tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638790717199826189.post2636716465449858524..comments2024-03-27T09:11:53.387+00:00Comments on All this life and heaven too: Victorian valuesSilvana rscjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07102555800302899398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638790717199826189.post-38846278195173038242013-03-29T20:21:20.367+00:002013-03-29T20:21:20.367+00:00Thank you for visiting this blog. The other day I ...Thank you for visiting this blog. The other day I saw your own blog recently listed on Britcat, and have been reading it.<br /><br />As for my memories... I came of age at the start of the Thatcher years, and I well remember the increasing gap between rich and poor, the erosion of the NHS and the privatisation of public services, among other things, which went on throughout the 80s. <br /><br />My memory of the Major years is not faulty - he did propose a return to classic Victorian values, what he called "Back to Basics". My memory of those years, in fact, chimes in with the memory of this political blogger http://drmatthewashton.com/2011/03/25/great-mistakes-in-politics-no18-john-major-goes-back-to-basics/<br /><br />I also remember The Common Good, the inspiring document produced by the Catholic Bishops in 1996 in response to so much of what was going on.<br /><br />None of which, sadly, makes the current situation any better for the poor and vulnerable who are already suffering and due to suffer more as a result of savage government cuts, and a recession they did not cause but for which they are paying. They are the reason I wrote this blogpost. Silvana rscjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102555800302899398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638790717199826189.post-59741177117578532872013-03-29T17:18:15.781+00:002013-03-29T17:18:15.781+00:00May I gently suggest that a sister might be more c...May I gently suggest that a sister might be more careful before she attacked others from what may be a prejudiced position. John Major never suggested returning to Victorian values, his own childhood, brought up in the poverty of the family of a travelling Music Hall artist would never have allowed that. He did seek to return to what he saw as the basics of personal responsibility, care for others, a sense of obligation and duty as well as a recognition of rights. It isn't therefore surprising that his Government saw the poorest significantly better off. He was the first Prime Minister to espouse the cause of sustainability and he laid the foundation for he Kyoto protocol. It was the next Government under which the poor got poorer and the rich richer. All politicians have their failings but they do have the right to a fair judgement and not one which appears to arise from prejudice and an incorrect memory of the facts.Frederick Oakeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830047562237782045noreply@blogger.com