My favourite take on #Sunak and #Elections is by Ian Dunt (inews):
Sunak outlined his election stategy — to vote for him and him alone, as the only leader with a plan. Standing outside in the rain without an umbrella and getting soaked — a perfect example of a man who hasn’t planned at all.
Suella Braverman spews so much hatred. Is it all real. Or is she pretending to hate refugees and asylum seekers, Moslems and Arabs, protesters and climate-change activists. I think it’s an act to boost her chances among the extreme-right wing of her party. Which puts her lower than the racists and bigots she’s pandering too.
@DziadekMick whatever you think of him, I think Jonathan Pie's latest rant nails it. She's not pandering to the far right, she IS the far right. Even if it IS an act, it shows that she's someone with absolutely no conscience or empathy, because no decent person could act that way when people's lives are at stake.
Putting #poverty into perspective … In the middle of the 19th century, about 10% of the population were destitute … around 1.9mn to 2mn in all.
Today a report was released showing that 3.8mn people in the uk are destitute, up 60% from before Covid. We now have twice as many people in extreme poverty than 150 years ago. Further proof that our ruling “class” has no interest in maintaining a satisfactory standard of living for all. The current mob of Conservatives now destroying it.
@kierkegaank I think we agree on the problem and the cause. I was just trying to make the point that the usual Conservative defence that the percentage is decreasing hides the fact that it’s three and a half MILLION people. Which I’ve just realised works out about 8 in every street on average.
Half way into our conversation with a Canadian teacher with whom we shared a lunchtime table I mentioned my discomfort with loud music, explaining it was one of my autistic traits. She was surprised I was autistic, adding that it’s now very trendy to be #neurodivergent, particularly for older people. After more opinionating she concluded I wasn’t autistic, probably just mildly. I asked what experience she had: As a special needs teacher she sees a lot of autism. FFS. #ActuallyAutistic
In case you missed it, #MetPolice officers are refusing to carry guns on duty unless they are given a guarantee that they wont be charged or prosecuted if they kill somebody on duty. Rather like they expected to escape prosecution when they rape and sexually assault women, or indulge their hideous racism. They behave as if they are above the law because they believe they are entitled to be above the law.
I grew up in this street. The photograph taken well before I was born, probably in the 1880s. Standing in the foreground are two men, one in a dress coat and bowler hat, the other in rough tweeds and a cap. Both are described in the (undated) archive as local characters. Three women pose half way down the street and a horse and cart is passing the house where I grew up - The Crown and Anchor public house in Clare Street, after it was renamed in honour of George Clare VC. #Fotomontag Photomonday