Yesterday people came together to march throughout the centre of London for an alternative to the public sector cuts. We can debate whether the cuts are actually needed, who should pay for the deficit and who should be tasked with creating growth. For me, it is a real shame that a credible alternative has not been found and we have resulted to violence in order to get our voices heard.

I had a real dilemma yesterday in being a supporter of the march but having to work at the same time and spend some time with loved ones. That being said, I still managed to find the time to attend the march briefly in order to gain a sense of the issues being fought over and to show solidarity to the people taking to the streets.

We need to create an alternative space, one where people take a share of the responsibility of building a place where people a valued again. The world today seems to function solely in terms of financial worth with no regard for individual human beings. Things need to change! Most commercial issues are a dividing factor in relation to human rights and the recent protest can be viewed as a manifestation of those political tensions.

Do our politicians have the vision to create new policies that are not only ethical but are consistent? Those policies could be divided into three approaches – idealistic (what we would like to be), pragmatic (what we should be), and legalistic (how we will get there).

Being one of the oldest continuous democracies the UK simply cannot afford to fail. The problems here would trigger a ripple effect across the world leading to more migration, crime, drugs and diseases. We need democracy for stability in people terms rather than just creating nice safe environments for business to take place.

I would argue that the UK is sliding into failure as a result of our low exports, low attainment and high unemployment amongst our young people. Most people I know are either running their own businesses, self-employed or working two different jobs to make ends meet. The UK was very different just 10 years ago when I was able to work in and out of a job in a matter of weeks. Now that luxury has been removed.

The violence that has started is a direct result of the loss of hope. People see the only viable solution being to resort to violence which grows with the lack of jobs and opportunities. Social alienation along with economic and political alienation breeds hate, terror, and violence.

We need to make the distinction between what is right and wrong. It is wrong for demonstrators to use violence as a means of communicating but equally it is wrong for us not to show solidarity towards those people with the guts to make a stand.

One important lesson from history is that we only make progress through the political activism of certain individuals!