The long hot Summer is panning out as self prophesied, with really nasty, far-right thugs getting more and more support from idiot bloggers like Colonel Blimp (and others) who sits on his arse in a foreign country and says things like 'I don't support Tommy Robinson, but...' when complaining about his own country going to wrack and ruin. The man who thought that Rishi Sunak was a Moslem also thought - for the brief period before he re-wrote his piece - that the 17 year-old Welsh child murderer with Rwandan parents was one too. As if our Rishi would have sent all those asylum seekers to a country which is not predominantly Christian!
Rachel Reeves knew there was a massive black hole in the finances long before the election. Of course she did - we all did. She knew that spending had to be cut and taxes had to rise too. Of course she did - we all did.
Everyone lies now as a matter of course, and we all know they do. They know that we know of course, but developing a thick skin is mandatory in modern politics.
Stop supporting stupid, nasty men who attack people in the streets and their places of worship.
It is all very tiring and in many ways just hot air. The US has DT and he does the same thing as do his followers. Yet with KH now in the mix, she counters the lies and is showing she can and will set the record straight. One of the statements KH makes (with a big smile) is: "As a prosecutor, I know his (DT) type." Also, my Economist magazine, states: (1) British inflation has slowed and employment has risen. Both good indicators. (2) If immigrants are all deported as some promote, economies will suffer as most newcomers want to work and are employed in construction and service jobs (childcare and care homes).
ReplyDeleteLeaving the E.U. has had more detrimental effects on our economy than the immigrants ever will, but the right-wing need scapegoats to vent their anger in the hot weather. The previous government failed to process asylum seekers and failed to keep tracks on them while they waited, so they have lost track of 75,000 of them and nobody knows where they are. I know where they are. They are working the black economy like anyone would have to in order to survive as stateless people in a foreign land.
DeleteAnd they are not all knife wielding murderers who want to kill us as soon as they get off the dinghy, despite what Tommy Robinson tells you.
DeleteHot air, Susan? Do you actually know what Tom is referring to? Also, so pleased that in your view there are good indicators. That's fine then.
ReplyDeleteShe is right. Employment has risen and inflation is going down. Do you not think these are good indicators? After the covid and lockdown, a lot of Brits got used to not working and a lot of children got used to not attending school. It was easy to get a job that Eastern Europeans filled nicely, but nobody was either trained up for it or wanted to do it at all. It was not so easy to get your kids into a school outside of your catchment area.
DeleteEmployment and inflation are not the only things that need sorting, are they?
DeleteThey certainly are not, but they - along with growth - seem to be at the forefront of the governments' thinking. Can you name others in the long term?
DeleteOf course employment and inflation are the concerns of he government, but there are many aspects to our society that seem to have risen up and make people concerned for their safety and for their children's future. Violence, incels, addiction, county lines, lack of motivation or pride. All things that the government seem powerless to influence.
DeleteI don't see the things you mention as being any more prevalent than they ever have been in my experience. The difference might be that you find out about them instantly these days and the planning of riots has been made so much easier with social media. It is not the job of governments to influence these things, it is their job to legislate against them and for the police to enforce the legislation. When the previous government axed 40,000 police jobs, that did not help. It takes a long time to catch up on 14 years of austerity. Longer than the 4 years which Labour have been mandated to govern.
DeleteI'm basing my opinion on what I see and read about against occupational experience, something I never discuss. Politics and the law don't really feature.
DeleteWell if you don't discuss your experience I will have to take your word for it. I don't understand how politics and they law cannot feature.
DeleteAll I wish to say is that thank goodness I am at the end of my life rather than at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Weave. My generation has had it so easy. The next will not.
DeleteShame it did not rain, that would have kept the rioters off the streets. I pity the poor police sandwiched between the EDF and the anti- Nazi brigade in Bristol.
ReplyDeleteYes, the police hate hot Summer nights. They have an impossible job and both sides know it.
DeleteYes, it was very likely to happen anyway. "Our voices are not being heard. We need an honest discussion" they say. No, we don't. It would fuel more racism. Broadly everyone agrees about what the problem is. You can't put them in prison camps or let them drown in the Channel. We have a government now with the clout to get things done, and they are doing it as fast as they can, clearing up the mess of years of disagreement and inaction.
ReplyDeleteI hope so.
DeleteThis is a difficult test of the new Labour Government's ability to react and get things right. Fuelled not only by racists but also those that want them to fail.
ReplyDeleteThis is Brexit all over again, blame the immigrants for everything the previous government failed to do, such as effective policing as well as effective border control. Except this time it's more violent.