rawberrybubblegum · Today 18:15
According to this article, 90 per cent of Labour’s MPs have never worked in the private sector. No wonder they have no understanding of what they're doing to the econony.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/1643d8d4701e3a2b
I really am worried for Britain's future, for our children's life chances. Kemi Badenoch does give me hope, but will it be enough? It will take at least 10 years to repair the damage Labour are doing in their term. And that's 10 years if the Conservatives get in next election and apply good judgement to fix things. But it's more likely that Reform will get in. And I daren't even consider a Left wing alliance getting in instead. My mind just won't go to that hell.
I don't think Reform will be much better than Labour economically - they're populists, not disimilar to Labour. Just a different bogeyman. Not to dismiss those voting for them to get rid of Labour: it's particularly self-destructive to declare the people who actually fund the country as the bogeyman and try to destroy them, as Labour are...
And this is going to be a hard 50 years. It will cost a fortune to mitigate the affects of climate change, AI will transform industry and social structures, religious extremists see our culture as anathema, and seek to destroy us. Our children's challenges will be so, so much harder than ours or our parents'. Even without our culture self-imploding in woke self-hatred. Even without being burdened with debt from our current, selfish unwillingness to accept the county's financial constraints and stop throwing money away out of misguided socialist dogma.
Feeling quite discouraged and despondent.
Thank you all for your responses over DD 1
Firstly, Strawberry Bubblegum.
A major difference between Labour and Reform will of course be that 90% of Reform MP's elected will be either Director's of Small and Medium Sized Businesses,or Senior Managers within the Private Sector.
4 of their current 5 MP's are Nigel Farage successful career in the City, running own small investment company . Richard Tice Property and asset Development, Sarah Pochin husband ran a Successful North West based 3 Generational Constructional company until its sad demise in 2019 . Danny Kruger son of Prue Leith and director of family interests. These 4 people on their own have more business acumen than perhaps the 400 MP's in the Labour Party. One of the exceptions in the Labour Party being the 'odd' Pembroke MP Henry Tufnell who does not look like a typical Labour MP nor does he present as one either.
DH thinks this is a good lesson for DD 1 to learn that there will always be people who are envious towards you. The very sad thing is the two girls, who told tales on DD have been on 'sleep overs' in year 8 and were friends of DD, before the green monster took over them. It is very difficult for some teenage girls to accept , that other girls maybe better looking more intelligent, and better at Sport than them. Hence, when an opportunity arrivals via an outside speaker, they took the chance they had to get 'even'.
I know DD 1 could get in any Private school possibly with an (Academic Award) they would all take her . However, I do not want my 'smirking' DH to get the better of me and my choice of a Grammar School for my two DD's. Thus, because in many ways if I could build a school to my specifications, the DD's school would be pretty close to what i would desire.
DH's contemptible attitude towards State Education, drives me mad and he has already got satisfaction that DS's needs have not been met in the State System . I want to prove to him that the best the state has to offer is equal to his education.
For, the record my Adopted EHCP DS will get the chance to enter a Private School in September, if is 'current' School behavior does not prevent it.