It was 2010, since we last wrote an article for our Blog. What happened? Unfortunately we had difficulties accessing the blog. Yes, this is the way of modern technology. It can sometimes fail us. But thankfully, we are up and running again and should now be able to post articles and links on our Blog. So that is the good news.
The bad news is that 2011 has started as a very turbulent year for many, with a whole range of challenges on all fronts. We are facing greater environmental, economical, social and political challenges arguable than ever seen in recent times.
For many, life has become a daily struggle. They say that whenever, you hear the rich people in a country complaining then you should imagine the condition of the poor. The poor, working class, call them whatever you will… the ordinary person in the street is finding it difficult to, ‘make ends meet’. This is not surprising with rising food prices, petrol prices, VAT, tuition fees, gas and electricity prices, coupled by a wage freeze in many quarters, it is no wonder that the poor are struggling to ‘make ends meet’.
On the flip side of the coin, we have the wealthy bankers, politicians and blue chip companies, who seem to be getting wealthier by the minute. With the head of many local authorities earning far more than even the Prime Minister and large scale bonusses being paid out by the banks. It really leaves us in bewilderment as to what is really happening! How can this be allowed. All the politicians were elected on the pledge of ‘Fairness’, creating a ‘fairer society’ as Nick Clegg put it and returning a ‘sense of fairness into politics’ as David Cameron said prior to the elections. But where is this fairness? With so many public sector jobs under threat and so many companies forced to either close or lay off their staff. With so many children living in poverty and the dole que increasing each day, we really have to ask ourselves, where is the fairness that our so called leaders have promised?… Shall we wait for this ‘fairness’ to descend on us like rain from the sky or shall we fight for the ‘fairness’ that we were promised?
Where is the fairness and what happened to justice, freedom and equality? Are we forgetting about these important values that we hold so dear? Where is the fairness, when Chelsea FC can afford to pay £50million for one player and £25 million for another, while some people struggle to earn £50 per week? When half of those supporters who attend these football matches are perhaps struggling financially? There is something severely wrong at the moment and it has just left us feeling bitter and left us asking ourselves, what happened?
What have we done and what will we do about the current state of affairs in the UK? Here at Review4Students.Com, we will be following these events closely and we will no doubt have something to say about it all, but in the end as the examples in Egypt and Tunisia have reminded us, the real power is in the hands of the people and it is up to the people, acting as one united, collective, voice, to change things. We cannot see the government turning its back on the voices of over 65million people in the UK acting as one collective body. We must make our concerns heard and the leaders should begin to do what they have been unable to do so far, which is to listen and respond effectively to the demands and concerns of the common people.
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