Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Oh, I Think That Ship Already Left Harbour….

"Not sacking her would be utterly fatal because, at that point, as well as being an unpopular prime minister, he becomes a weak and unpopular prime minister."
You think he's not that already, then?
Referring to Braverman’s recent suggestion that homeless people were on the streets because they had made a “lifestyle choice”, the senior Tory added: “That was crossing the Rubicon. When you start attacking homeless people and saying it is a lifestyle choice, that is evidently ignorant, as well as nasty.” Asked how angry he was at Braverman’s behaviour on a scale of one to 10, he answered “11”.

Yet it’s demonstrably true that for some, it is such a choice. And who are you, who won’t even put your name to this, that we should care how angry you claim to be? 

This post was drafted and scheduled just before I left for a short break in Edinburgh and events rather overtook it, didn’t they?

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4 comments:

  1. The Jannie14 November 2023 at 10:01

    Yes: in today's wonderful world, telling the truth will get you nowhere at all.

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  2. Nemisis14 November 2023 at 10:49

    From my point of view, the difficulty with homeless people is, whether it's their choice or not they are behind the hordes of illegal invaders/visitors/whatevers when it comes to having access to accommodation. WHY?

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  3. Matt14 November 2023 at 15:40

    Everyone (bar a tiny minority) who is homeless is an alcoholic and/or drug addict. They do not want to be helped. Indeed they can't be because it requires getting off the addictive substance so they can live a normal life.

    So, it is in fact a lifestyle choice because that's the life they have chosen.

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  4. JuliaM19 November 2023 at 07:32

    "Yes: in today's wonderful world, telling the truth will get you nowhere at all."

    And, in fact, will set you back from what you've accomplished.

    "...whether it's their choice or not they are behind the hordes of illegal invaders/visitors/whatevers when it comes to having access to accommodation. WHY?"

    Maybe she should have emphasised this point a bit more, for the Tory wets?

    "Everyone (bar a tiny minority) who is homeless is an alcoholic and/or drug addict. They do not want to be helped. Indeed they can't be because it requires getting off the addictive substance so they can live a normal life."

    Everyone working in the homeless sector knows this. Pity no-one spoke up to support her.

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