Phil
I think you need to take your party political spectacles off and re-read what I have said.
I haven't said that the labour government caused the riots. I have said that they have done nothing to break the growing level of the underclass in our society over their time in government. I haven't seen the coalition address it directly either, although the benefit cuts will, of course, have an impact. I did say that the one positive out of the riots may be that this underclass has to now be addressed and, hopefully, broken if we are to return this country to the decent majority. I think that the tories are more likely to address this issue as they, at least in theory, tend to be less PC and worried about upsetting people than the labour party and, frankly, have less to lose as this lot would never vote Conservative.
I also haven't said that creating jobs in times of unemployment is a bad thing. I have said that Labour created too many jobs in the public sector (this is an easy thing to do as opposed to creating jobs in the private sector - just ask the Greeks!!) to a level that was unsustainable giving the country's finances. The Tories have had to reverse this (I don't think they are making a great job of that, however, as there appears to be little in the way of a joined up strategy) BUT labour would have had done this as well if they had remained in power and even the most staunch of labour supporters wouldn't deny this - it was just their plan to do it more slowly.
Also, I would never advocate the end of the state providing benefits for the poor, sick and needy, even if they had not paid into the system. That is just, IMO, the nature of a good and caring society. It is just my view that these benefits need to be at an appropriate level and better targeted so that they do get to the poor, sick and needy AND NOT the lazy and greedy!