{"id":1561,"date":"2014-09-23T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T15:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2014-09-25T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T15:29:55","slug":"beacon-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"A beacon of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reacting to Labour leader Ed Miliband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey called it a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098clear message of hope.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

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Following the address he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bEd Miliband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech today gave a clear message of hope to the millions of people who have suffered under the cruel economic and social policies of the coalition since it came to power in 2010.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHe was right to stress that the damage done by Tories and their Liberal Democrat allies to the fabric of society will take many years to repair.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHe pinpointed the fundamental difference between the Tories and the Labour party \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that under the Tories you are on your own in a frightening world, but with Labour you are not alone, but a member of a society which is committed to a better and fairer world for all. Voters have a crystal clear choice next May.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe damage wrought by this government has been so immense, whether it is to the NHS, our manufacturing capacity, the moribund house building programme or to the lives of millions who have had to bear the brunt of the austerity measures of this government, while the rich and powerful have been let off the leash by David Cameron and George Osborne.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHe outlined a vision of fairness to help those without work and those being abused by the zero hours contract culture. He gave hope to those increasingly worried about the soaring waiting NHS lists and what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to happen to Aneurin Bevan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creation, if the speculators of the private healthcare industry take over.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bEd Miliband demonstrated his commitment to the NHS with the pledge of 36,000 more NHS doctors, midwives and nurses paid for out of a mansion tax on homes worth more than \u00c2\u01412 million, tax on tobacco profits and a crackdown on tax avoidance. The NHS will be safe in Labour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hands.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSocial justice is not an issue for any one country of our isles \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is for all of us to give our children and grandchildren a decent start in life, to safeguard our NHS and eradicate the cancer of insecurity that blights the lives of millions.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe future constitutional settlement of the UK should not be a cosy stich-up by a Westminster cabal \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but one forged in the crucible of the widest possible debate across the four countries of the UK.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIn eight months, the British people can vote in the general election for hope, against despair. What we have heard in Manchester this week is that beacon of hope.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bEd Miliband is our Prime Minister \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the keys of Number 10 are within his grasp. He is the only political leader that can re-energise a united Britain to face the daunting economic, social, constitutional and foreign challenges that lie ahead.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reacting to Labour leader Ed Miliband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey called it a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098clear message of hope.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122   Following the address he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bEd Miliband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech today gave a clear message of hope to the millions of people who have suffered under the cruel economic and social policies of the coalition since it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[107],"wps_subtitle":"Voters have a crystal clear choice next May","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1564,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/1564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}