David Cameron accepts super-rich flash cash at Tory bash

David Cameron accepts super-rich flash cash at Tory bash   (Click to enlarge: opens in new window)

Elaine Brunskill, Socialist Party northern region secretary

Cameron and his Tory chums can shout that “we’re all in this together” until they’re even bluer in the face – but nobody believes them.

The Tory summer bash said it all. Guests included the world’s haves and have yachts! Russian oligarchs rubbed shoulders with hedge fund managers. They, alongside Greek shipping tycoons and others from the world of the pampered, elite schmoozed with Tory government ministers.

Filthy rich individuals forked out £160,000 to play the “ultimate game of tennis” with Cameron and Tory London Mayor Boris Johnson; £40,000 for a bottle of champagne signed by milk snatcher Margaret Thatcher; and double that for a day’s shooting in Oxfordshire!

For the mere millionaires a table could be booked, presumably on the fringe of the event, for £12,000. They could then bid for a jar of honey – going for a sweet £15,000, otherwise known as a year’s pay for many workers.

Beyond the glister, attacks on the working class and middle class are relentless.

Our wages have stagnated, our benefits are sanctioned, but most importantly our patience is running out! Now is the time for fighting back!

Up and down the country a wealth of industrial disputes are erupting: Tyneside Safety Glass workers fighting ruthless bosses who offered a 0% pay ‘rise’; Doncaster Care UK staff demanding a living wage; occupational therapists in Greenwich striking against bullying bosses; and an indefinite strike in Lambeth College.

The billionaires think they can hang on to their luxurious lifestyles by trampling on workers and paying into the coffers of pro-capitalist parties. But those same donors will tremble when workers take decisive action against austerity.

The 10 July public sector coordinated action should mark the start of mass working class action against all cuts, especially with public and private sector workers acting together in a 24-hour general strike.