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Our Philosophy and Policies
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A simple test for democratic government is the action taken to provide - on an equal, fair and non-racist basis
Sportforallglobal.com believes access to education, and to cultural facilities - especially sports facilities, is the right of all citizens everywhere. Policies of governments, starting with the United kingdom, are judged against this simple test. Since1997, Blair governments have encouraged elitism: policies have re-enforced the cultural, economic and social exclusion of working-class, particularly ethnic minority, citizens. Most working-class people are Excluded from the cultural and social facilities that the middle classes take for granted. Our experience shows that this is true in most countries. In rich countries (eg Western Europe and the USA), this is a glaring and inexcuseable injustice. The U K elite who progress to higher education are able to enjoy many cultural activities, including sport. But there are few opportunities fo the majority of, especially young, people. Most government policies 1997/2007 either ignored their needs, or treated them with contempt. Bottom of the Class The most damning evidence of the neglect of more than half of our young people is in the United Nations (UNICEF) report, published February 2007. The UK is placed 21st (out of 21 nations) in terms of the well-being of children. The only response of the government was to claim that the figures were out-of-date. Yet everybody knows that little has changed in the past two years. The income gap, which obviously affects the support parents can give to their children, has widened. Gordon Brown, when chancellor of the exchequer, quietly, took steps to lift some children out of poverty. But why does the government have to operate by stealth when taking steps towards equality? We read about financiers in the City of London pocketing £ millions - even hundreds of £ millions. Why is it considered shameful to tax them to improve the lives of the poor? To create equal opportunities for all, especially in further and higher education, requires radical policy changes. Is Blair's successor, Gordon Brown prepared to be radical? There is no encouraging evidence yet. The aim must be a system of education cleansed of elitism and racism.
Our Policies and Priorities are To expose the elitist and racist effects of current government policies To campaign for equality, democracy and suitable education for all To create access for everybody to activities, especially sports activities, which are currently controlled by the elite.
Thought for the Month Taxpayers' Money: The Truth Is the government concerned about how it spends taxpayers' (our) money ? Ministers, and their agents, would have us believe so. Almost every week we are told that certain beneficial drugs will not be available, free, under the National Health Service. A variation is that the drugs may, or may not, become available under the NHS following an administrative process taking months. This has been stated in some cases when the patient has been told that s/he has only months to live. Or that s/he cannot have medication for failing sight until s/he is blind. In other words, you can receive the medication you need, at the time you need it,only if you can afford to pay - in many cases £1,000s. The reason, apparently, is that the cost of providing these new drugs would be £150 million (or some such figure) a year. For most of us this is a very large sum of money, and our first response may be that there is some justification for the decision. On reflection, it can only be regarded as a scandal. £150 million (if truth were told) is about what is spent in less than a month (probably much less than a month) fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. One reason we voted Labour (and it wasn't an easy decision) was that it was promised that a Labour government would spend more on health, education etc. I would, in fact, be prepared to pay more tax for more expenditure on these and related public services. What I did not vote for was any expenditure on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan - or, indeed, wars anywhere.
It is indefensible to deny treatment to sick people, while spending hundreds of £ millions - where death and injury are the most predictable results. These decisions are Whitehall's, not people's, decisions. We have a new Prime Minister. His priorities must be (i) to take the first step towards equality with radical policies to re-distribute wealth; (ii)to end bureaucratic control from Whitehall - and restore democracy at Local, Regional and National level. He has made some general comments on (ii): we have heard nothing from him on the radical re-distribution of wealth. For recommendations on steps needed to create a more equal society, go to wwwafairworld.blogspot.com
Who are the Neglected and Ignored? The unfair, and contemptuous, treatment of the Neglected and Ignored, especially in education (see UNICEF Report above), is the subject of a pamphlet described on the ARTICLES (click top of page) section of this website.
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