An example of what I mean came in a recent television news report. The coverage of strike action made the effects of one day appear catastrophic, with rubbish lying all over the place, the cameras taking close-ups of two or three over-filled bins, and pictures of a disabled child kept away from school.

These people are trying to fool everyone into believing Gordon Brown is to blame as usual for every ill that comes about.

Sadly, with the Tories claiming the high moral ground, the public, or a good many of them, are being conned by Mr 'Eton' Cameron.

Does he have a large magic wand with which he could put everything right at a stroke? Anyone who think the Tories are on our side should think back to the years of near-slave rule when Mrs Thatcher had the country on its knees, destroying almost all our manufacturing base with more than three million people on the dole.

Let me ask any Tory, if they take power, what policies have they got that would be wholly fair to the working public and fair to the aged and sick? I'm afraid they have produced none whatsoever.

Cameron has even made a public statement that he would have to put up taxes. Believe me, that would only be the tip of the iceberg.

Make no mistake, if you think you're badly off now, you will get another real taste of unemployment and poverty under the Tories.

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