Hmm, have I got to be neutral?
I think its useful to try and reflect and find something positive, just to try and get people thinking.
I don't expect many answers to come up with something glowing - nor even neutral tbh.
In the same vein as my last post on previous thread about government priorities:
www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jul/24/uk-working-mothers-are-sacrifical-lambs-in-coronavirus-childcare-crisis
UK working mothers are 'sacrificial lambs' in coronavirus childcare crisis
The failure to put access to childcare at the heart of government policy risked sending women back to the 1970s, said Caroline Nokes, the Conservative MP who chairs the women and equalities select committee. She called the lack of a single reference to childcare in the summer mini-budget “shocking”.
“The specific needs of women are not on anyone’s agenda right now,” she said. “In order to even stand still on gender equality at this moment you would need real drive and ambition, but we are not seeing anyone grasp that.”
That lack of focus could have dire consequences for women’s future earning power, said Tulip Siddiq, the shadow minister for children and early years. “It’s like a throwback to the dark ages,” she said. “It feels like I’m banging my head against a brick wall. This is not a cabinet that listens to women.”
The point that Caroline and Tulip seem to forget is that the problem that women of working age are not Conservative voters and are therefore are not a priority. The priority is keep Conservative voters content. And the majority are male or women who have retired.
Of course they are going to shaft working age women. They are dispensible in political terms.
This is what populism looks like.