The socialist republic of South Yorkshire

[samssong 10]

I have been thinking about the great tradition that this City once had in being seen as a socialist stronghold.

We had four or five M.P.s in the eighty"s who raised the red flag over our town hall and stuck up for the working classes through thick and thin.

 

So what happened ? as it seems as though they all became part of the establishment , Most of them can now be seen hob nobbing it with the big wigs in various areas , they can be seen in the best seats at sporting events ,or grinning with a load of capitalist directors at the latest property grand opening , some of em now live in grand housing or areas far removed from the people that they vowed to support through thick and thin.

They take consultancy fees ( back handers;) and now mix in circles far removed from the ones they used to visit when plying for the votes needed to get them in Parliament.

Was George Orwell or Robert Tressell right when they wrote how working men change when they reach the pinnacle of power ,do they forget who and what got them there in the first place and most important why has Sheffield now surrendered to big business ,why is all the focus on building shopping centres , markets or student flats when we have people sleeping on the streets due to lack of any new social housing being built.

They tell us that the Government is to blame ,but did the Government tell them to build a new shopping centre or market, or pull down Don Valley (millions spent in the assumption that the money will be returned in rents and rates over many years.

 

The public toilets are shut down, also care homes for the elderly, playing fields and parks are neglected , the home helps and care workers are made redundant , council estates are neglected and litter strewn , the police are no longer to be seen patrolling the streets ,and - while this is going on grand shopping malls are being built or planned. All at the expense of the least well off in this City.

Edited October 14, 2016 by samssong

[Padders 2,872]

good post samssong...the ragged trousered philanthropists,my fav book.

[Penistone999 10]

Raving mad socialists are a dying breed , although Comrade Corbyn is trying his best take Labour back to the dark ages .

[samssong 10]

good post samssong...the ragged trousered philanthropists,my fav book.

And mine along with The Grapes of Wrath both make me roor.

 

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Raving mad socialists are a dying breed , although Comrade Corbyn is trying his best take Labour back to the dark ages .

Comrade Cobyn has never had a proper job in his life and that is what is wrong with many politicians who are now bussed into our areas to represent people they know nowt about.

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

I have been thinking about the great tradition that this City once had in being seen as a socialist stronghold.

We had four or five M.P.s in the eighty"s who raised the red flag over our town hall and stuck up for the working classes through thick and thin.

 

So what happened ? as it seems as though they all became part of the establishment , Most of them can now be seen hob nobbing it with the big wigs in various areas , they can be seen in the best seats at sporting events ,or grinning with a load of capitalist directors at the latest property grand opening , some of em now live in grand housing or areas far removed from the people that they vowed to support through thick and thin.

They take consultancy fees ( back handers;) and now mix in circles far removed from the ones they used to visit when plying for the votes needed to get them in Parliament.

Was George Orwell or Robert Tressell right when they wrote how working men change when they reach the pinnacle of power ,do they forget who and what got them there in the first place and most important why has Sheffield now surrendered to big business ,why is all the focus on building shopping centres , markets or student flats when we have people sleeping on the streets due to lack of any new social housing being built.

They tell us that the Government is to blame ,but did the Government tell them to build a new shopping centre or market, or pull down Don Valley (millions spent in the assumption that the money will be returned in rents and rates over many years.

 

The public toilets are shut down, also care homes for the elderly, playing fields and parks are neglected , the home helps and care workers are made redundant , council estates are neglected and litter strewn , the police are no longer to be seen patrolling the streets ,and - while this is going on grand shopping malls are being built or planned. All at the expense of the least well off in this City.

 

 

When in Parliament do as Parliamentarians do, snouts firmly in the trough of plenty, plenty been supplied by the working classes.

 

Angel1.

[mediumfast 10]

What's a proper job constitute?

[saunaman 10]

Honest hard work for an honest day's pay ??

[Padders 2,872]

Raving mad socialists are a dying breed , although Comrade Corbyn is trying his best take Labour back to the dark ages .

 

sorry penistone,but your wrong.we will be back..watch this space.

[I1L2T3 10]

I have been thinking about the great tradition that this City once had in being seen as a socialist stronghold.

We had four or five M.P.s in the eighty"s who raised the red flag over our town hall and stuck up for the working classes through thick and thin.

 

So what happened ? as it seems as though they all became part of the establishment , Most of them can now be seen hob nobbing it with the big wigs in various areas , they can be seen in the best seats at sporting events ,or grinning with a load of capitalist directors at the latest property grand opening , some of em now live in grand housing or areas far removed from the people that they vowed to support through thick and thin.

They take consultancy fees ( back handers;) and now mix in circles far removed from the ones they used to visit when plying for the votes needed to get them in Parliament.

Was George Orwell or Robert Tressell right when they wrote how working men change when they reach the pinnacle of power ,do they forget who and what got them there in the first place and most important why has Sheffield now surrendered to big business ,why is all the focus on building shopping centres , markets or student flats when we have people sleeping on the streets due to lack of any new social housing being built.

They tell us that the Government is to blame ,but did the Government tell them to build a new shopping centre or market, or pull down Don Valley (millions spent in the assumption that the money will be returned in rents and rates over many years.

 

The public toilets are shut down, also care homes for the elderly, playing fields and parks are neglected , the home helps and care workers are made redundant , council estates are neglected and litter strewn , the police are no longer to be seen patrolling the streets ,and - while this is going on grand shopping malls are being built or planned. All at the expense of the least well off in this City.

 

Depends where you live in the city. Round here it is a clean safe environment with pristine woodland on the doorstep, easy access to the peaks, great local amenities and two of the best parks in the city. Lots of people locally are active in maintaining that and driving things forward. There is not so much reliance on politicians.

 

Like you say other parts of the city are utterly neglected and left to rot. Nobody wants to fight for those areas and the people are so beaten down they don't have the fight in them any more, and nobody to lead them. Money is the only thing left that can help but we all know what has happened to council funding.

[ez8004 10]

sorry penistone,but your wrong.we will be back..watch this space.

 

For the sake of the country, hope not.

[taxman 12]

For the sake of the country, hope not.

 

Yeah, cos it's so good at the moment!

[Jim Hardie 527]

sorry penistone,but your wrong.we will be back..watch this space.

 

2031 is favourite.

http://www.betonpolitics.co.uk/category/uk-politics/next-labour-majority-government-15-years-away-20160506-0003/