Originally Posted by
WanChaiMiller
Its 50 60 70 year old working class wannebe Thatcherites that whinge most.
They were sold the dream in the 80s they would find untold wealth if they bought their council house, went private on their pension and bought BT shares (a euphemism for privatisation).
The reality is very different. They havent got enough pension so need to work till 70, the majority of council houses are in the hand of private landlords and utility bills are sky high. Neoliberlism mean their kids cant get the 'job for life' luxury of previous generations or cant get on the housing ladder.
They must blame someone. So its immigrants (blaming Labour when the truth is its Tory industrialist that want cheap labour) and the EU (blaming Labour, forgetting it was Thatcher and the Tories that took us into the single market and closer union in the first place).
Their whinge forgets it was them that, by voting Thatcher, created the situation they imagine as being problems today.