Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
Jag, I was born into the rural working class/bottom of the middle class; I went to an under-performing Comprehensive. Despite having a graduate-level job and two degrees I earn below 18,000 because I live in a poor county (Devon).

So sod off.

Not all poor people want to spend their lives sucking the government tit, some of us just want a little leg up in the form of a decent education and not being bankrupted by university.
And as for this post, wow, what a piece of self deception.

Firstly a 'little leg up' is what drives Labour politicians and the Labour party, in fact not a 'little' leg up but a real, sizeable and lasting leg up so that those who are not born into money are not left behind and defined by it. We believe that there is more to a person than their circumstance - and that is what drives those of us who are in and campaign for the Labour party.

You cite education and universitys - yet are voting Tory? Excuse me have I missed something over the last 24 years of my life? Who is it that pushes MORE funding - and delivered - pushes MORE places for people who want, yet can't afford to go. The Labour party is REJECTING Tory appeals to INCREASE top up fees, and though it was introduced by Labour - under significant rebel opposition, if you forget a 161 majority was reduced to 5 due to Labour party opposition in the house - there were vast increases in grants to poorer students so they avoided the fee's altogether. Which party has updated our school buildings which were in TERRIBLE shape because of chronic underfunding by successive TORY governments, but I guess you are too bitter to see all this, all you see is Labour bad right? You have some cheek in declaring yourself disgusted with Labour yet give two examples of areas where the Labour party is one which actually attempts to deal with the actual problems for underpriviledged kids, yet the Tories only care if it affects middle class areas. Disgusting, nothing gets me more pissed off than people who vote Conservative preach about things they don't give a sh.. about, or if they do, are simply too ignorant to realise what they are voting for.