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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2022, 06:04 AM Aug 2022

No.10; two headless chickens vying to replace a useless cock. [View all]


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/06/rishi-sunak-and-liz-truss-tory-headless-chickens-cartoon]

Headline comes from the comment section - @Mikeg1958 - Far toooooooooo good not to repeat!

On a serious note though - how the hell can we survive another month of this. As Gordon Brown said in the Guardian yesterday we are facing a humanitarian crisis and need emergency measures stat for the most at risk households in the cost of living crisis. We know the households already living on or below the poverty line tend not to earn enough to pay income tax. So - these rotten far right economic plans for tax cuts are targeted away from the most vulnerable - because the cruelty and utter lack of care is the point with this lot. And of course as inflation soars those most in need still get to contribute to the taxes incurred in the production and distribution of day to day necessities. As communities we need to pull together because we cannot rely on this shower for ANYTHING...
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