The government's "Measuring National Wellbeing" report seems to reveal, as we might expect, that the people who have the highest sense of happiness are those who are physically and psychologically well, enjoy the benefits of a secure relationship and home and don't live in fear of debt or have to suffer the tedium of doing a job they can't stand.
So why then is this government implementing policies which clearly jeopardise the health and wellbeing of so many.
Attacks on the NHS clearly have a detrimental affect on people's physical health.
The housing benefit cap has already seen thousands of families losing their homes - the very stability The Office For National Statistics concludes is important for a happy society.
The highest rate of unemployment since Mrs Thatcher's time in office has left families unable to pay the bills and increasingly turning to "pay day loans" just get through to the end of each month.
Attacks on education mean that vast numbers of talented people are now denied the opportunity to fulfil themselves academically and increase their chances of doing a job they enjoy and feel rewarded by.
And all of this unnecessary pressure is inevitably causing stress and anxiety in people's relationships, making a happy marriage much harder to achieve than ever before, with all the negative impacts that has on children in those families.
The epic failure of David Cameron's Big Society project has led to charities being starved of vital resources under the naive belief that wealthy individuals would simply step in to take that responsibility on. It hasn't happened - established charities which have been supporting people in their local communities for many decades are closing on a weekly basis!
And the epic failure of George Osborne's economic policy is embedding misery into the lives of millions while those very highest earners, the people the Tories love so much, are enjoying the luxury of a tax cut!!
The time is fast approaching for us to unite behind a single message - this government is waging war on it's own people simply to satisfy the greed of those who are already obscenely wealthy. Their weakness though, is their arrogance. Like any playground bully they don't believe anyone's got the balls to stand up to them for fear of having themselves attacked next.
The sun is very hot this morning but soon enough the school holidays will be over and all our thoughts will turn to christmas and those dreadful winter bills including that fuel duty rise. We need now, more than ever, to work together to get this coalition out of office before they damage the nation's wellbeing any further.
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