Tonic: Emergency Programme and Under-Fives

tonic: The manifesto was Labour's most radical of the century, offering increased spending for the NHS, comprehensive care for under-fives and an emergency programme for investment in housing and transport, according to The Guardian. To a boy growing up poor in Tottenham, it seemed the exact tonic our sickly country needed. In the wake of the Brixton riots, Michael Foot's commitment to tackling racial discrimination and disadvantage awakened my political consciousness. The next leadership team needs to recognise the fundamental errors that made Labour unelectable Read more After learning the result wipeout for Labour and a majority of 144 for Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives I was distraught. In the early hours of Friday 13 December, as the Tories secured their biggest win since the Thatcher era, I recognised the same disappointment and disbelief in many of those around me. I could not believe that, offered a hopeful vision for a fairer UK, the public had opted for more economic conservatism. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.