OK, not all the cruelty of the Tories.  That would take days, if not years or decades, to outline.  In this case I'm thinking about the shift from final salary pensions to money purchase.  Absolutely great for the capitalist bosses, but for the workers, not so good.

I feel sorry for pensioners who've had their pension pots ravaged and can now safely withdraw only a fraction of what they were able to last year.

I feel sorry for individuals not yet retired who will panic and now switch from equity investments to cash.

I'm fortunate since my pension pot was virtually wiped out by the Equitable Life fiasco and the subsequent failure of the government to provide adequate compensation.  Little money left there for me to worry about.

I look back to the days, now long gone, where employers such as Cadbury, Colman (as in mustard), Rowntree, Robinson (paper manufacturer) and Massey understood it was their moral imperative to look after their workforces and their workforces' families.

Anyway, George Orwell once wrote “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”  It's no longer the future; it's already here.



Edit:  Whoops! How could I forget Titus Salt and Lever in my list of the good.