As a party, the Lib Dems are supposed to want to make Britain a fairer place. Perhaps 2011 is the year the party could start this by addressing the discriminatory way in which the English are taxed and charged in comparison to those living in parts of the countries with devolved governments.
If you live in Wales, you children won't pay for University tuition fees like English students will, similarly you won't pay for prescriptions and I, as an English license fee payer will see certain services that I enjoy on the BBC cut in order to fund your Welsh language channel (which most Welsh people watch).
If you live in Scotland, you too won't see your kids paying the tuition fees my children will pay, whilst your government provides more doctors and access to services which we in England don't get.
Northern Irish people apparently pay no water bills, I was shocked to hear this week, whilst again, your devolved government ensure that Northern Irish people received benefits we in England do not get.
Now there will be those who will jump in and immediately see what I am writing as an attack on the Northern Irish, the Scots and Welsh. It is not. What I am doing is pointing out that it is the English who are more highly taxed but receive the least back. We are the discriminated against majority.
Let's see the Lib Dems in government tackle this in the same was as the party has become obsessed with stopping control orders on potential terrorist suspects.
Perhaps the obvious answer to this is that we need and English parliament.
Showing posts with label discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discrimination. Show all posts
3/31/2008
Why do we make it so difficult for men to be good fathers ?
This is typical of the discrimination that men suffer every day in this country.
The sign clearly stateds there are baby changing facilities, but they are located inside the ladies toilets thus making them out of bounds for men. This particular sign is in from a shop in Norwich, but there are plenty of others the same as this.
What does a father do if he takes his child in to the city alone ?
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