Comments on: We can tackle social justice better than Labour

By: Daran Hill

Daran Hill — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:18 +0000

Also, an interesting critique here from A Change of Personnel:
http://achangeofpersonnel.blogspot.com/2009/10/jonathan-on-social-justice.html

By: Lee Waters

Lee Waters — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:30:44 +0000

Some responses here: http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/10/the-tories-on-poverty/

By: Angela Elniff-Larsen

Angela Elniff-Larsen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:24:58 +0000

Firstly it would be good to hear from people like the leader in Wales of his party.
David Melding’s views on this are out there but Nick Bourne et al are not so forthcoming .I also think its good that Jonathan Morgan is looking at the subject. Poverty is not just about money and promoting community banks. Its about the circumstances people find themselves in, often due to government policy and lack of social justice. I think it’s a subject far deeper than he realises.
It is not owned by any political party, it is often used far more as a political football. It’s also not a sound bite, but a deeply held belief by many people, organisations, religions and non religions.
Ian Duncan Smith is well meaning, but there is still that paternalistic parochialism that went along with the old Tory ideas on charity. Good start long way to go for all political parties.

By: Valleysmam

Valleysmam — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:58:59 +0000

Social justice is a term, to describe a society with a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.