Matthew Syed blames Britain’s decline on “20 years of socialism”.
Strange, I must’ve missed all the public housing, strong unions, wealth taxes and free childcare.
What we’ve really had is 20 years of crony capitalism dressed up as reform.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Just a quick reminder to society. The left brought you public Healthcare, the 40 hour work week, maternity leave, old age pensions, the right to strike for better wages, regulations to protect food & water supplies to name a few. The right has brought you eternal war & discord.
Very enjoyable. I'd add that if Charlie Kirk's God was all that bothered about the gays, he'd have put it in the Ten Commandments, not tucked it away in Leviticus with some stuff about prawns.
Won't riot about Water Companies, cost £16bn a year
Won't riot about Banks, steal £82bn a year.
Won't riot about Supermarkets, take £20bn a year, 4x in 3 years.
Won't riot about Energy Companies, stealing £130bn a year.
Will riot about Asylum Seekers, cost less than £3bn a year.