I was watching a debate on the French strikes, and a British commentator said that what was going on in France would never happen in Britain, because there are laws against such demonstrations. I wounder, after the British government will start the deepest cuts in 60 years?
By 2015, the cuts would amount to about 130 billion U.S. dollars. 490,000 government jobs would be cut over 4 years. The retirement age would be raised to 66, four years sooner than first planned. Even the rents on subsidized housing will be increased. Also, the Value Added Tax (a type of sales tax) will increase to 20% (don’t go shopping there). However, the British government plans to increase spending on things like cracking down on tax fraud, and anti-terror security. Officials also claim that Health Care Services will not be cut, and that school funding will kept in “…real terms” every year.
But what will the People think? There has already been past protests about the cuts, as far back as June, so i don’t think that British commentator knows what he’s talking about. According to al Jazeera, small protests have already started.