Open for business/oligarchs, closed for education, self advancement, social equality

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8664414/Boris-Johnson-tells-George-Osborne-to-cut-National-Insurance-and-50p-tax.html

Two or three weeks ago Boris Johnson was campaigning for tax cuts.  He seemed to understand that certain kinds of policy moves send certain messages.  And I whole-heartedly agree.

Several weeks later and he and all his Conservative colleagues are denying that policy changes such as changes to tuition fees, changes to the housing benefit system, changes the benefit rules for disabled and sick people send any kind of message at all that might be interpreted and induce despair, looting, rioting and "simple criminality."

To me the tripling of tuition fees said this: if you're not super-rich or super-brainy then fuck off.

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