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INTRODUCTION

CONTENT AND COMMENT

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s o m e b o d y ' s m e a l . A f t e r t h a t , b e e f h o f u n h a s n e v e r t a s t e d q u i t et h e s a m e f o r m e a g a i n .T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n C a r o l E s j i l s o n a n d t h i s m i s e r a b l ew r e t c h i s t h a t s h e w a s a y o u n g , q u i t e a t t r a c t i v e w o m a n w h i l e h ew a s a s o m e w h a t o l d e r m a n , u n s h a v e n a n d u g l y w i t h i t . N o t t h es o r t o f p e r s o n y o u ' d i n v i t e i n t o y o u r l i v i n g r o o m . H e d i d n ' ta p p e a r t o b e m e n t a l l y d i s t u r b e d , j u s t a m a n d o w n o n h i s l u c k , b u tt h e s a m e c a n n o t b e s a i d f o r m a n y o f t h o s e o n e f i n d s o n t h es t r e e t s o f t h e c a p i t a l n o w a d a y s . T h e s e p e o p l e h a v e l i t e r a l l yb e e n f l u n g o u t o n t o t h e s t r e e t s a n d l e f t t o r o t . I f i t w o r e n o tf o r c h a r i t i e s a n d o t h e r a g e n c i e s o p e r a t i n g o u t s i d e t h e p u b l i cs e c t o r , m a n y o f t h e m w o u l d n o t s u r v i v e . ( e t h e r t h i s q u a l i t y o fl i f e i s w o r t h p r e s e r v i n g i s h i g h l y d e b a t e a b l e . C e r t a i n l y m a n yo r d i n a r y p e o p l e w o u l d c o n s i d e r t h e m s e l v e s b e t t e r o f f d e a d t h a nl i v i n g s u c h a s u b - h u m a n e x i s t e n c e .T h i s t h e n i s t h e r e a l N o r t h - S o u t h d i v i d e : a s o c i o - e c o n o m i cs c h i s m r a t h e r t h a n a g e o g r a p h i c a l o n e . F o r t h o s e a t t h e t o p o ft h e l a d d e r , l i f e ' s a b a l l ; f o r t h o s e o n t h e b o t t o m r u n g , i t ' sw o r k f a r e o r w a g e s l a v e r y . F o r t h o s e b e l o w e v e n t h a t i t ' s s l e e p i n gi n t h e g u t t e r a n d a m e a l o f s t a l e b e e f b u r g e r a n d f r e n c h f r i e sf o r a g e d f r o m a r u b b i s h b i n i n a c i t y w h i c h i s s t i l l o n e o f t h em a j o r f i n a n c i a l c e n t r e s o f t h e w o r l d .L O N G L I V E C A P I T A L I S M !

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sgmebody': meal. Af ter that , beef ho fun has never tasted qui tethe same for me again.The difference betrceen caror wirson and this miserabrewr-etch is that she rrzas a lour)gr quite attractive reorran r*rhile hewas a somer'*rat older manr unshaven and ugl-y with it. Not thesort of person you'd inv i te into your f iv ihe room. He didn' tappear to be mentally disturbed, just a m.n dSqn on his ruck, butthe sarne cannot be said for ma,ny of those one finds on thestreets of the capital nowadays.- These people have riterarlybeen f lung out onto the streets and lef t to- rot. rf it r,nre noifor charities _ang other_agencies operating outside the public:;ectorr many_ of them truuld not survive. t*rether this quality orlitg is srorth- preservi-ng is - liehly debatea.ble. certaiinry ir.nyordinary people qpuld considei themselves better off dead tha;living such a sub-human existence.This then is the real North-south divide: a socio-economicschism rather ttra.n a geographical one. For ttrose a.t the top ofthe ladder. l i fe 's a bal r i for those on the bottom FUrrr - i t 'slnrk{gre or-qra.ge sl_avery._ Fg. those berow even thatit's E}eepingin thq gutter and a. meal of stale beefburger and french fiie;foraged from a. rubbistr bin in a city rphich-is stil l one of thetnnjor fina.ncial centres of the r,nrld.LONG LIVE CEPITETISM!

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I T E M I S E D T E L E P H O N E B I L L S : A D O U B T F U L B L E S S I N G

A r e c e n t a n n o u n c e m e n t t h a t B T a r e t o p r o v i d e c u s t o m e r s w i t ht e m i s e d p h o n e b i l l s h a s c a u s e d c o n s t e r n a t i o n a m o n g s t t h ev o l u n t a r y g r o u p s w h o o p e r a t e t h e 0 8 0 0 s e r v i c e s . T h e y f e e l t h a tf r e c o r d s o f c a l l s a p p e a r o n b i l l s , p e o p l e w i l l b e d i s c o u r a g e df r o m u s i n g s u c h s e r v i c e s a s C h i l d l i n e , ( w h a t w i l l D a d d y s a y ? ) ;h e A I D S H e l p l i n e , ( w h o e l s e h a v e y o u b e e n s l e e p i n g w i t h ? ) ; a n dr i m e s t o p p e r s , ( w h o h a v e y o u b e e n g r a s s i n g u p ? ) . A s s u c h c a l l sa r e f r e e , t h e r e i s n o n e e d f o r t h e m t o b e b i l l e d a t a l l .E m p l o y e r s , a n d p a r e n t s o f l o v e s i c k t e e n a g e r s m a y b e g r a t e f u l , t h er e s t o f u s s h o u l d b e a l a r m e d ; b u t s o f a r h a r d l y a s q u e a k o fr o t e s t h a s b e e n f o r t h c o m i n g f r o m t h e u s u a l l y v o c a l c i v i li b e r t i e s l o b b y . T h e f a c t t h a t i t i s n o w p o s s i b l e ,( t h e o r e t i c a l l y a t a n y r a t e ) f o r B r i t i s h T e l e c o m t o r e c o r d t h ee s t i n a t i o n o f e v e r y c a l l m a d e i n t h e U K s h o u l d g i v e e v e r y h a l fa w a k e c i t i z e n n i g h t m a r e s .I f s u c h i n f o r m a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e t o B T i t i s o f c o u r s e ,v a i l a b l e t o t h e g o v e r n m e n t . S u c h i s t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f t h er e s e n t g e n e r a t i o n o f c o m p u t e r s t h a t a n y c a l l m a d e a t a n yp a r t i c u l a r t i m e c o u l d b e m a t c h e d a g a i n s t e v e r y o t h e r . B y c a r e f u lc r e e n i n g , c a l l s m a d e t o s p e c i f i c n u m b e r s - I R A s y m p a t h i s e r s ,n o w n o r s u s p e c t e d d r u g d e a l e r s , t r a d e u n i o n i s t s c o u l d b ee t a i l e d a n d , o n t h e m e r e s t s u s p i c i o n o f c r i m i n a l o r " d i s s i d e n t "a c t i v i t y , t a p s c o u l d b e a u t h o r i s e d .T h e s t o c k r e p l y o f t o t a l i t a r i a n a p o l o g i s t s i s : s o w h a t ? I fo u ' v e d o n e n o t h i n g w r o n g , y o u ' v e n o t h i n g t o h i d e . O n l y t h eu i l t y n e e d p r i v a c y , a n d a n y t h i n g w h i c h i n c r e a s e s t h e s e c u r i t y o fh e s t a t e a n d t h e i n s e c u r i t y o f t h e c r i m i n a l i s n o t o n l yu s t i f i a b l e b u t d e s i r a b l e .T h e p o i n t s s o o f t e n m i s s e d a r e t h a t t h e m o s t s e c u r e p l a c en y o n e c a n l i v e i n i s a p r i s o n , a n d t h a t t h e m o s t r u t h l e s s a n da n g e r o u s c r i m i n a l t h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y h a s b e e n t h e s t a t e . F a re t t e r o u r c i t i z e n s a r e p l a g u e d b y a m y r i a d o f o r d i n a r yc r i m i n a l s t h a n m o l l y c o d d l e d b y B i g B r o t h e r .

M o r e f r i g h t e n i n g s t i l l w i l l b e w h e n i t i s p o s s i b l e n o t j u s to i t e m i s e , b u t t o t a p a n d t a p e e v e r y p h o n e c a l l m a d e f r o mn y w h e r e i n t h e c o u n t r y a r o u n d t h e c l o c k . I f t h a t s o u n d sb s u r d l y f u t u r i s t i c , t h i n k a g a i n : t h e t e c h n o l o g y a n d t h e m e a n so d o i t i s p r o b a b l y r e a l i s a b l e t h i s c e n t u r y ; t h e w i l l t o d o i th a s b e e n h e r e f o r s o m e t i m e .

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A recent announcement that BT are to provlde customers withtemised phone b i r rs ha i - c^u=eo co^L i , . i - . ra t ro . , amo.gst theygr"ll l lv .sioups ortt" "p..*ti tn" osoo i"."i;;=. They f eer thatt records or car rs a i rpear" '1 .

p i i i i ; - ; ; ; ; i ; . * i i l 'G 'a i l l "u ragedrom usine such servi ies as cni iai i . r" ; -- i i f r I t , , r i r i Daddy say?)ihe AIDS HElp l ine , t * r ro - " r1" -n . " " -y " " 'n . i " f r *ep ing wi th?) ; andrimestopperi , , i :a:_fr1;"- t ; ; u*"r , E..=i i ie Jpzl . As such cartsre free' there is no need-for them-L"-n*"Ei i red at al l .mployers, and parents Jf-r"""=ict teena!.i!*,o.y be gratefurl theest of us should ue ariimeE;- -n"t*=;-F;; hardly a squeak ofrotest tra.s' b-."r rortn-oming rrom -tne usualry vocar civiribert ies lobby. TM---f ; ; t thtt - i t *r-s n.,w possibte,theoret icatrv- 6.t any i?tel-- for ai i { is i -Terecom to record thesffi:Tl+il..6lrE;;H.!='li-*o" in t[e-ui{ h;;i; Ei'* .iIIy" n.rrrf such i i formtion is avairable to BT it is of coursrvairabre to the gover*ni . sucn- i ; i [ .* ef f ic iency of theresent fleneration- of co'ob,rt".= --r-n^t Jiiy "*r i - ^rii6 ;t anyart icular t imp-could-be ; i l ; "d-;g. i ; ; i r " i .v other. By carefur.creeningr calls rmde to ipecifi" .,,rrr..; 'f - iiil^;ydittil".=,Knosrn or susoected drug deaiers, trade unionrsts could beetaired andr - on the *F.=[-i,rspicion-oi J.i.r.r. l or "dissident,,c t iv i tyr taps coulO Ue aut f ro i i=LO. *- * !The stock fFpty "r f . i . i i t ; ; i ; . apg- tgeis ts is: so wtrat? r fou 've done noth in! t^rr-o. tgr-- !or ' ,u. nbtn i ie to hide. OnIy theuirty need privacyi and invtfriig'-rtt irt"i iJ.=.l=*s the security ori*rrif*i" o'lg":::."i*;-";iit- ;i--ti;"-";.iili.,.r i.--;;i- onlyThe points -so often missed are that the most secure prace'nyone can rive in is a prison-r and that trr- most ruthress andangerous ".i.i?:l_tn.""!i-,",rt'ni=t"iy"i,*i n"E, tn. state. Faretter our citiSgns arE pragued -6v -i *ilriao of ord'naryriminars than norry coJorea-ui"eit e.6tnJ..-'More f r iehteni . rg . - i r r 'o i r r 6"-L[ ; ; - i i is possibre not justo itemise, Ey! F- i;o^;r,j- t.p* -.;;;; ;;";e ca.rr made f romn5rwtrere in thg- country r.orr.ra--tn.='ir5.[. ' Ir that soundsbsurdly futurrislic1 {ni i l t .e.in, tn"-!""iinorogy and the *eanso do i t is orobably real isaEle th is century i the wi l l to do rtas been here ' for sore t i re .


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t i m e w o r k a n d w h o h a d n o v i s i b l e m e a n s o f s u r p o r r c h o u i o u er e q u i r e d t o w o r k f o r t h e i r - b e n e f i t s . I t i s n o t k r o w r x i f E rH e s e l t i n e ' s d i s t a s t e o f u n e a r n e d i n c o m e e x t e n d s L u h I r : -p o r t f o l i o , b u t h e i s a d a m a n t t h a t a b l e b o d i e d m e n a n d w o m e n wh or e f u s e t o w o r k f o r t h e i r b e n e f i t s h o u l d r e c e i v e n o n e . T h e c h o r u sw a s t a k e n u p b y N o r m a n F o w l e r , S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e f o r - E m p l o y m e n ta l t h o u g h h e s t r e s s e d i n t h e f i r s t i n s t a n c e t h a t t h e s c h e m e w o u l db e p u r e l y v o l u n t a r y . A n o t h e r s c h e m e w h i c h b e g a n l i f e i n t h ev o l u n t a r y s e c t o r w a s R e s t a r t .

R E S T A R T : F R O M V E L V E T G L O V E T O I R O N F I S T

B e t w e e n A p r i l a n d A u g u s t o f 1 9 8 7 , J o b C e n t r e s c o n t a c t e d o v e r o n em i l l i o n u n e m p l o y e d p e o p l e , a n d s o m e 8 4 0 , 0 0 0 a t t e n d e d R e s t a r ti n t e r v i e w s . I n p r i n c i p l e , t h e i d e a o f R e s t a r t i s a g o o d o n e .C e r t a i n l y m o s t , l o n g t e r m u n e m p l o y e d p e o p l e g e t t h e m s e l v e s i n t o ar u t p s y c h o l o g i c a l l y , a n d n e e d t o m o t i v a t e t h e m s e l v e s . M a n y a l s od o n o t k n o w h o w t o e f f e c t i v e l y l o o k f o r a j o b b e s i d e s v i s i t i n gt h e i r l o c a l j o b c e n t r e o n c e a w e e k a n d t a k i n g c a r d s o f f t h en o t i c e b o a r d . A t R e s t a r t i n t e r v i e w s s o m e o f t h e w a y s o u t o fu n e m p l o y m e n t w o u l d b e s u g g e s t e d b y t h e i n t e r v i e w e r / c o u n s e l l o r .T h e s e w o u l d i n c l u d e t h e C o m m u n i t y P r o g r a m m e , ( n o w s c r a p p e d ) , a n dt h e E n t e r p r i s e A l l o w a n c e S c h e m e . T h e l a t t e r , i n s p i t e o f i t sh i g h f a i l u r e r a t e , h a s l e d t o m a n y t h o u s a n d s o f p r e v i o u s l yu n e m p l o y e d m e n a n d w o m e n s t a r t i n g u p a n d r u n n i n g t h e i r o w ns u c c e s s f u l , t h r i v i n g b u s i n e s s e s . I n f a c t , f o r t h o s e w i t h s o m ec a p i t a l t o i n v e s t , ( e g r e d u n d a n t w o r k e r s w i t h s i z e a b l e g o l d e nh a n d s h a k e s ) t h e g o v e r n m e n t h a s m a d e a v a i l a b l e a n u m b e r o f d i r e c ta n d i n d i r e c t s c h e m e s v a r y i n g f r o m c o u r s e s i n b u s i n e s s m a n a g e m e n tt o g u a r a n t e e d l o a n s , a n d t h e y s h o u l d c e r t a i n l y b e g i v e n c r e d i tf o r t h i s . O n e c a n n o t c h a l l e n g e t h e s i n c e r i t y o f t h e T h a t c h e rg o v e r n m e n t ' s d e v o t i o n t o t h e e n t e r p r i s e c u l t u r e . H o w e v e r , f o rt h o s e w i t h o u t a n e s t e g g t o d i p i n t o , ( t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h eu n e m p l o y e d , a n d n e a r l y a l l t h e l o n g t e r m u n e m p l o y e d ) , t h e e l e m e n to f e n c o u r a g e m e n t a n d n u r t u r e h a s b e e n r e p l a c e d b y o n e o f c o e r c i o na n d c o m p u l s i o n .I n M a y o f l a s t y e a r , f o r m a l t e s t i n g w a s i n t r o d u c e d i n t o t h eR e s t a r t i n t e r v i e w s . T h e i n v i t a t i o n t o a t t e n d i s o n e w h i c h , i fr e f u s e d o r i g n o r e d , c a n a n d d o e s l e a d t o t h e c l a i m a n t ' s b e n e f i tb e i n g s t o p p e d . I n f a c t , I m e t o n e y o u n g b l a c k m a n w h o w a s v e r yd i s t r e s s e d w h e n h i s b e n e f i t w a s s t o p p e d o n t h i s p r e t e x t , e v e nt h o u g h h e h a d a c t u a l l y a t t e n d e d t h e i n t e r v i e w !T h e R e s t a r t f o r m n o w c o n s i s t s o f n o f e w e r t h a n 2 2q u e s t i o n s , a l l o f wh ich must b e a n s w e r e d . Y o u d o n ' t w i n a

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t ime w i t r :nc is i -c> i r i : {_ rv . .T ipor t fo l io ' bu t he is a.damant tha t ab le bodieci men ar td \ ^ {mer ) wlrore fuse to r i ro rk for the i r benef i t shou ld rece ive none^ The c i ru r usuras. takFn ltp b), Norman Fordlerr Secretary Gf State for- Emplo.y'rtrcni-ra l though he s t ressed in the f i rs t ins tance th ; r t l :he =chbme-u. . r - ru lc ibe_ pure ly voruntary . Another scheme which began l i fe in thevoluntary sector rpas Restart.

RESTART:FROM VELVET GLOVE TO IRON FIST

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c o c o n u t i f y o u g e t t h e m a l l c o r r e c t . b u t y o u d o r u n t h e r i s k o fl o s i n g c o n s i d e r a b l y m o r e s h o u l d y o u g i v e a w r o n g a n s w e r . M a n y o ft h e q u e s t i o n s a r e a m b i g u o u s , o r o f t h e t y p e : H a v e y o u l e t o f fb e a t i n g y o u r w i f e ? W h a t f o r e x a m p l e i s a c l a i m a n t s u p p o s e d t oa n s w e r t o : W h a t i s t h e m i n i m u m w a g e y o u w i l l a c c e p t ? o r : H o w f a ra r e y o u p r e p a r e d t o t r a v e l t o w o r k ? T h e f o r m h a s t o b e s e e n t ob e b e l i e v e d ; i t i s n o t s o m u c h a q u e s t i o n n a i r e a s a n i n q u i s i t i o n .C l e a r l y t h e e m p h a s i s o f R e s t a r t h a s s h i f t e d f r o m a s s i s t i n gt h e u n e m p l o y e d t o f i n d w o r k t o " g r e a t e r t e s t i n g o f t h e c l a i m a n t ' sa v a i l a b i l i t y f o r w o r k . " t o q u o t e v e r b a t i m . T h e r e i s t a l k n o w o fc l a i m a n t s b e i n g r e q u i r e d t o g i v e w r i t t e n e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e y a r ea c t i v e l y s e e k i n g w o r k e v e r y t i m e t h e y s i g n o n .

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A c c o r d i n g t o H u g h L a n s d o w n e o f t h e W o o l w i c h b a s e d u n e m p l o y m e n tc e n t r e G A G O U , ( G r e e n w i c h A c t i o n G r o u p O n U n e m p l o y m e n t ) , t h ee v e n t u a l a i m s o f t h e n e w s y s t e m a r e t o a ) p r i v a t i s e t h e e n t i r eb e n e f i t s a n d " r e t r a i n i n g " s y s t e m s , a n d b ) t o c r e a t e a n e wu n d e r c l a s s , a s e r v a n t c l a s s . I r a i s e d m y e y e b r o w s a t t h i ss u g g e s t i o n , b u t h e s h o w e d n o t t h e g h o s t o f a s m i l e . I n d e e d , i tw a s m s d e w i t h s u c h c o n v i c t i o n t h a t I f o u n d i t i m p o s s i b l e t od i s m i s s t h e i d e a a s e m p t y M a r x i s t r h e t o r i c . I t w a s t h e S e c o n dW o r l d W a r , s a y s H u g h t h a t l i b e r a t e d t h e u n d e r c l a s s i n t h i sc o u n t r y . B e f o r e t h e w a r , a n d c e r t a i n l y b e f o r e t h e F i r s t W o r l dW a r , e v e r y b o d y w h o w a s a n y b o d y h a d t o h a v e a t l e a s t o n e s e r v a n t .S e r v a n t s , h e s a y s c o u l d n ' t a f f o r d t o r a i s e f a m i l i e s , a n d w e r ed e p e n d e n t o n t h e i r m a s t e r / e m p l o y e r . H e m e n t i o n s t h e n e w t r e n d o fp r o m o t i n g i n - w o r k b e n e f i t s s u c h a s f a m i l y c r e d i t , a n d s a y s t h a tu n d e r t h e n e w , p r o p o s e d l e g i s l a t i o n a n e m p l o y e r w o u l d b e a b l e t oo f f e r a n a p p l i c a n t a j o b o n a n y w a g e , e v e n f i v e p o u n d s p e r w e e k ,a n d t h e a p p l i c a n t w o u l d b e o b l i g e d t o a c c e p t o r h a v e h i s b e n e f i tc u t o f f . H i s t a k e h o m e p a y w o u l d t h e n b e m s d e u p t o s u b s i s t a n c el e v e l s b y i n c o m e s u p p o r t a n d f a m i l y c r e d i t .

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coconu t i f , you g e t them a l l co r rec t . bu t yo u do run the r i sk o flos ing con: iderablv more should you give a iurong ans( . rer . Man5r of!h" . -quest ions are ambi-guous, oi of - the type: -Have you 1ei 'of fbeating. youl_ wife? L.)trat for example is l-claimant iupposed toansrrrer to: t*rat is ttre minimum r^ragE you wirl accept? oii How far{e you prepared to travel to rprk? The form hai to be seen tobe berieved; it is not so much a questionnaire as an inquisit ion.clearly -ttt" ggp4asis_ of Resfart has shif ted f rom 'assistingthe-unegplgv"4 to find rrcrk to "greater testing of the craimant' iavaiLabir ity for r*ork." to quote-verbatim. TEere is talk now ofcraimants bg+"9 required to_give qrritten evidence ttrat they areactively seeking c/ork everJrtime they sign on.

THE NEW POOR LA[^I

According to Hugh Lansdorrne of the 9boksich based unemplovmentcentre GAGOf.J, (Greenwich Action Group On Unemplojrment)r- theeventual airn of the new s5rstem are to-a) privatise -the entirebenefits and 'tetraining" s5rstemsr and -b) to create a newunderc'lassr a servant cLass. r raised my eyebrows at thissuggestione -but he shorrcd not the ghost of a-smile. Indeedr it\ras made with such conviction thit r found it impossible- todismiss the idea as empty Harxist rhetoric. rt was'the secondlbrld {^lar' says Hugh- tha.t liberated the undercrass in thisc_ountry. Before the sarr and certainly before the First WoriOqlar' everybody rlho was anybody had to ha.le at reast one servant.Servantsrtre says couldn't afford to ra.ise familis5, and tleredependent on their m-ter/eqrloyer. He mentions the new trend ofpromoting in-qrcrk benefits such- Bs fami ry credit, and says thatunder the newr proposed legistation an efrptoyer qpurd ue iule tooff.er. an a.pplicant a job on any rdag1 eveir five pounds per rreek,and the-app_l_lcant qDuld be obliged to accept or hive his- benefitcut off . His take horg p.y rrpurd then be- made up to sutrsistanceIevels by income support and fam;ly credit.

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I a s k e d H u g h a b o u t j o b c l u b s ; w e r e n ' t t h e y a n a l t e r n a t i v e t o E T ?O v e r t h e p a s t c o u p l e o f y e a r s t h e g o v e r n m e n t h a s r u n a n u m b e r o fa d v e r t i s e m e n t s i n t h e p r e s s a n d o n T V p r o m o t i n g j o b c l u b s . T h ei d e a o f t h e j o b c l u b w a s / i s , a p p a r e n t l y , t o f i n d e a c h m e m b e r t h eb e s t j o b i n t h e s h o r t e s t p o s s i b l e t i m e . T h e c l u b s p r o v i d e u s e o fn e w s p a p e r s , t e l e p h o n e s , s t a m p s , a d v i c e A c c o r d i n g t o H u g h ,m e m b e r s o f t h e W o o l w i c h J o b C l u b h a d t o m a k e t e n j o b a p p l i c a t i o n sa d a y ' I f n o t h i n g e l s e , t h i s b r i n g s a s u b t l e i r o n y t o o n e o f t h ec a t c h p h r a s e s u s e d i n t h e a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n " f i n d i n g a j o bi s a j o b i n i t s e l f . "

T H E M Y T H O F E M P L O Y M E N T T R A I N I N G

R e t u r n i n g t o E T , i t s i m m e d i a t e p r e d e c e s s o r w a s C P . T h i s i s n o tc o r p o r a l p u n i s h m e n t , b u t C o m m u n i t y P r o g r a m m e . C P w a s r u n b y t h eM a n p o w e r S e r v i c e s C o m m i s s i o n , ( n o w a b o l i s h e d a n d r e p l a c e d b y an e w T r a i n i n g C o m m i s s i o n ) . T h o u g h o f t e n c r i t i c i s e d , t h e C o m m u n i t yP r o g r a m m e h a d i t s g o o d p o i n t s . C P c o n s i s t e d o f f u l l t i m e a n da r t t i m e j o b s , m a n y o f t h e m w i t h s o m e t r a i n i n g a n d o f f e r i n gp r o p e r w o r k e x p e r i e n c e . J o b s v a r i e d f r o m l a n d s c a p e g a r d e n i n g a n du r s e r y w o r k t o i n s u l a t i n g o l d p e o p l e s ' h o m e s a n d s p o r t sc o a c h i n g . T h e r e w e r e a l s o s o m e f i n a n c i a l i n c e n t i v e s . M o s t p a r tt i m e w o r k e r s w e r e m o r e t h a n f i f t e e n p o u n d s p e r w e e k b e t t e r o f ft h a n o n t h e d o l e . M e n w h o w o r k e d f u l l t i m e w e r e 1 2 8 . 8 7 n e t i np o c k e t , a n d w o m e n 2 6 . 6 2 o n C P o n a v e r a g e .E T h a s n o s u c h f i n a n c i a l i n c e n t i v e s , a n d n o t h i n g a t t h e e n dt o s h o w f o r i t . I t i s i n f a c t a s t r i c t l y w o r k f o r b e n e f i t sc h e m e . P a r t i c i p a n t s a r e p a i d t h e i r b e n e f i t p l u s a " p r e m i u m " o ft e n t o t w e l v e p o u n d s p e r w e e k . O u t o f t h i s , " t r a i n e e s " h a v e t oe e t t h e i r c o s t s o f w o r k i n g : e a t i n g o u t f o r e x a m p l e , a n d t h ef i r s t f i v e p o u n d s o f t h e i r t r a v e l e x p e n s e s .

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JOB CLUBS

I a 'sked Huqh about job clubsi srcren ' t they an ar ter -nat ive to ET?ver the 6ast g:"pl:-qi-t;#. .t[;-;"_;"i"il"t"n.s run a number ordvert isemints in the pre3s and on TV-promoting job crubs. Thedea of the job cLub.sls7i i , --- .p*fgnt ly, to f ind each member theest iob in the_shgrtesi possiuib t ime.-- 'r t rE iruns provide use ofe(. lspapersr telephones, - 5famnsr_ advice::- : . : Acco-rding to Hugh,embers of the qbal(,r ich-rou -cr iru- trao-io-mat" ' i"" :ob appricat ionsa dav! rf nothing 9rs9, i t r is-u- ing; ;- .Gt l ."r- .orry to one of theatchphrases dseii in the idveiti. i.te-"Iil i i iE.;: :.-:.ii^;iig"i :ons a j o b i n i t s e l f . "

THE MYTH OF EMPLOYMENT TRAINING

Returning to_ETr its i.mmediate predecessor qras cp. This is notg,orporal punishment, but Connunitt-F;ggf.;d: Cp rpas run by theanpoq=r services csrnmi55ien, _(n6s #irslGa_."a i"prlJiia"6v aew Training comissionl. -rntiugn ofgen-iiitiJi.=i J,' ;f,;*E;;rfnityHrogrAmme had _its, qood pointsr _ cp-consiitEo "r furl tine anda'rt time ioE:._4v "t-iLEil *it[-=o'a-a;;i"iG -.ra -6ilie.ingproper rrcrk experi-encei Job's variea iion i.ili=".p" gardening andursery *.k -!o-_il=ylq!irre old peoFfes;'- nones and sportsgg3lhilg:,__ There rrcre arso ""n"-ii".fiEi5i-irr".ntives. Most- partr-rre workers rrere nore tha.n f ifteen pounas-$r veek, better . of fhan on the dole. -Gn-.,rrro- *6lrlEo"rilIil'iid:o*." zz.az net in;rccketr and rrcmen f.Zg.ei- on"CF on a;eiaie:-ET has no ggch rinanciir i--ircEiitivEil--rrro nothing at the endo show for it. tal;-i; i.a9! a-stiictry--rcrr for benefitscherne. partic-i.palt:_fi pfia-tt"i.-##;it ptus a ,,premium,, ofen to tt'elve oounds_per qei:t


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S e v e r a l b l u e c h i p c o m p a n i e s h a v e t a k e n u p t h e E T s c h e m e ,i n c l u d i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n g i a n t T a y l o r J o o d r o w a n d t h e s u p e r m a r k e tc h a i n S a i n s b u r y . N o d o u b t t h e l a t t e r ' s e n t h u s i a s m f o r t h e s c h e m eh a s w a n e d c o n s i d e r a b l y s i n c e a n u m b e r o f L o n d o n s t o r e s w e r ep i c k e t e d b y t h e S o u t h E a s t L o n d o n A n t i - W o r k f a r e M o v e m e n t . 1 - l u g ha g a i n : S a i n s b u r y ' s g i v e t h e i r s t a f f t w o d a y s o n t h e j o bt r a i n i n g : s o m u c h f o r w o r k e x p e r i e n c e . S o i n t h e o r y , a n dp r a c t i c e , o n e c a n f i n d t w o m e n w o r k i n g s i d e b y s i d e , o n e t a k i n gh o m e a h u n d r e d a n d t w e n t y p o u n d s a w e e k , a n d t h e o t h e r d o i n ge x a c t l y t h e s a m e j o b f o r h i s d o l e m o n e y . O b v i o u s l y a nu n s c r u p u l o u s o r g r e e d y e m p l o y e r w o u l d t h i n k n o t h i n g o f s a c k i n gt h e f i r s t m a n o n s o m e p r e t e x t a n d t a k i n g o n a n o t h e r E T " t r a i n e e "i n h i s p l a c e .I n c r e d i b l y t h e T U C , ( T r a d e s U n i o n C o n g r e s s ) g a v e E T t h eg r e e n l i g h t . P e r h a p s t h e y h a v e b e c o m e s o e i m c u l a t e d b y a n t i -t r a d e u n i o n l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t t h e y c o u l d d o n o t h i n g b u t t a m e l ya c q u i e s c e . O r p e r h a p s t h e y d i d n ' t a p p r e c i a t e w h e r e i t w o u l dl e a d . A t a n y r a t e , a n i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f i n d i v i d u a l t r a d eu n i o n i s t s a n d u n i o n s h a v e b e e n w a k i n g u p t o t h e r e a l i t y o f E T . I nA u g u s t o f l a s t y e a r , t h r e e o f t h e c o u n t r y ' s b i g g e s t u n i o n s : t h eT G W , N A L G O a n d N I J P E w e n t s o f a r a s t o s p o n s o r a b o o k l e t : " S q u a r eP e g s I n R o u n d H o l e s " w h i c h r o u n d l y c o n d e m n s t h e s c h e m e a n d c a l l sf o r p r o p e r t r a i n i n g a n d a d e q u a t e r a t e s o f p a y .T h e s l o g a n o f E T i s " L e t ' s t r a i n t h e w o r k e r s w i t h o u t j o b s t od o t h e j o b s w i t h o u t w o r k e r s . " I n s o m e a r e a s , g r a f i t t i a r t i s t sh a v e a l t e r e d c a m p a i g n p o s t e r s t o r e a d " t h e j o b s w i t h o u tw a g e s , " a n d o t h e r w i t t y b u t d e p r e s s i n g l y t r u e c a p t i o n s . T h ee x t e n t t o w h i c h E T h a s b e e n b o t h a c t i v e l y b o y c o t t e d a n d s i m p l ya v o i d e d c a n b e g l e a n e d f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g f i g u r e s : N A C R O - t h eN a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e C a r e a n d R e s e t t l e m e n t o f O f f e n d e r sh a s s o f a r m a n a g e d t o r e c r u i t l e s s t h a n 2 , 0 0 0 o u t o f t h e 2 0 , 0 0 0r e q u i r e d , i n s p i t e o f t h e m a n a g e m e n t ' s r e m o v a l o f a l l t h o s e s t a f fw h o o p p o s e t h e s c h e m e . I n p r o v i n c i a l N o r w i c h n o t o n e u n e m p l o y e d

p e r s o n w a s r e c r u i t e d o n t o i t . T h e l a t t e r i s r e m a r k a b l e s i n c em a n y l e s s a w a r e u n e m p l o y e d p e o p l e a r e b e i n g l e f t w i t h t h ei m p r e s s i o n a t R e s t a r t i n t e r v i e w s t h a t i f a l l e l s e f a i l s , E T i sc o m p u l s o r y . W e l l , i t i s n t , y e t ' A n d i f t h e A n t i - W o r k f a r eM o v e m e n t a n d o t h e r o r g a n i s a t i o n s k e e p u p t h e p r e s s u r e , i t w o n ' tb e c o m e s o .

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RESPONSE TO ET

Severar blue ghip _compa-nies trave taken up the ET schemelincluding constructiqn gialt Tgylor trloodrow aird the supernnrketchain Sainsbury. No doubt the latter's enthusiasm for tire schemeha.s rpaned considerably since a number of London stores \rerepicketed _by the South Enql 1-or1{on Alti-Glorkfare tloverent. Uughgalni Sainsbury's _give their sta.ff tqn dnys trn the :6ntraining: so much for qprk experience. So in theory, anapracticer- one can find tqp Een rrrorking gide py side, on*-i,atinghoue a hundred and tqEnt!' pound< a r,ueek, ani trre other doinfiexa.ctly the sFme job for his dole lEoney. Obviouslv anunscrupulous or greedy smFloyer rgourd think nothing of sa6kingthe first man on some. pretert and taking on anothei ET "trainee"i-n his place.Incre9ibly the TUC, (Trades Union Congress) gave ET thegregn light- _ Pg.It pg they have become so ei.sculaled by anti-trade union legislation ttra.t ltrev- could do nothing but- t-"relygrcquiesce. or -pelttaps they didir't appreii-ate qfiEre it -r*ourd1egd. _ At any rater an increa-sing nirfober of individual iradeunionists and unions trs.ve been rdaking up to the rearity of ET. rn4gg::=t-.gr^1*t -Y34r' ttrree o{ the country's biggest uiriorrsl theTG[dtr NAL@ and NLJPE spnt so far as to slinsor d-bookret: 'iSctus.reE.g= In Round Holes" qltlich roundly condEmns the scheme ana cLftifor proper_ traini.ng_and adeqrrate rates of pa.y._ - prc _slogan of ET is "I_et's tra.in the ipFkers q/ithout jobs todo the jobs qdthout \rDrkers." In some a.reFqr grafitti artistshave altered canpaign posters to read "......tFe jobs rpithouterErgrESl" -and - other_rvitty- but 4epressingry true captions. Theertent to strich ET has been both actiieiy_Foycottei and sirnplyavoided can be.glganed frop the forlowing-figirres: NAcRo - ttrLNational Association for the Ca.re and Reiett]--ement of Offenclershas so far managed to- recruit less than 2rooo out of the 2oroooreguiredr in spite of the nranager'nt's removal of arI ttrose starrrrrho oppose ttre scbgmq. In provincial Norqrich not one unenployedperson qras recruited on to it. The latter is remarkable -sinceunny less arrare - uneryloyed people are being left with theimFression at_ Resta.rt intervierps tfra.t if al1 el-se failsr ET isc_oryulsory. qbll r it isnt r yet ! And if the Anti -Workf areHoverent and other organisations keep up the pressrirer it spn'tbecore so.

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T h e g o v e r n m e n t i s c o m m i t t e d n o t j u s t t o p u s h i n g w o r k f a r e , ( l e t ' sc a l l a s p a d e a s p a d e ) , t o r e d u c e t h e u n e m p l o y m e n t s t a t i s t i c s , b u ta l s o a p p e a r s t o b e e n g a g i n g i n a c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f s t o c h a s t i c a lg y m n a s t i c s i n o r d e r t o m a n i p u l a t e t h e u n e m p l o y m e n t f i g u r e sd o w n w a r d s . S i n c e 1 9 8 2 t h e m e t h o d o f c o u n t i n g t h e u n e m p l o y e d h a sc h a n g e d n o f e w e r t h a n 2 8 t i m e s 1 W h e n t h e y c l a i m u n e m p l o y m e n t i sn o w b e l o w t h e t w o m i l l i o n m a r k t h e y a r e e x c l u d i n g t h e r e m a i n i n gC P w o r k e r s ( 8 8 , 0 0 0 ) , t h o s e o n t h e E n t e r p r i s e S c h e m e ( 9 3 , 0 0 0 ) , t h e1 0 6 , 0 0 0 w h o - h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n i n d u c t e d o n t o E T a n d t h e 4 2 8 , 0 0 0o n t h e ( c o m p u l s o r y ) Y o u t h T r a i n i n g S c h e m e : n o t r a i n i n g = n ob e n e f i t . T h e s e f i g u r e s a r e b y n o m e a n s i n c l u s i v e . A n d t h eg o v e r n m e n t i s n o t o n l y c o n t i n u i n g t o j u g g l e w i t h t h e f i g u r e s , b u ti s s t e p p i n g u p i t s p r o p a g a n d a c a m p a i g n s , b o t h a g a i n s t t h e l o n gt e r m u n e m p l o y e d a n d f o r E T .

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I f a n y o n e t h i n k s l a b o u r c a m p s a r e a n a l i e n p h e n o m e n o n t h e y h a db e s t t h i n k a g a i n . F o r a s w e l l a s u n d e r t h e N a z i s a n d t h e G u l a gA r c h i p e l a g o , t h e y w e r e a l s o f o u n d i n B r i t a i n i n t h e n i n e t e e nt h i r t i e s . T h e s e c a m p s d i d n o t h a v e b a r b e d w i r e a n d a r m e d g u a r d s ,b u t t h e e l e m e n t o f c o m p u l s i o n w a s s t i l l t h e r e : n o w o r k = n o d o l e .W h e r e h a v e w e h e a r d t h a t b e f o r e ? N o r m a n F o w l e r p e r h a p s ? T h eB r i t i s h l a b o u r c a m p s h a v e b e e n h i g h l i g h t e d b y a r e c e n t l yp u b l i s h e d b o o k : L a b o u r C a m p s : T h e B r i t i s h E x p e r i e n c e , a n d b y ad r a m a t i z a t i o n : B r a n d o n : T h e S p i r i t O f R e s i s t a n c e , w h i c h i sc u r r e n t l y o n a t o u r s p o n s o r e d b y t h e t r a d e u n i o n N A L G O . T h e p l a yi s p e r f o r m e d b y S h e f f i e l d P o p u l a r T h e a t r e C o m p a n y a n d i s b a s e d o nt h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f u n e m p l o y e d m e n i n t h e 3 0 ' s , ( s o m e 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 o ft h e m ) w h o w e r e s e n t t o l a b o u r c a m p s t o " h a r d e n t h e m u p . " T h e s ec a m p s w e r e s e t u p t o t r a i n a s o n e m i n i s t e r p u t i t " a c e r t a i nc l a s s o f m e n " w h o h a d b e e n s o f t e n e d b y b e i n g o n t h e d o l e t o ol o n g . T h e y w e r e l o c a t e d i n r u r a l a r e a s . T h e m e n w h o a t t e n d e dw e r e g i v e n f o u r s h i l l i n g s a w e e k p o c k e t m o n e y a n d w e r e s e t t ow o r k o n a v a r i e t y o f t a s k s s u c h a s f o r e s t r y a n d c a r p e n t r y , w h i c h ,l i k e E T i n v o l v e d n o r e a l t r a i n i n g a n d n o t h i n g t o s h o w a t t h e e n do f i t , n o q u a l i f i c a t i o n a n d n o r e c o g n i s e d w o r k e x p e r i e n c e . P a r to f t h e " t r a i n i n g " i n c l u d e d d i g g i n g a n d r e f i l l i n g h o l e s a n d o t h e re q u a l l y s o u l - d e s t r o y i n g e x e r c i s e s .

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The_government is commit ted not just to pushing rr rcrkfare, ( let 'sca l l a spade a.spade) ' to reduce the uneiop loymEnt sta t l i t i cs l nutarso appears to be engaging in a cer ta in 'am6unt of stochai t , icargymnastics in order to ma.nipulate the unemproyment figuresdownqrards. Since 1982 the method of counting tire i-rnenploy-E h.sctranged_ no f errrer than 28 times ! . - trlhen they cl-airn ,rn..pioyil..tt i=noe, below the tvrc milr ion mark_ thgy a.re e-xcruding the' r6maining9P_oqlF. .s (88rOOO), those on the Eir terpr ise Schei le tSe,OOO)l the106 '000 rr rho-have al rea4y been inducted-on to ET and the aza,oooon l f tS (gompulsory) Youth Tra in ing Scheme: no training I . roDener l t . lhese f igures are by no means inc lus ive. And thegovernrnent is not only cont inuing to juggle with the f igures, buti:__=!:qellg yq it: eioe3sanda danpaisiir both againi tne'roneterm unemployed and for ET.

MOVINC THE GOALPOSIS

LABOUR CAMPS

rf . aT{/gnF thinks labour camFs are an alien phenomenon they had:E::"trrrnk_agar-n. For as qrerl as under the Nazis and the -GulagArchlpelago, they srere also found in Britain in. the nineteeithlrtres. Trrese caEps did_not have barbed wire and armed guardslbut the element of compursion qras stirr there: no $ork = nE dote.l*rere have tp heard that before? Norman Fowler p.itt.psi TheBritish labour _ cg.trps _have been _highlighted by a -iecentrypubrished book: ^Labour c.rp=: The grif isn-Experiefice, ano-uy-idramtization: Brandon: The Spirit Of Resistance, - orti.n - i,gytlgl}ll oq p tgyr-:pol:ofea Fy- the trade_union NALGo. rne prii|p perforngcl by shef f ierd_ Popurar Theatre company a.nd is basett o-nl le -exper lences of .unemproyed men in the 30 ' i , - (some l2orooo ofttreno) qrtro rrere sent to la.bour camps to "harden them up. " Thesecamps $ere set _up tq traln as one minister put it i 'a certaincrass of ren" srho- had been softened by bein! on ttre -ooie- toolong. _They _rdere located in rurar areal . ThE men qrho attendedqprg given four shilli-ngs a rseek pocket money and *reie s. t toqnrk on a variety of task{_such_as iorestry ani .arpe.tt iyr-*tt i_.n,l ike ET invorved no rear traini-ng and notlring to show ai-ttre ena9f i! ' I lg qtgalif ication and no reEognised .,rorE .xp-iien-e. -i;..tot thF "traini-ngl' included digging and refilring holes and otherequall-y soul -destroying exercises.

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s e c u r i t i e s , t h e r e w o u l d b e n o N a t i o n a l D e b t , a n d n o u n e m p l o y m e n tb e c a u s e t h e r e s u l t i n g i n c r e a s e i n p u r c h a s i n g p o w e r w o u l d m e a n w ec o u l d a l l l i v e c o m f o r t a b l y b y w o r k i n g a t h r e e o r e v e n a t w o d a ye e k !I e y e h i m s u s p i c i o u s l y a t t h i s p o i n t , b u t h e b a c k s u p h i sc l a i m w i t h c o n c r e t e d o c u m e n t a t i o n . A s l o n g a g o a s 1 5 8 1 , t h eE c o n o m i c R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t s h o u l dr e a t e a l l i - i s o w n c r e d i t f o r p u b l i c w o r k s a n d t h a t t h i s w o u l da v e s a v e d o v e r t h i r t y t h o u s a n d m i l l i o n p o u n d s s i n c e t h e W a r ." T h e p r o b l e m , " s a y s S t a n , " i s a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l o n e . T h e o n l yp l a c e w h e r e t h e s t a t e d o e s c r e a t e i t s o w n c r e d i t i s t h e I s l a n d o fG u e r n s e y . E v e r y o t h e r c o u n t r y i n t h e w o r l d b o r r o w s m o n e y a ti n t e r e s t w h e n i t c o u l d c r e a t e i t s o w n c r e d i t a s a s o v e r e i g nr i g h t ." T h e n w h y d o n ' t t h e y ? " I a s k ." W h y d o e s n ' t t h e g o v e r n m e n t b a n s m o k i n g ? T h a t k i l l s a h u n d r e dt h o u s a n d p e o p l e e v e r y y e a r . "I s h a k e m y h e a d ." B e c a u s e i t ' s a r a c k e t , " h e s a y s , " t h e w h o l e s y s t e m i s a r a c k e t . "

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G A G O U a n d o t h e r u n e m p l o y e d c e n t r e s d o n ' t g o a s f a r a s S t a n , b u th e y d o , i n t e r e s t i n g l y , a d v o c a t e t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e m e a n se s t e d b e n e f i t s y s t e m , a n d i t s r e p l a c e m e n t b y a b a s i c i n c o m e .A m a z i n g l y t h i s i d e a i s a l s o m o o t e d i n p a r t b y M i l t o n F r i e d m a n ,r s T h a t c h e r ' s m o n e t a r i s t g u r u . F r i e d m a n i n c l i n e s m o r e t o an e g a t i v e i n c o m e t a x , b u t H u g h L a n s d o w n e s a y s t h a t t h e b a s i cn c o m e w o u l d s o l v e a l l t h e p r o b l e m s ; - T h i s i s m u c h l i k e S t a n ' sS o c i a l C r e d i t , t h e m a i n d i f f e r e n c e b e i n g t h a t t h i s w o u l d n o t b e ac r e d i t c r e a t e d b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t , b u t o n e f i n a n c e d o u t o ft a x a t i o n . T h e p r o b l e m m o s t u n s k i l l e d p e o p l e h a v e i s t h a t t h e ya n e a r n o n l y a l o w w a g e , s o i f t h e i r t a k e h o m e p a y i s s a ye v e n t y p o u n d s p e r w e e k , t h e y m i g h t b e n o w o r s e o f f o r e v e nb e t t e r o f f b y s t a y i n g a t h o m e d r a w i n g t h e d o l e . B u t i f t h e y h a dg u a r a n t e e d n o n - m e a n s t e s t e d i n c o m e o f s a y f o r t y p o u n d s p e re e k , a n y t h i n g t h e y e a r n e d o n t o p o f t h a t , b y w o r k i n g p a r t t i m ep e r h a p s , w o u l d n o t b e c l a w e d b a c k b y t h e D H S S . T h i s w o u l d g i v et h e m a r e a l i n c e n t i v e t o w o r k . I f o n t o p o f t h i s o n e a p p l i e sr o f e s s o r F r i e d m a n ' s n e g a t i v e i n c o m e t a x , i t w i l l b e s e e n t h a th e p o o r a n d t h o s e o n v e r y l o w p a y w i l l d r o p o u t o f t a xa i t h o g e t h e r a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e " c u l t u r e o f d e p e n d e n c y "i l l h a v e b e e n e r o d e d . . A s S t a n s a y s : " W h a t i s n e e d e d i s t od e s t r o y t h e p o v e r t y t r a p w i t h o u t r e m o v i n g t h e s a f e t y n e t . "

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slcur i t ies , there t r rould be no Nat ional D:bt , ant l no unemploymcntbecause the resurt l^g. i""i"^i" in- purchasing power- r+ou.d ,,realr w{lffi""i?,, aIl Iive comroFtintv-uy-,"-itI"L-I-th;8" or. even a tr^,o d3yI eye h im-susp i c i . ous l y a t . t h i s po in t , bu t he backs up h i sra im wi t t r concre^te docunintat ion. _-- r r=-- ior r t ^g. o= rgBr, thcconomic Research coun;ir-;dicruaea ti-,Et-tiiE govern'ent shourrlreate arr its or*'n credit ror puuii" t^-it i--^nd that ttr is wotrlclave saved over th i i t t - tho; ;n i r ' i i i ior r -po, r ia= s ince the Lhr."The probrem; " gavs sian;;i;;; i"i"ii,lit ixrliir ";;.- ifi; .nlylace where the staie ooes-c ieate i ts -o iJn-" i io i t is the Isrand ofuernsey- Every. othei - -col " [ .y_ in the-- r . rc . t r . oo. . , r r * ,ooney atl l ; f ; l : t t when i t courd create- ias ; \^r . J i io i t as a sovele ig^"Then $y d9n't they?" I ask.1.Jhy doesn't the government ban smoking? That kilrs a hundredlhousand people evEry year. "I shake nv hiraa."Because i t ' s a racket r" he sa} 's ' " the r* rhole system is a racket . , ,

ABOLISHING THE POVERTY TRAP

GAGOU and other unemployed centres dgr't go as far as stan, buthey do, interestin}l1i--aaiocate tne a[otit ion of the meansested benefit systetr--rr,a-its repfalEroen[-iy " basic income.nazinglv this iaea is ir io-rootaa il-pa; ' i iy Mirton Friedmanrl'lrs Thatcher's_ monetarist guru. ---F;i;ffi; -inclines more to al:q1!1"" income- taxr uut "ttugtr La;Ea;!4n"'siys that the basicncorne qpurd solve al l the pro6rens-. :-it-i=-I. much like stan, sociar credit' thg main aifrE.en".F.irs that this c,ould not be aredit created !I_-!19 ,-q;ia;rurFnt1- Eu{- one f j.nanced out ofaxation- The probrem nost unskiiieo-pioiri nr"6-i=-rn i*-tn.yan earn onrv 3 lot" rrrage' .so if ttiJiF-i5r; iliE ^pgr'-i= sayFeventy pounds. per qFek, they nigh!-be-no-rrrcrse off or even!.t!9. off bv stavins at h6ne tayi"E- tnE-ab'I". But if thev had guara'nteed non-means tested int8ne- or-iii r".ty pounds- per53F:---Jrthi3q thev- earneo-on-t"F- -;;Th;i_, "*ty roorking part timeerrraps' qpurd not be claqed baci< py, ttre-nHss: This"r^iu1J giveheu a. rear incentive to qrcri. ri on-tot-"i tti=-6"J"t5oii"=Professor Frierrrmn's neE tinl'-itr"oil rl i*l '"i i \rirr be seen -thatthe poor and those oi v..v-roiE|*'#-ri - *oo out of taxlthogether and at the ;ail- tip., '{ire ;,c,",fture bf depen-ency,,'i l l have been eroded..--As-St.'. =iyf r"-ffiJt is needed is toestroy the poverty [iap-with6ut removing the safety net.,,

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W h e t h e r o r n o t o n e i n c l i n e s t o e i t h e r o f t h e s e s o l u t i o n s , i ti s o b v i o u s t h a t s o m e t h i n g i s r a d i c a l l y w r o n g w i t h t h e p r e s e n ts y s t e m . C e r t a i n l y t h e i d e a o f c r e a t i n g j o b s f o r t h e s a k e o f i ti s a p o i n t l e s s e x e r c i s e . H e r e o n e i s r e m i n d e d o f t h o s e m e n a tB r a n d o n d i g g i n g a r i d r e f i l l i n g t h e s a m e h o l e s o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n .P a y i n g t h e u n e m p l o y e d t o d o n o t h i n g m a y b e a b h o r e n t t o t h eT h a t c h e r i t e s w i t h t h e i r " N o s u c h t h i n g a s a f r e e l u n c hp h i l o s o p h y , b u t f o r t h e u n e m p l o y e d , w o r k f a r e i s a m e d i c i n e w h i c hi f i t c u r e s t h e d i s e a s e , d a m n n e a r k i l l s t h e p a t i e n t a s w e l l .T h e M y t h O f U n e m p l o y m e n t : S t a n L G o d d a r d o n e p o u n d f r o m AD i s t r i b u t i o n , d o 8 4 b W h i t e c h a p e l H i g h S t r e e t , L o n d o n E l .L a b o u r C a m p s : T h e B r i t i s h E x p e r i e n c e : D a v e C o l l e d g e f o u r p o u n d sn i n e t y - f i v e a v a i l a b l e f r o m N A L G O .S q u a r e P e g s I n R o u n d H o l e s : E m p l o y m e n t T r a i n i n g - Q u a l i t y o rW o r k f a r e ? b y t h e U n e m p l o y m e n t U n i t , 9 P o l a n d S t r e e t , L o n d o n W l .

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Wrether- or not one incl ines to e i ther of t t rest : sclu t lons, i ii s obvious that someth ing is rad ica l ly wrong wi th t t re presentsy= tem. Certer in ly the ldea of creat ing jobs for the sa i ' - -e o f L tis a po in t lesg exercise. Here one is reminded of those men a iBr-andon d igg ing and ref i l l ing t t re same t ro les over and over ag: i i r t .Paying the unemployed to do nothing may be abhorent to ttreThatcherites with their "No such thing a.s a. fr-ee lunchphilosophyr but for the unernployedr \rlorkfare is a medicine which:if i t cures the disease, damn near ki l ls ttrr: patient as s.reIl.

The Myth Of Unemployment: Stan L Goddard one pound from ADistri-bution' c/o 84b [*ri techapel High Streetr London El .

Labour Camps: The British Experience: Dave Colledge four poundsninety-five available from NALGO.Square Pegs In Round Holes: Enployment Trainlng - Quality or0lorkfare? by the Unemploynent Unit' 9 Poland Streetr London [d]..

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A l t h o u g h u n e m p l o y e d c e n t r e s l i k e G A G O U h a v e o n l y r e a l l y c o m e i n t ot h e i r o c Q n o v e r t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s , t h e y h a v e b e e n a r o u n d i n o n ef o r m o r a n o t h e r s i n c e t h e l a t e s i x t i e s . T h e y s t a r t e d a sc l a i m a n t s ' u n i o n s : p r e s s u r e g r o u p s r u n b y a n d f o r u n e m p l o y e dp e o p l e , m o s t o f t h e m w i t h o u t a g r a n t . . N o w , m a n y o f t h e c e n t r e sa r e g r a n t a i d e d - b y l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s , t r u s t s , o r a m i x t u r e .M o s t a r e s t i l l r u n o n a s h o e s t r i n g . S l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t f r o mc l a i m a n t s ' u n i o n s a r e T I J C c e n t r e s . T h e s e a r e n o t s o m u c hr e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e u n e m p l o y e d a s a n e x t e n t i o n o f t h e u n i o nb u r e a u c r a c y -G A G O U i s a t y p i c a l c e n t r e , a s f a r a s a n y c e n t r e i s t y p i c a l .I t i s s i t u a t e d i n t h e M a c b e a n C e n t r e , a f e w h u n d r e d y a r d s f r o mt h e s o u t h b a n k o f t h e T h a m e s . T h e W o o l w i c h c e n t r e h a s a d r o p - i nf a c i l i t y w h i c h , s a y s H u g h L a n s d o w n e , h a s a n u c l e u s o f f o r t y t of i f t y r e g u l a r s . H e s t r e s s e s t h o u g h t h a t t h i s i s a v e r y m a r g i n a lf u n c t i o n o f G A G O I J . T h e c e n t r e , w h i c h o p e n s f i v e d a y s a w e e k , h a sa d i s a b l e d g r o u p , v a r i o u s m i n o r i t y g r o u p s , w o m e n ' s g r o u p , a n de v e n a g r a f i t t i a r t s r o u p . T h e y h a v e a p h o t o c o p i e r a n d s t o c k aw i d e s e l e c t i o n o f a d v i c e , i n f o r m a t i o n a n d a n t i - w o r k f a r e l e a f l e t s .G A G O U c a m e t o g e t h e r i n i t s p r e s e n t f o r m a b o u t 1 9 7 9 . S i n c e1 9 8 4 i t h a s b e e n g r a n t a i d e d , a n d n o w h a s t w o f u l l t i m e w o r k e r sp l u s a n a d m i n i s t r a t o r . A l t h o u g h i t c a t e r s f o r a w i d e r s e l e c t i o no f g r o u p s , i t i s p r i n c i p a l l y c o n c e r n e d w i t h a d v i s i n g a n da s s i s t i n g u n e m p l o y e d p e o p l e . I t a l s o d o e s o u t r e a c h w o r k a n d i sa f f i l i a t e d t o t h e S o u t h E a s t F e d e r a t i o n o f U n w a g e d G r o u p s , t h es e c r e t a r i a t o f w h i c h i s t h e T o t t e n h a m C l a i m a n t s ' U n i o n .

WIIAT ARE UT'{EMPLOYED ENTRES?

Arthough qnsmproygd centres like GAGoU have onry really come i.ntotherr o{.in over the past few years, they have been ar6und in oneform or another since the- late sixi,ies. They stJitEl- ascraimants' unions.: pressure groups run_-by and f6r -Genproyeopeople l - r0og! of them-wi thout a-graht . . Nofu, ' *ny of tne cEntresare.gra.nt ai9g9_ - by local authorities, trusts-, or a mixture.Most are st i r r run on a shoe st r ing. s r ight ly -a i f ieFent f romclainants' unions are TUc gentre6. Theie aie not so muchrepresentatives' of the unemproyed as an extention or tne- unionbureaucracy.GAGOU is a typicar centre, as far as any centre is typical.It is situated in-the l{acbean Centre, a fecinunOrea varA6--fronthe south bank of the Thames. The gloorqrich cenCre-na6i Erob-i;facility wtri.chr ia5rs Hugh Lansdoq'ner has a nucteu]-of-foii'v tofrtty-regula{9: He stresses tho}rgh. that this is a very narginalfunction of GAGOU. The centre, r"'trich opens five days a-treet


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H E A T h ' S A T T A C K S O N T H A T C H E R : T H E R E A L M O T I V E ?

W i t h t h e L a b o u r P a r t y i n s c h i s m : h a l f d r i f t i n g f u r t h e r t o t h el e f t ; t h e o t h e r h a l f p 1 e d i n g t o r u n c a p i t a l i s m b e t t e r t h a n t h eT o r i e s , e x P M E d w a r d H e a t h i s r a p i d l y s h a p i n g u p f o r t h e p o s t o fL e a d e r o f t h e O p p o s i t i o n . H i s i n c r e a s i n g l y v i t r i o l i c a t t a c k s o nM r s T h a t c h e r a r e f a s t b e c o m i n g a n a g g i n g t h o r n i n t h e s i d e o ft h e T o r y m a i n s t r e a m ; h i s l a t e s t , o n t h e t h e m e

o f N a t i o n a lS o v e r e i g n t y i s b y f a r t h e m o s t o u t s p o k e n . B u t t h o s e w h o a r ei n c l i n e d t o p u t i t a l l d o w n t o s o u r g r a p e s a n d d i s i l l u s i o n m e n th a v e s e e n b u t o n e f a c e o f t h e c o i n . U n d o u b t a b l y M r H e a t h d o e sd i s l i k e M r s T h a t c h e r , p r o b a b l y h e e v e n d e s p i s e s h e r , b u t h i sm o c k i n g o f h e r s t a n c e a g a i n s t E u r o p e a n u n i t y s h o u l d n o t b ei n t e r p r e t e d a s d i s l o y a l t y e i t h e r t o h e r o r t o t h e T o r y p a r t y , b u ta s a d e c l a r a t i o n o f l o y a l t y t o a n o b s c u r e , a n d s o m e w h a t m o r ec o s m o p o l i t a n o r g a n i s a t i o n .

M O N O P O L Y

E v e r s i n c e s h e a s c e n d e d t h e t h r o n e , ( f i g u r a t i v e l y s p e a k i n g ) ,M a r g a r e t T h a t c h e r a n d h e r g o v e r n m e n t h a v e b e e n b r e a k i n u p s t a t em o n o p o l i e s a n d p r i v a t i s i n g e v e r y t h i n g i n s i g h t . L e f t i s t s h a v ei n t e r p r e t e d t h i s a s a r a t h e r u n s u b t i e a t t e m p t t o a s s e t s t r i pn a t i o n a l i s e d i n d u s t r i e s a n d h i v e t h e m o f f f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h er i c h . S t u f f t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s ! I n f a c t t h i s i s s i m p l y n o t t r u e .T h e T h a t c h e r i t e s r e a l l y d o b e l i e v e p r i v a t i s a t i o n b e n e f i t s b o t ht h e i n d u s t r i e s a n d t h e c o n s u m e r s , t o t h e m , s t a t e o w n e r s h i p i sa n a t h e m a , s o i s m o n o p o l y . F a r f r o m i n t e n t i o n a l l y l i n i n g t h en e s t s o f t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l a l l i e s a n d s u p p o r t e r s , t h e y h a v ep u r s u e d t h e c a u s e s o f p r i v a t i s a t i o n a n d d e - m o n o p o l i s a t i o n w i t hu n r e s t r a i n e d v i g o u r , a n d w i t h t o t a l i n d i f f e r e n c e t o w h o m t h e yu p s e t ; i f i t ' s a m o n o p o l y , i t m u s t g o . T h e y h a v e a l r e a d y a n g e r e ds o l i c i t o r s b y o p e n i n g u p c o n v e y a n c i n g ; b a r r i s t e r s b y p r o p o s i n g t oo p e n u p t h e b a r t o s o l i c i t o r s ; a n d t h e b r e w e r s b y o r d e r i n g t h e mt o s e l l o f f m a n y o f t h e i r p u b s . A l l t h e s e g r o u p s a r e t r a d i t i o n a lT o r y v o t e r s . A n d t h e y a r e a d o p t i n g t h e s a m e n o - n o n s e n s e a t t i t u d et o t h e b i g g e s t m o n o p o l y o f a l l : t h e C o m m o n M a r k e t .

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HEATH'S ATTACKS ON THATCHER: THE REAL }!OTM?

Ll i th the Labour Par ty in schism: hal f dr i f t ing fur ther to thei"it-; -t[e- ottte.- traii pl"Gine-to run gapitalisi better than theiiii"r, -- ""pr'r-eot^io-tt"itn is Fapidrv shairing YP fo5-the,Pt?l ofLeader of the opposition. H!s increasingly. vitrt-ollc attacK.s on14.s--fnatcner ;F;-f;;a -becoming a naggin! thorn in the side oftG i6Fv-

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-5n the theme of Nationar5Ji".iiii,tv-iJ- bv f;r the nost outspoken. But those qtho areil;ilf,Efi"-to -put-it-arr do1"n to sour grapes. gnd disilrusion'pntnfve--E""n-but^one-face of the coin. -Unitoubtabfy F- Heath. doesdiifitE--ibs rnatcn i' probably he even despises her, but his;;ii;E ;?- ha;--Jtitgg^ ^gain6t European lmitv shourd not beinterpreted as aisl;Giav eit[.i to he; or to the Tory partyr but; a declaration of loyalty to an obscuret and soneqt:tat lrcrecosrclrclitan organisation-

T.IONOPOLY

Ever since she ascended the throner- (f igurat- ively. speaking)1ilil".Et---fnatctrer ana-ne. goverrurnnt have Seen breaki1rg yp stateili"!f,gli"s--ana--p.ivatisins"ever5rthing in sight. Leftists ha,vetGfi;;IEo -dtri!- -;--;-l;tnei Lnsubfre atteryt to aq99t -striP#iililiiIEa iiii"rtries-ana-iiive-Cnem off for the benefit of the;T;h:'-tuff ahe ,.Drl


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U N I T E D E U R O P E

T o t h e T h a t c h e r i t e s , t h e m a i n a p p e a l o f a u n i t e d E u r o p e i s t h a ti t w i l l g i v e t h e m t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o p r a c t i s e t h e i r o w n b r a n d o fl a i s s e z - f a i r e o n a v e r y m u c h l a r g e r s c a l e , i n p a r t i c u l a r , t o t a l l yf r e e t r a d e . F o r , w i t h i n c r e a s e d t r a d e c o m e s p r o s p e r i t y , ( i nt h e o r y a t a n y r a t e ) . T h e r e a r e o f c o u r s e , m a n y o t h e ra t t r a c t i o n s ; a r e d u c t i o n i n r e d t a p e a n d b e t t e r c o - o p e r a t i o nb e t w e e n l a w e n f o r c e m e n t a n d d r u g c o n t r o l a g e n c i e s t o n a m e b u tt w o . T h i s i s w h a t t h e T h a t c h e r i t e s w a n t . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a r et h o s e w h o s e v i e w o f a u n i t e d E u r o p e e x t e n d s m u c h f u r t h e r .

C O N S P I R A C Y

i e n M r H e a t h v o i c e s h i s o p i n i o n t h a t t h e c o n c e p t o f N a t i o n a lS o v e r e i g n i t y i s o u t d a t e d a l l h e i s d o i n g i s r e p e a t i n g p u b l i c l yt h e p r i v a t e u t t e r i n g s o f t h e s e l f - a p p o i n t e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s te l i t e . I n M a y o f 1 9 5 4 a g r o u p o f b a n k e r s , i n d u s t r i a l i s t s a n di n t e r n a t i o n a l l y m i n d e d p o l i t i c i a n s m e t a t t h e H o t e l B i l d e r b e r g ,O o s t e r b e e k , H o l l a n d . S i n c e t h e n , B i l d e r b e r g m e e t i n g s , a s t h e yh a v e b e c o m e k n o w n , h a v e b e e n h e l d a n n u a l l y . O v e r t h e y e a r s , am e r e h a n d f u l o f p r e s s r e l e a s e s h a v e b e e n i s s u e d c o n c e r n i n g t h ep u r p o s e o f t h e s e m e e t i n g s . T h e m e d i a , o u r s e l f - a p p o i n t e dg u a r d i a n s o f d e m o c r a c y , h a v e h a d l i t t l e o r n o t h i n g t o s a y a b o u tt h e m , a n d t h i s h a s l e d t o a v a s t a r r a y o f l i t e r a t u r e a i m e d a tc o n s p i r a c y b u f f s w h o v i e w t h e s u p p o s e d m a c h i n a t i o n s o f t h i s g r o u pa s a p l o t t o r u n t h e w o r l d f r o m b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s .I n 1 9 7 3 t h e B i l d e r b e r g G r o u p w a s a u g m e n t e d b y t h e T r i l a t e r a lC o m m i s s i o n ; t h e C o m m i s s i o n , w h i c h h a s a n o v e r l a p p i n g m e m b e r s h i pw i t h t h e B i l d e r b e r g e r s , m a i n t a i n s a s o m e w h a t h i g h e r p u b l i cp r o f i l e a n d e v e n p u b l i s h e s a j o u r n a l : T r i a l o g u e , w h i c h w a s , ( a n da s f a r a s I k n o w s t i l l i s ) a v a i l a b l e t o t h e p u b l i c o ns u b s c r i p t i o n . A p a r t f r o m t h i s , t h e C o m m i s s i o n d i f f e r s f r o m t h eB i l d e r b e r g G r o u p i n t h a t w h e r e a s t h e l a t t e r i s b i l a t e r a l , i e i sm a d e u p o f A m e r i c a n s a n d E u r o p e a n s , t h e T r i l a t e r a l i s t s i n c l u d eJ a p a n e s e p o l i t i c i a n s , i n d u s t r i a l i s t s a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l s . N e e d l e s st o s a y , M r H e a t h i s a l o n g s t a n d i n g T r i l a t e r a l i s t . T h o s e w h oa t t e n d B i l d e r b e r g a n d T r i l a t e r a l m e e t i n g s d o s o a s p r i v a t ei n d i v i d u a l s . T h e C o m m i s s i o n ' s d e c l a r e d i n t e n t i o n s a r e t o s e e kt o p r o m o t e a m o n g J a p a n e s e , W e s t E u r o p e a n s a n d N o r t h

UNITED EI ]ROPE

To the Thatcher i - tes ' the mAin appeal of a uni ted Europe is thati t wi l l g ive them the oppor tuni ty to pract ise their own brand ofla i -ssez- fa i re on a very much larger scale, in par t icu l -ar ' to ta l lyf ree t rade. For , wi th increased trade cones prosper i tyr ( intheory at any rate) . There are of courser m?tly otherattractions: a reduction in red tape and better co-operationbetrlreen law enforcement and drug control agencies to narIle buttso. This is r*rhat the Thatcherites qant. Hoqrever' there arethose rphose view of a united Europe extends much further.

CONSPIRACY

tilren lft- Heath voices his opinion that the concept of NationaLSovereignity is outdated all he is doing i-s repeating publiclythe private utterings of the self-appointed internationali.ste1i te. In l.lay of 1954 a group of bankers' industrialists andinternationa.Ily minded politicians met at the Hotel BilderbergrOosterbeek' Holland. Since then' Bilderberg meetingsr as ttreyhave become knorlnr have been held annua.lly. Over the !arsl amere handful of press releases have been issued concerning theprrrtrxlse of these meetings. The mediar our self-appointedguardians of democracyr have had little or nottring to say aboutthemr and this has led to a vast array of li.terature aimed atconspiracy buffs rpho view the supposed mactrinations of this groupas a plot to run the qrorld from behind ,the scenes.In 1973 the Bilderberg Group i{as augurented by the TrilateralComnissioni the Comissionr r"rhich tra.s an overlapping nenbershipwith the Bilderhrgersr mai-ntains a sometrtrat higher publicprofile and even publishes a journal: Trialoguer rrrtrich r,rasr (andas far as I know still is) availab].e to the public onsub'scripti on. Apart from this' the Commission differs frou theBilderberg Group in that qrtrereas the latter is bilateraf ie ismade up of Americans and Europeans' the Trilateralists includeJapanese polit icians, industrialists and intellectuals. Needlessto salr Hr Heath is a long standing Trilateralist. Those s*roattend Bilderberg and Trilateral meetings do so as privateindividuals. The Commission's declb.red intentions are to seek".....to promote atIrcrng Japanese' llest Euro;reans and North


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A m e r i c a n s t h e h a b i t o f w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r o n p r o b l e m s o f m u t u a lc o n c e r n , t o s e e k t o o b t a i n a s h a r e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e s ec o m p l e x p r o b l e m sT h i s a l l s o u n d s v e r y g r a n d a n d m o r a l , b u t w h a t d o e s i tr e a l l y m e a n ? I n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w h e r e , l a r g e l y d u e t o t h ee f f o r t s o f t h e " r i g h t w i n g " L i b e r t y L o b b y , t h e T r i l a t e r a lC o m m i s s i o n a n d t h e B i l d e r b e r g G r o u p a r e d i s c u s s e d o p e n l y , t h e yh a v e a c q u i r e d t h e r e p u t a t i o n o f b e i n g t h e s h a d o w g o v e r n m e n t o ft h e W e s t . T h a t t h e C o m m i s s i o n h a s t r i e d t o p i c k t h e p r e s i d e n t i a lc a n d i d a t e s i n b o t h p a r t i e s i s a m a t t e r o f h i s t o r i c a l r e c o r d .

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F o r E u r o p e a n s , t h e m a c h i n a t i o n s o f t h e T r i l a t e r a l i s t s a n d o t h e rs e m i - s e c r e t g r o u p s h a v e l e d t o t h e s e t t i n g u p o f a p o w e rs t r u c t u r e w h i c h i s d e s i g n e d , n o t s o m u c h t o p r o m o t e p r o s p e r i t y b yf r e e t r a d e , b u t t o i m p o s e u p o n t h e m a v a s t a n d l a r g e lu n a c c o u n t a b l e b u r e a u c r a c r o f a c o r p o r a t e s o c i a l i s t n a t u r e w h i cw i l l r u n t h e " f r e e m a r k e t ' a s a c a r t e l i n t h e i n t e r e s t s o f p o w e r ,p r o f i t s a n d g r e e d .

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W e a t M r H e a t h r e a l l y m e a n s w h e n h e s a y s t h e c o n c e p t o f o u r ( a n de v e r y o n e e l s e ' s s o v e r e i g n i t y ) i s o u t d a t e d i s t h a t w e s h o u l ds u r r e n d e r i t t o t h e p u p p e t s o f t h e p o w e r b r o k e r s i n B r u s s e l s .T h e r e s u l t o f t h i s w i l l b e t h a t f a c e l e s s b u r e a u c r a t s t h o u s a n d so f m i l e s a w a y w i l l m a k e d e c i s i o n s w h i c h a f f e c t o u r l i v e s , a n dt h e r e w i l l b e n o t h i n g w e c a n d o a b o u t i t . S o , i f i n t h ei n t e r e s t s o f t r a d e , i m p r o v e d e f f i c i e n c y o r w h a t e v e r p r e t e x t t h e yd e c i d e t h e y w a n t a r o a d b u i l t t h r o u g h t h e g r e e n b e l t i nK e n t , t o p l a c e a q u o t a o n s h e e p i n W a l e s o r l e v y a n e x t r a t a x o nc e r

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