Romesh and Bash BOTH giving to refugee charities made me cry. What a fucking gorgeous thing, and a reminder that so much of the noise about boats and general hatred isn’t the typical thing. It’s just a small percentage of loud idiots. #celebritytraitors
Two things are often true at once.
1 This has been an embarrassing and damaging shambles by Labour.
2 If Andy Burnham becomes the next PM, I will wish him well and hope he keeps Farage out of Number 10.
Whatever complaints MPs have about Keir Starmer, they are now descending into the kind of headless chickenry that - whatever and whoever the outcome - will make the situation even worse for Labour. If there is a grand plan starring Catherine West and a few PPSs, then it doesn’t feel terribly thought through. A period of calm would do none of them any harm. The general election is a fair way off. The next legislative programme is about to be unveiled. There are better ways to reach such an important decision and better times too. You are MPs not commentators who exist to feed a frenzy.
“It is not the fault of immigration, it is the fault of poor spending”
Chef Tom Kerridge says immigration is used as a “battering tool” by political parties to “push” a narrative and for “masking” policy failures, and he is “proud” of the UK’s “culturally rich” society
#bbcqt
The year is 2045. After 30 years of the Triple lock pensioners now earn 4x the median wage.
Only 35% of the population work and they are taxed at 70%. All that tax is spent on the NHS, pensions and welfare. No other public services exist.