rshdunlop - time will tell, yet I think you may well be right
hope im wrong, yet I can see lots of civil unrest and lots more anti social behaviour and gang culture as how will the police cope with a 50% cut to services, the good people who are teachers and work in the NHS will all become fed up and will more than likely jack the job in, think we are in for a very rough time indeed, its ok for DC & GO as they are multi millionaires with offshore bank accounts who were all educated at Eton, what about the kids from the council estates who cannot find work due to these cutbacks, what will they do ?
I bet the re-building for schools that are private are still going ahead unlike the state ones