A key tenet of populist charlatanism - question the motives of people who might be experts. Which is why Gove deliberately demonised experts to help the Brexit campaign. One thing this government can never be accused of is expertise. They should never be allowed in power again
Most motivational speakers give you advice from the comfort of their (usually large and expensive) homes
It hits different when some ginger lad tells you to stay in the fight while running 50km in the Namibian desert after 18 days of straight marathons and another 230 to come
Instead of watching @imacelebrity…
Watch Help - a film by @Channel4 about Hancock’s policy
1hr 37mins of the gruelling & lonely deaths endured by those in care homes during the pandemic
& the abandoned staff who could only watch in horror
You might not find it such a hoot…
This obsession with ‘working hard’ and ‘hard working families’ is depressingly Victorian. We live in an age of machines that can do all that stuff for us. People should be having more diverse and more fulfilled lives, not grinding away until they die.
What is so striking is how many conservative mps are still talking about what is “ best for the party”. It’s a real give away - that party still seemingly comes before country and constituents and democracy.
The reason “free speech” warriors don’t kick over stuff like this is very straightforward: the “free speech” they actually care about is the right to say bigoted and stigmatising things about minorities
I have news for Rishi Sunak: going to university is not just about studying a subject that will make you lots of money. It's about broadening your mind and your horizons. The beauty of going to uni is precisely that you can study subjects like philosophy, history or French.
When Conservatives, like Rishi Sunak, attack “lefty lawyers”, what they really mean is they detest being held accountable by diligent legal professionals who prevent politicians from breaking the law