Are we really all in this together?

Some would say that it is clumsy to have your holidays interrupted five times but Cameron's leadership is a holiday persistently interrupted by the cold reality of his policies in Britain.

The Tories after being buffeted by events, with no real answers that will provide a long term solution to the economy and social issues, including youth unemployment have reverted to type by turning rightwards and blaming everyone else in society apart from themselves. All decent people were appalled at the scenes showing people being robbed,attacked and businesses looted. However, the response from the Government is to call for flogging and "harsh punishment" so much so that the prison population is at an all time high and full. This is a long way from the criticism by the Tories and Lib Dems on the last Labour Government for filling Britain's prisons. Whilst these policies of pressurising magistrates to imprison people committing offences during the riots may appease the right wing Daily Mail and look to work in the short term unless the widespread resentment from many young people to authority and society in general is not dealt with then these dreadful events may just be the beginning and not a once in a generation situation.

What policies are the Tories (where are the Lib Dems in this coalition?)looking to pursue to solve the economic and social problems. There is a powerful lobby developing to end the 50p tax on the very wealthy in Britain to stimulate growth. Osborne has intimated that this tax is worthless as the rich do not pay tax as they move their money and businesses abroad, therefore "lets cut red tape and punitive taxes on entrepreneurship" and let the rich pay less tax and trickle their wealth down to the poor.

This is classic right wing Tory policy that was initiated in the 80's and brought about the biggest divide between the north and the south and the haves and the have nots that New Labour struggled to close. It is the last thing we need in Britain today and it goes against the coalition agreement of "we are all in this together".

This is expected from the Tories but the silence from the Lib Dems says it all.The question I would like answered is where is the line from when you have to pay people extra to work harder and you have to pay them less to create an incentive?