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@Dammit
I don't think that politics in the UK can align with what would actually be good for the UK until Murdoch and Dacre are in the ground, and are not replaced with like for like.
The welfare state has been turned into something that punishes needy people for the entertainment of those in work - and it's then televised, vide Benefits Street etc.
I saw a very interesting post this morning about the origins of the welfare state which, in large part, came about from the shock realisation that 43% of the UK population that was accessible to be inducted into the army was (as a direct result of poverty) medically unable to sustain the endeavour of war.
It forced those that had no need of the welfare state directly to realise that socially it was required - it put the UK at a competitive disadvantage to do otherwise.
Now, however, war is increasingly fought via drone delivered missile - the day of battalions taking the field (whilst doubtless enough to give Mogg a medically dangerous erection) is over.
Therefore the enforced altruism of a society fit for war is long gone - and as long as the wretch can drag themself behind the wheel of the Uber long enough to get you to Heathrow, who fucking cares?