John McDonnell: I am not Old Labour or New Labour - just Labour - mirror.co.uk

John McDonnell: I am not Old Labour or New Labour - just Labour - mirror.co.uk

The Con - Dem coalition government as they are so affectionately known have started their rolling programme of cuts. They are coming after the social wage (pensions, benefits, hospitals, school, libraries, swimming pools, jobs all manor of things) saying that 'we' have to manage 'our' budget deficit and there is no alternative to cuts.

The snippet from today's Mirror on line shows there is an alternative in the form of this man John. A breath of fresh air, some sanity, some simple solutions. It is what we need. I just hope he does get the necessary amount of nominees so that at least there can be a decent and healthy debate about the way forward, the way through and out of the disgusting race to bottom that the present coalition government is attempting to put us under.