“Austerity is literally a matter of life and death. Unless it is stoppe...” — Owen Jones Quote

“Austerity is literally a matter of life and death. Unless it is stopped, lives will continue to be unnecessarily shortened.”

“Grief is like wandering through a minefield, as my mother puts it: however carefully you tread, a sudden detonation can happen out of nowhere. A song played in a supermarket; an overheard phrase; someone in the distance who your mind cruelly suggests is your loved one for a fleeting moment.”

“Jobs have become more precarious and staff turnover has increased while union membership has plummeted, weakening workplace solidarity.”

“Austerity is, devastatingly, not a party political issue.”

“For decades, life expectancy steadily rose in Britain: and then, suddenly, just as the Tories took power and imposed austerity, this improvement ground to a halt.”

“European officials thought that austerity was part of what they called their 'convergence policies,' of trying to bring countries together. Instead, it actually made things worse. There's more inequality within countries and more disparity across countries.”