Today's Tiny Violin Award goes to ...
GPLB: "George Freeman says he resigned from government because he could not pay increased mortgage on ministerial salary"
EDIT: Just out of interest, I had a look at Georgie's expenses for this period - £47k, or two years of his mortage payments.
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That'd be the lack of qualified staff (Brexit) and all the nurseries that have gone bust (energy bills/cost of living), you dumb fuck 🤬
GPLB: "Sunak: 'some practical issues' with rollout of increased free childcare plan"
Wow.
Jonathan Slater, former permanent secretary at the Department for Education on R4 says that they asked for cash to rebuild/repair 300-400 schools a year. They were given funding for 100. Then Rishi Sunak became chancellor in 2021 and cut that to 50 schools.
That's this Rishi Sunak, in case you'd forgotten. 🔽
Winchester College is the fourth richest educational establishment in the country. #UKPolitics#CostOfVotingToryCrisis
Expert gaslighting.
GPLB: "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he understood people would be “frustrated” by hearing about the level of profits for energy companies, but recalled the introduction of a windfall tax on energy firms during his time as chancellor.
SHOCKING REVELATIONS! Giving poor people less money makes them poorer. They needed a report to tell them that. And even then they tried to stop it being published.
GPLB: "New DWP research shows benefits cap 'only results in making poor families poorer', says charity" #DWP#UniversalCredit#CostOfVotingToryCrisis#UKPolitics#PovertyIsNotACrime