The World Bank recently estimated that 2.8 million children could die by 2015 if the global financial crisis is not checked. Commenting on this the Prime Minister Gordon Brown commented:
"It is as if the entire population of Rome were to die in the next five years."
(Times, 21 February)
This from the leader of the Labour Party who vigorously defend the killer society that is capitalism! RD
The Glasgow & Edinburgh Branches Blog. Towards a better understanding of the world, in order to change it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
Paternalism is a common attitude among well-meaning social reformers. Stemming from the root pater, or father, paternalism implies a patria... -
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an...
No comments:
Post a Comment