Foyled?

Shed a small tear for the last episode of Foyle’s War, having watched the final episode last night. Always good for a thoughtful Sunday evening in front of the fire with a glass of wine.

The storyline (suitably explosive) left me reflecting sadly on the subject of what our nation was left with at the end of the Second World War. In Foyle’s world we found ourselves contemplating a Special Operations Executive that deliberately sent agents to their death rather than admit their networks had been compromised, and an austerity gripped nation that was in the hands of violent spivs on the make working hand in hand with corrupt police officers.

Fast forward to today and Oxfam have published a report saying half of global wealth will be held by 1% of the population as soon as next year. As wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few our world becomes increasingly dangerous, leaving ordinary people powerless, voiceless and unable to secure a fair reward for their labour.  This is hardly the vision that we had for a fairer society after the war. It’s time we listened to Oxfam and all the other organisations arguing for change and a fairer sharing of the world’s resources.