Message #538

[Martin]

I prefer to talk about people rather than men and women.  It seems to me that people at the bottom of the pile have less upward mobility these days whether they are women or men.  I think the fact that degree level education, still largely the province of the middle classes, is considered a pre-requisite for so many jobs these days, has meant that intelligent people from socially deprived backgrounds will never make it past a certain ceiling.  This is set to get worse with the increases in university tuition fees.

None of the three political parties will address the widening gap between rich and poor.  As it grows, so our broken society becomes more broken.