We all know there is no money tree……or is there?
When governments talk about Investments and Privatisation they do so in terms that try to convince us that it is the Companies who are investing or putting the money in.
The truth could not be further afield…..so, who does supply the cash, the cash on the money tree the government says doesn’t exist?
There is no money for Pensioner’s Winter Fuel Allowance but they can shake the tree for wages and war!
Let’s get one thing straight when it comes to Freeports and SEZs it is our money that is falling from the tree but the returns will be zero or next to nothing. There are one or two more astute councils in the South of England who have managed to strike small deals but even their returns have been cut to the bone with more money going in than returning. Even jobs promised severely cut.
Every week stories appear in the press about Councils ‘wasting money’. David Cameron saw through them years ago and they were regulated then…but now they are deregulated things are getting worse……except for the Shareholders!
Just an endless circle of corruption.
Taxes are about to rise, so called Benifit fraud……(but not Tax fraud) to be investigated all to replenish the tree they say doesn’t exist.
In Scotland, the Scot Gov refuses to use its Land Tax Powers to fill its black hole again making Pensioners pay the price, and a heavy price it will be. Its only September and the heating is already on, the older you are the colder you feel.
Means testing is expensive and demeaning!
We have the powers to stop this in Scotland, we can only look out for each other this winter but in 2026 we can and must make a difference.
We have to make sure The People win, not the Politicians who have contributed to today’s mess. Not the ones who refuse to use the tools they have in case they upset the ‘rich’!
Let us continue to build the Peoples Movement.
JOAN’S JOURNEY CONTINUES 