Yet these Tories harangue the rest of us about ending "the something-for-nothing society", and insist that we should all "pay our own way" in life rather than rely on hand-outs from others.
As always with the Tories, it's "Don't do as we do, do as we say."
From a Conservative Party/Government which:
a) claims that it is strongly opposed to banning things just because some people are offended (Cancel Culture)
b) keeps demanding less State interference in social affairs.
There really is no limit or end to the Tories' arrogance and hypocrisy.
Yes, there is so much bureaucratic nonsense in Higher Education - the 'educrats' have taken-over, and govern by 'strategies because they've never taught or written a scholarly book in their lives. Yet I would advise you to persevere with academia, because the current regime is unsustainable...
VAT is also a 'regressive' tax, because it takes more of a poor person's income - a £100 VAT bill is 'nothing' to Richard Branson, but a lot if you're a pensioner.
Apparently, there are dozens of seats (many in southern England) where Labour and the Lib Dems are unofficially agreeing not to campaign energetically against each other if only one of them has a realistic chance of defeating the Tories. In my constituency of Bath, Labour has no chance of...
2024's Gigs - so far.
Fairport Convention
Bath
23 February
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Bristol
19 March
Wasted Youth
Bristol
10 May (last Friday)
Steeleye Span
Bath
15 May (tomorrow!)
Manic Street Preachers + Suede
Cardiff
5 July
Lene Lovich
Bristol
2 August
Nick...
Brilliant summary.
In some respects, today's Tories remind me of the Communist headbangers in the old Soviet Union.
Rather than looking at the destruction, misery and total failure of their ideology and policies, they either insist that the 'program' simply needed more time to bear fruit, or...
Were planning to criminalise the homeless - while (last month) watering-down legislation to ban no-fault evictions, after lobbying from landlords. Surprise, surprise!
The current Tories really are complete and utter *****
I guess it hopes that any claims it makes, however absurd, will divert attention from the absolute fuckwittery of the last 15 years. After all, they've got us discussing it on here right now!
It knows that some people are so gullible that they'll believe anything the Conservatives say, however...
Uneasy about this; has the defecting Tory MP finally realise just how cruel and incompetent the Tories are, or do they now think that Starmer's Labour Party has moved sufficiently Right-wards (with so many progressive policies abandoned in the last year) that they won't feel too out of place on...
I'm, not a fan of Clarkson, either as a buffoonish TV presenter, or his reactionary Right-wing Woke-goading, Sunday Times column, but I must confess that having read a couple of glowing TV reviews of episode 2 of his latest series, and in particular his farcical attempts at getting his pigs to...
Caught this last night watching a recent BBC programme on New York punk/indie bands and musicians. Never heard anything by John Cale (ex-Velvet Underground) before, but absolutely adore this.