Seumas Milne in today's Grauniad makes the compelling case for reflationary public investment which ought to be (but isn't) being made from the Labour front bench (http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/seot75NRN92v5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=361993&tid=120787&cat=Search).
He is right to foresee a period of social and political conflict as the custodians of our capitalist economy (of whichever political colour) take the axe to public services. Unison's "Million Voices" campaign (http://www.unison.org.uk/million/) has the potential to mobilise mass opposition to spending cuts - indeed Unison will be at the epicentre of the coming turmoil.
Our employers are already anticipating the real budget - the one which will come after the election. In the absence of a party of the centre-left articulating even a social democratic (let alone socialist) alternative to the devastation of our services, Unison must continue to point out that there is another way.
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