They have been since at least 1945 when they pitched out Churchill in favor of Clement Attlee and the Communists.
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The Government wants the British people to be wards of the state. They want the public to avoid any form of revolutionary behavior by threatening the people with a loss of benefits. It is quite simply a case of support us, or starve.
In 2014/15, £258 Billion was spent on the Welfare budget; this is around 35% of the whole years budget. And of that figure, the Government tries to placate us by saying that 42% (£108 Billion), was spent on pensions. And who could argue with paying pensions for old people who have long paid into the system? But it is a con job. In the UK, we pay National Insurance Contributions directly from out wages (through the Pay As You Earn, PAYE Scheme) as our pension contributions. This money has been spent by the government when it should have been kept aside to actually give back to the people who have been paying in their entire life. The pension contributions are not monies to be spent on pet projects, the money has been paid in so that it can be taken out at a later date). So why is it coming from the tax budget?
The UK Government wants the British people to rely on the State for their well-being. They want them to be financially dependent on the system that ensures their own slavery. A new way of living is enquired, and the only way to achieve this is through a political revolution.
* I use the term Socialist in the title to refer to English Socialism as opposed to the regular definition (for a solid description, please read Orwells 1984 appendix)
For decades already... not even close.
Socialist: one who believes in and wants to implement the ideas of Karl Marx.
Welfare programs, government banks, open borders - these things are all called for in “The Communist Manifesto”.
Blame the real problem Free Trade.
So corporate profits are sky high and half the customer base is unemployed.
Socialism makes you soft. Once you start depending on the government for your needs, you lose the desire to better yourself because it ceases to be a necessity.
Socialism ruins the individual and therefore ruins civilization.
I thought Britain was a Social-Sharia country.
WOW! Britain is already a socialist country? How long have you been sitting on this information?
Has been since the 1950s. Yes.