tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post2848385440360159921..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: Don't blame the baby-boomersRobin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-19028069143063345052018-05-06T23:12:56.004+00:002018-05-06T23:12:56.004+00:00When I firat visites London in the early 90s to vi...When I firat visites London in the early 90s to visit my sister there was large numbers of homeless. I moved to London myself in 98 and stayed 12 years. In that time I saw huge improvements. I went back to visit last year and was shocked to see howbthings have reverted to the early 90s. What is the commin thread-Conservative Government.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120765775637632358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-44632449354934599492018-05-04T09:08:37.241+00:002018-05-04T09:08:37.241+00:00Neville: You're right, of course, about Blair/...Neville: You're right, of course, about Blair/Brown failing to see the financial deregulation crash coming -- but don't forget National Minimum Wage, Sure Start centres, reduction in child poverty, NI increase for NHS investment and utilities windfall tax. Yes, they could have done more, but I don't think it's fair to say they did nothing to roll back Thatcherite excesses.Robin Lustighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-83928346312561753032018-05-04T07:40:01.436+00:002018-05-04T07:40:01.436+00:00Robin, I am a baby boomer, too. While I agree with...Robin, I am a baby boomer, too. While I agree with your conclusion that Thatcherism set this thing rolling? Where was the political vision in our baby-boomer Blair/Brown years to stop her juggernaut crashing into the wall? Why didn't our baby-boomer leaders take action to stop the banks going nuts, offering massive debt at low cost, investing in short, quick-buck returns? Where was the political vision to reverse the block on building council houses, to stop land-banking, to reverse the creeping privatisation of healthcare, social care, transport, education, policing etc? <br /><br />The answer is the baby boomer voters didn't want to pay to fix a problem that, as far as they could see, didn't affect them. On that level we are definitely to blame. During the years when the baby boomers were dominant, we were living high on the hog, thriving on the short-term, vote-grabbing benefits of Thatcher's flawed dream. <br /><br />Did we start it? No. Did we do anything to stop it when we could have? Absolutely not. As we move on, things will only get worse as the millenials, victims of our obsession with box-tick education and no-win-no-fee litigation find they don't have the tools to run the world and, like us, pass the stinking buck onto their successors. Neville Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537782757201585503noreply@blogger.com