labour being blamed for making an enormous fuckup of the economy? There’s just no justice. Poor poppets.

Yes, I’m glad lots of people read the Mail instead too.

Somewhat unfair that the story about the charges being dropped because they were vile Labour lies didn’t get the same coverage.

Link Martin Coxall?

I believe you that the charges were dropped, but where’s your evidence that they “were vile Labour lies.”

Ignore the troll………

they were vile Labour lies didn’t get the same coverage.

But the Tory party dropped you too right? Or did you resign yourself?

6 – That would be you sally

On topic, can’t see the Independent changing the debate if only because hardly anybody reads it.

‘The Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll, released on the eve of what is expected to be the toughest budget in a generation, also showed Prime Minister David Cameron enjoyed an approval rating of 57 percent after just over a month in the job.’

That’s actually down two points on the votes his government got (36% + 23% = 59%)

So has he lost two percentage points in his first month?

It is witless rubbish though …. nobody (sensible) questions the idea that the public sector does tons of valuable work. It would still do too if it shrunk a few percentage points. The obvious fact that the NHS does lots of valuable work does not tell us anything about whether there are parts of the NHS that ought to be cut.

This is not a f”cking football match in which you decide which side you support (“for” or “against” cuts), and from then only say things that line up with your side and attack the other. Should I conclude this is the moronic level we are forced to operate on? The good guys rally round in “support” of the public sector whilst the bad guys “attack” it?

Enrique

Well fortunately we have a government that believes in devolving power to services, so we as a public and they as a government don’t have to decide what gets cut. They can just announce night glossy numbers and let local decision makers weild the knife for them.

What bits of the NHS would you cut?

Should I conclude this is the moronic level we are forced to operate on?

Well, Sunny did write a whole piece about why this is the wrong approach for the left, and why a more constructive note should be found. The proof of that particular pudding though will be in the eating.

“There is a clear danger that despite major public service cuts – people blame the Labour government for this ideologically driven agenda than lay the blame for their hurt at the Tories.”

What I don’t understand is this: Labour, by their own admission, have left the country massively in debt. They too were anticipating broad spending cuts. It seems that no matter who had won the election, we’d have been facing this same outcome.

So what would be different were Labour still in power?