Neil Mullens<p>Is this the end of the welfare state?</p><p>David Cameron, possibly the worst Prime Minister this country ever had, has won after all. His volunteering Big Society, coupled with the vicious Osborne austerity, heralded the death knell for the welfare state. He and his successors may rejoice as tax-payer funded public services are torn to shreds, by years of financial starvation, stealthy privatisation and outright piracy by the wealthy.</p><p>Tom Serpell <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@sussexbylines" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sussexbylines</span></a></span></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@BylineTimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BylineTimes</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/welfarestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfarestate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AusterityPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusterityPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AusterityPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusterityPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ToryCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCuts</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeneralElectionNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionNOW</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gtto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gtto</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sussexbylines.co.uk/is-this-the-end-of-the-welfare-state/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sussexbylines.co.uk/is-this-th</span><span class="invisible">e-end-of-the-welfare-state/</span></a></p>