Ed
Miliband’s New Year Message
I want to wish you a very Happy
New Year, from my family to yours. This is the season for new beginnings and
hopes for the future. And Britain is ready for a new beginning. Because I don’t
have to tell you that all over our country today, there are people working
harder and harder, but standing still: families struggling with bills that are
growing faster than their wages; young people, taking on mountains of debt to
get a proper education, only to find themselves with no job at the other end;
and an NHS where people are waiting longer and longer to get the care they
need.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
As this New Year dawns, we have the chance to change direction; a chance to
build a recovery for all of Britain; to fight for policies that actually honour
and reward hard work; and hold the banks and energy companies accountable. We
have the chance- all of us together- to fight for a new plan that cuts our
deficit responsibly, without threatening our NHS or short changing our children
and their future. This year, we have the power to bring about the change
working families all over Britain need. This isn’t about idle dreams or empty
promises. It’s about a real, concrete plan: a plan for a recovery which reaches
your kitchen table.
In the coming months, I look
forward to sharing our ideas with you about how we raise wages, give our young
people a proper chance to get on, set fair rules for immigration and rescue our
NHS. None of this will be easy or instant. But it is possible if we run the
country in a different way: with a different idea, a different plan: putting
working people first. And I know we will be a better, stronger and more
prosperous country for it. So this is a moment of possibility for Britain. We
have it within our grasp not just to see out the old year but to see out the
old ways of running the country. Can we do it? Of course we can.
This coming year, we mark the
seventieth anniversary of the end of the second world war, when our parents and
grandparents overcame the most daunting odds to rebuild. After the war, badly
battered and deeply in debt, Britain rose again. We built the NHS, a modern
welfare state, homes for people to live in and still dealt with our debts; we
set the stage for a generation of progress for working people. Today’s
challenges are different. But if we could walk through those fires, we surely
can meet the problems of our time. We can build a country that works for
everyday people. Change is possible if we reach for it. If you are one of the
millions of people who think Britain can just do a lot better, I am with you. I
am with you and this year, together, we can bring about the change we need. |
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