UK government shifts further to the right

By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden; 8 September 2012 – WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/sep2012/tory-s08.shtml

This week, UK prime minister David Cameron reshuffled his cabinet and made a distinct turn to the right.

The Conservative/Liberal Democrat government saw its first change in leadership since it came to power in May 2010.

As deeply unpopular as its programme of austerity is, Cameron made clear there would be no backing down from spending cuts and privatisations.

Instead, a number of noted right-wingers were promoted while Conservatives who are seen by their colleagues as wet, “one nation” throwbacks to an earlier era

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