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[Huyton Layne]

Absolutely no shame.

 

[dead_soft]

New equalities commissioner attacked ‘modern feminism’ and #MeToo

Jessica Butcher claimed ‘victimhood narrative’ disempowered women, and disputed reasons for gender pay gap

www.theguardian.com

Tories really showing how they see the proles once again “Working-class girls have been deprived of jobs that they love such as Page 3 girls and [Formula One] grid girls because other women disapprove of them. What happened to ‘my body, my choice’?”

 

[Blue 1]

New equalities commissioner attacked ‘modern feminism’ and #MeToo

Jessica Butcher claimed ‘victimhood narrative’ disempowered women, and disputed reasons for gender pay gap

www.theguardian.com

Tories really showing how they see the proles once again “Working-class girls have been deprived of jobs that they love such as Page 3 girls and [Formula One] grid girls because other women disapprove of them. What happened to ‘my body, my choice’?”

Christ! I thought you were paraphrasing with an additional dose of sarcasm. That's a direct quote! Wowzers.

 

[dead_soft]

Christ! I thought you were paraphrasing with an additional dose of sarcasm. That's a direct quote! Wowzers.

Yeah, I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me. The whole appointment and comment once again just shows that they think they are completely unanswerable to anyone

 

[Tubey]

As much as I understand the concept behind foreign aid and the benefits of it, I don't understand criticism of cutting it by 0.2%, given some of the countries that were recipients of it.

With our borrowing the way it is, it's just common sense.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

The same Steve/n Baker who identifies himself as the born again Christian. lol

Christianity – Steve Baker FRSA

www.stevebaker.info

 

[Amw79]

He's entertaining - a good after dinner speaker. An Eton Mess to go with dessert. It's where he should stay.

Probably been shared around here before, but a good account of Boris’s after dinner schtick is here from Jeremy Vine. Bit long, but interesting, as it shows his orchestrated management of his bumbling public image.

Jeremy Vine: My Boris story

Since he is probably our next Prime Minister, I thought I'd share this Boris Johnson story with you.

reaction.life

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Very odd spending review, lots about Pandemic spending, nothing about the big obese albino elephant in the room, Bregsit that is not Johnson.

'No-deal' Brexit to wipe 2 per cent off GDP - with financial services worst hit

Grecasts suggest a "no-deal" Brexit would hit the UK economy to the tune of 2 per cent next year and scar the economy for years to come.

www.cityam.com

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Stain on Britain Windrush.

And I somehow imagine you won't see the same level of outrage either from Tory cheerleaders as they were and are screaming from the rooftops over anti-Semitism in Labour.

And for the record all forms of racism, inequality etc should be condemned and dealt with wherever they may be found, you get dont pick and choose as and when, well unpleasant people can.

'Stain on British history': Home Office broke equality law over Windrush scandal, report finds | UK News | Sky News

 

[GwladysBlue]

Freezing public sector pay but giving the NHS a pay rise to get good PR. Pathetic from this woeful government.

We all worked through this.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Stain on Britain Windrush.

And I somehow imagine you won't see the same level of outrage either from Tory cheerleaders as they were and are screaming from the rooftops over anti-Semitism in Labour.

And for the record all forms of racism, inequality etc should be condemned and dealt with wherever they may be found, you get dont pick and choose as and when, well unpleasant people can.

'Stain on British history': Home Office broke equality law over Windrush scandal, report finds | UK News | Sky News

Not the first racist policy May's Government introduced.

 

[Blues Harp]

As much as I understand the concept behind foreign aid and the benefits of it, I don't understand criticism of cutting it by 0.2%, given some of the countries that were recipients of it.

With our borrowing the way it is, it's just common sense.

What do you mean by your last paragraph? To which countries are you referring, and where do you think any public money released by this cut is going to go.

 

[Tubey]

What do you mean by your last paragraph? To which countries are you referring, and where do you think any public money released by this cut is going to go.

We send money to the likes of China, India and so on.

It can be spent better, more streamlined. It's often used as a political influence tool rather than genuine aid.

0.5% is still more than most countries.

 

[catcherintherye]

We send money to the likes of China, India and so on.

It can be spent better, more streamlined. It's often used as a political influence tool rather than genuine aid.

0.5% is still more than most countries.

If that is is the right figure, then why did this very party put it at 0.7%?

 

[Tubey]

If that is is the right figure, then why did this very party put it at 0.7%?

Because we're soft, putting it bluntly. We've always been a top foreign aid donor.

List of development aid sovereign state donors - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's faux outrage. All that'll happen is we stop sending stupid money to China and India, who - being rich, nuclear countries - will I'm sure cope by having to look after their own bloody populations for once, and we're still outspending the vast majority of nations on foreign aid.

Indeed, rather than moan about it being reduced by 0.2%, there's more of an argument as to why it isn't being reduced further, or at least made more opaque in terms of how it is spent e.g. who it goes to, does the money actually get used on the projected indicated and so on.

EDIT: For reference, biggest recipient of foreign aid is Pakistan. The same Pakistan that maintains a nuclear arsenal. It's a farce.