Thread 35 - Sunak, the squatter

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Old thread here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4961707-thread-34-sunak-the-circus-is-back-in-westminster?page=40&reply=131976344

Happy New Year (from Scotland ).

The survey where people's No 1 concern is the economy is depressing me. If the British economy was better , as it would have been before Brexit and the con governments maybe more people would name the Climate as their number 1 concern. It really should be. I understand why it isn't for everyone in difficult financial circumstances , but these are the people who will probably be hit hardest by the effects of runaway climate change.

Am I understanding correctly? A Rev Dr is hoping to be a conservative parliamentary candidate? !! Does this person not read Christian scriptures?

Richard Tice now featured on R4 Profile . Can't say I'm listening carefully tbh.

Anyway he's been cautioning against Starmageddon apparently 😂

Starmageddon

ok, I can grudgingly admit that’s quite clever.

Not really clever enough to cause amnesia of the last 13 years in the electorate but still clever.

We could always have a Sunakmi?

OMG!!! I love it!!

@cakeorwine political pun of the year and it's only the 7th of January!

I've had to re read a few times for making the same mistake 😂🤪

And me.

I am one and every other LP I know is female.

Some have 50:50 so not technically alone and the sole carer but many do all but EOW and some (like myself) have raised them alone with no maintenance either.

Add to that my ds js also disabled.

I was completely bowled over watching the itv drama. Really opened my eyes. I was so pleased to see yesterday they are looking at prosecutions of the post office.

😂😂

I have known about the PO thing for ages so was a bit surprised how it seemed to be news to Rishi's government.

I watched the programme with interest but was infuriated by Zahawi's grandstanding cameo as 'himself'I have no idea what they were thinking.

23% of all households are lone parent families, 97% of which are female headed.

You would have thought that the Eye was required reading for Ministers.

Computer Weekly might be more to Sunak's taste, they were the first to investigate.

Single mums are one of the Tories favourite targets

Yup, ever since the 80s really. That's a long running folk devil.

You get it trotted out on here about Angela Rayner. I despair, frequently.

Before that. I was a single mum in the 70s, we were the scum of the earth then.

Don't I fucking know it.

Oh, sad. I thought it was a Thatcher thing but, yes, you are right , of course.

My classes I teach think it's hilarious that people used to say things like 'living in sin' and 'wrong side of the sheets' and'shotgun wedding'.

I was reflecting earlier that referring to people as 'blue haired' (and worse) is the new 'pink trumpeters'. Like 'women in comfortable shoes' and 'shirt lifters'. It's no different - just a new target.

One has to have a target for the daily hate to make oneself feel better.

Lone parents might get a short reprieve. I think we’re going for people on sickness benefits for a bit. Presumably to fund the IHT cuts.

This is interesting. I think I missed this before Christmas.

Using the power of linked data to understand factors preventing people from working | National Statistical (ons.gov.uk)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is working with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Joint Work and Health Directorate to understand how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had an impact on people’s health, their ability to work, and the social security benefits they received. Our work will assess if, and how, this has varied for people in different socio-demographic groups (for example, by age, sex, ethnicity, region, and level of deprivation), disabled people, and those with certain pre-existing health conditions (such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases).

This new evidence may inform policies aimed at removing employment barriers for people with disabilities or health conditions who wish to stay in or return to work, reducing societal inequalities, and the possible expansion of relevant healthcare services. At an individual level, this may contribute to improved health, wellbeing and income among disadvantaged groups. At a macroeconomic level, it could contribute to our understanding of the socio-demographic and health drivers of increased economic inactivity in the labour market, ultimately supporting economic growth.

That should be interesting. He seems to have claimed to LK that he didn’t believe that the nation was actually sicker than it was pre-pandemic. Obviously she’s never on top of her brief so I doubt it was challenged but just as a starter -
5 year olds are getting shorter due to stunted growth
life expectancy is falling
record numbers of people waiting for NHS treatment.
pretending the pandemic is over and that Covid is flu despite the fact that it isn’t and restricting people’s ability to protect themselves from disability from it by getting vaccinated.

I’m sure there’s more but those are just the ones off the top of my head. And a lot of those things the government can take some responsibility for. So it must be pretty galling for Rishi to be suggesting he’s going to change eligibility for sickness benefits so people can’t get them.

Sorry if someone has mentioned this somewhere - catching up a bit. Still shocked at Peter Bones partner standing as his replacement but my DH just told me he read that Bones gave Sunak an ultimatum - either select his partner or he would stand as an independent and split the vote.

The corruption continues.