tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post5962593991712755573..comments2023-10-31T15:14:05.373+00:00Comments on Hagley Road To Ladywood: Who's reckless?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-2392185262395814022008-09-20T21:27:00.000+01:002008-09-20T21:27:00.000+01:00When the printers, the miners and the shipbuilders...When the printers, the miners and the shipbuilders were being slung on the dole, did they shed a tear on Wall Street and in the City of London? <BR/><BR/>When the factories and the docks were closing, when entire working-class communities were being ravaged by mass unemployment, did they give a damn in the wine bars and restaurants of London? <BR/><BR/>When there were three million unemployed, and families were falling apart under the crushing burden of debt and disappointment, did the bankers care? <BR/><BR/>No, they did not - we were told, by Maggie Thatcher and her fans, that this was the survival of the fittest. We were told that all our wealth came from capitalism, and that it was red in tooth and claw, and that the weak and the lame had to be left by the roadside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com