In reply to puppythedog:
> i think there is a culture of cruelty in this Government, that under this government standards of living are decreasing.
I dislike a Tory administration like the next man, but such statements are easy to make but don't really mean anything. Are lower living standards a direct result of policy implementation or are they perhaps representative of wider economic conditions that the government have little or no control over, or both?
Either way, I don't think you can land all the blame for the current economic woes at just this government's doorstep.