Was our country ever content?

Bootski

Nutrisse wrote: »

Abuse Report Received [#919571]

Shut Up you !!!!, you've nothing to report me for and the mods will see that and all the other posters will too.

However, I forgive yoy and still invite you to fly kytes with me cause I really think it could mellow you out, you know:p

Davesnave

Returning to the OP, I'm sure someone will make this a thread today, but the National Equality Panel Report brings into focus one reason for discontent.

BBC social policy correspondent Gillian Hargreaves said the report would make "awkward reading for the government" as Labour had made tackling inequality a priority.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8481534.stm

If we go back 40 years, a feature of those times was the widespread belief that 'things would get better' for everyone in the future, and not just in a material sense.

For many, this did not happen, and it's certainly a debatable point whether living in poverty then was better or worse than living on a sink estate in 2010, cushioned by today's benefits system.