tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post538578757136275184..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Fairness is more than 'equality of opportunity'Tom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-45922244506313111002009-01-19T15:42:00.000+00:002009-01-19T15:42:00.000+00:00If mandelson doesnt believe in equality of outcome...If mandelson doesnt believe in equality of outcome at all, then does he support the NHS, jobseekers allowance, minimum wage, sure start, state pensions, national parks, winter fuel allowance?<BR/><BR/>Because these are all equality of outcome entities and not directly to do with equal oppurtunity, and are vitally important for the foundations of a fair society.<BR/><BR/>Im worried mandelson lacks the social democratic values that we need in our government to create a fair society?<BR/><BR/>And people need more than education for equal oppurtunity. They need to be healthy and strong enough to compete (NHS), they need to be warm (winter fuel allowance) and they need food and a decent standard of living (minimum wage and progressive taxation).<BR/><BR/>New labour cannot create social justice through equal oppurtunity alone, they need to have policies that directly end poverty such as getting down the price of gas through state intervention, building council houses through state intervention.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise they will find that they loose all of their working class voter base._______https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750073111707564700noreply@blogger.com