Ed Miliband says something worth talking about!

I personally think that Ed Miliband was not the right choice for the position of Labour leader but today he has raised an issue quite personal to myself and at last has added a bit of context to the political arena. Outlining his vision for the future he stated that due to the numerous mistakes made by the coalition, 'the better-off in society would be able "to pass on privilege and wealth", he said middle and lower income groups would be disproportionately affected' (BBC 2011). This is an age old argument but one I wish to see the back of before my time is out (while dreaming is still tax free). He went on to argue that the coalition was out of touch with a 2011 British public especially attacking the un-progressive raising of tuition fee's - I am still at a loss as to how students will be forced to pay 3 times more for their degrees without the promise that value for money will treble.

One of his best quotes was, "You go from education maintenance allowance to what's happening to tuition fees, to apprenticeships, to child trust funds - to a whole range of things where the government is taking action setting back the chances of future generations." (BBC 2011). This mindset is one I share with Ed and I think one of the main things politicians are missing in Parliament is when debating policy, more so for health and education, is to continuously ask, where is the progress?

I don't think that the coalition is totally out of touch, there are still a few Lib Dem's hanging around with something to say to the annoyance of Cameron. The problem I have is that conservative led policy tends to be backwards in terms of social mobility and life experience and hard-line in terms of economics. The conservative party is filled with the over-privileged, as are most political parties in the UK, but it is the conservatives who tend to have no comprehension of the lives of the less well off and the disadvantaged and so to hold the belief that their policy is 'right' is like sticking your hand in a fire to test whether its hot. In other words the poor and the lower classes are subjects which can be contained and maintained by trying out change thought up by people who have absolutely no comprehension of what the people they are supposedly trying to help actually want.

This is Labours strong point and why they will win the next election by a landslide (even if Ed is a little blasé on economics).