Before Windows95, before Oasis released Wonder Wall and before OJ Simpson faced trial, our new PM Andy Burnham had a job. He had a job as a journalist working for a little publishing company for 3 years.
This is the only job any of the new UK Government Cabinet has had.
Other than those three years, more than 30 years ago the entire cabinet has only ever worked in tax payer funded roles.
None of them have ever had to make a sale. None of them have been paid to pour a pint. None have felt a sick feeling about making payroll. None have been answerable to investors.
In the UK 50% of the jobs are small businesses and almost ALL of the jobs growth is small businesses. None of them has ever started, owned or run one. Wouldn’t it be nice if just one of them had some experience in making a small business profitably grow before having a crack at the 7th largest economy.
Imagine what it must feel like to KNOW that your wage is paid for by the tax-payer. Imagine the certainty and security working for a government that never fires anyone for anything. Imagine how it would feel knowing you could blow out a budget with no real consequences or you could completely screw up a project and nothing bad would happen. Imagine that level of insulation and comfort for decades.
I can’t. I’ve been in business for the last 25 years. If I don’t sell I don’t eat. If I screw up I face very real consequences very fast. Millions of small businesses are being asked to get out there and hire people and grow the economy by a team of people who’ve never had a proper job. Surely something isn’t right with that?
They played a blinder.
First the arrest of an innocent man & the immediate statement that it had nothing to do with politics.
Then second arrest & keeping his name hidden until all social media scrubbed.
Within 36 hours the 'right wing' terror plot, that wasn't.
The Regime.
The UK has just appointed the worst kind of person to Attorney General
An Afghan asylum seeker named Ahmad Mulakhil raped a 12 year old girl and filmed the entire attack as a trophy
Another migrant named Mohamed Abdulraziq dragged a 5 year old girl off the street and sexually assaulted her
In both cases their sentences were argued to be too lenient for their crimes
Both cases were sent to Labour MP Ellie Reeves for review
In both cases she rejected the appeals and said the light sentences were just fine
Under her watch expect more migrants to get tiny sentences for raping children