@Lord_Talbot64@zarahsultana Depends on who the 'crown estates' belong to? Either way it's a cracking salary, a life of privilege and rather pleasant gardens to potter around in. Pinnacle of the aristocracy, house of lords, landed gentry, house of cards.
We live in a grotesquely unequal society that concentrates wealth, status & power in the hands of a few.
Real patriotism is about building a society that cares for each other and cares for all.
The Labour Party—founded as a party of the people—is now wholly defunct.
It exists as a vehicle for social mobility for chancers and charlatans willing to con the working class out of their agency, and is the biggest obstacle to progressive change in the U.K.
@margarethodge You pissed all over the once in a lifetime opportunity for something better? I'm lost for words too - but I still hope you tread on Lego.
NEW: Coventry bin workers win 12.9% pay rise following industrial action."This win shows the new direction of Unite. We will defend our members pay and conditions, however long it takes. This continuous action has delivered real terms pay increases for our members." -@UniteSharon
@Kaestiel_ @hepolytes @SimonPease1 Tuition fees, a house price bubble and a wholesale shift of social services into the private sector. They introduced the topping up of shite wages and employers have been lapping it up ever since.
@BarbM55365324 @OwenJones84 Owen observed that he'd attracted the wrath of tedious, centrist Waitrose shoppers and now he's being pelted with vine-ripened sun dried tomatoes 🍅 🍅🍅 He didn't even mention sanctimonious 🤷