Strypey3d ago

Here in 2025;

"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says parents unhappy with provided school lunches should 'make a Marmite sandwich and put an apple in the bag'."

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/04/luxon-if-you-dont-like-the-lunches-just-go-make-a-marmite-sandwich/

Meanwhile back in the 1990s ...

https://donfranksnz.bandcamp.com/track/marmite-sandwiches-and-weetbix

#MarmiteSandwiches #OutOfTouch #NZPolitics

Luxon: 'If you don't like the lunches, just go make a Marmite sandwich'

The Prime Minister said there had been issues with the new programme but was confident David Seymour would get it sorted.

1News
The Alex PerspectiveMay 21

Really, that's what Labour, Kier Starmer & Rachel Reeves think that the British public want, cheaper Alton Towers tickets in a cost of living crisis #Outoftouch

#Politics #News #UKPol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7pzr88de1o

Cheaper theme park tickets and children's meals as VAT to be cut for some attractions this summer

Chancellor Rachel Reeves made a series of announcements aimed at relieving cost-of-living pressures.

BBC News
Trump Watch 👀May 18
Trump’s “truth bomb” wasn’t honesty —it was contempt. A billionaire born into wealth telling Americans crushed by rent, groceries, and medical bills that their suffering isn’t his concern is political arrogance on steroids #OutOfTouch Completely detached from reality www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u...

To Critics, Trump Remarks Reve...
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch

The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.

The New York Times
MiamiCaricatureArtistJeffSterlMay 16
US Taxpayers DOLLARS Hard at work NOT to Benefit US Taxpayers. #OutofTouch
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-reveals-secret-new-hospital-for-donald-trump-79/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=9b5103b41daffa04578f3daded546aee&user_emailB=fc96229e35580281413791437cca2979d5fd13757c887c7be63d71dfa29fb378&lctg=627277fd122ad8247402b167&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=260516-AMDigestA&utm_term=F%20List%20Daily%20Beast%20Newsletter%20AM
White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79

The president’s much-talked-about ballroom now inexplicably could double as a hospital.

The Daily Beast
The Hard Times – Punk News Comin’ Your Way! [Unofficial]May 1

Boss Who Doesn’t Pay You Enough Wonders Why You Don’t Travel More

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/culture/boss-who-doesnt-pay-you-enough-wonders-why-you-dont-travel-more/

InfiniteHenchApr 30

Here's a low hanging fruit #Microsoft could work on to try (try) and stop me from dreaming about fleeing Windows: STOP SHOWING USELESS POPUPS ON TOP OF MY GAMES

#VideoGames #Microslop #OutOfTouch #LowHangingFruit

RonSupportsYouApr 30
Jackie Calmes: "Pres. Donald Trump is so drunk with power, so cocooned in a bubble of bootlickers, that he gives no sign of altering the behavior and policies that are repelling ever more Americans, including his (2024 election) voters. So take heart in his record low polls. Trumpism likely ends with him."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #OutOfTouch #failing
lock_the_float23Apr 28

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children

#impeach #trump #ssi #disability #socialsecurity #outoftouch #takecareofpeople

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

ProPublica
usbs-usaApr 20
Tell #Everyone you have never shopped for anything in your entire life. Many already knew.
#OutOfTouch
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-corner-store-las-vegas-ballroom
Baffled by his own ‘corner store’ reference, Trump’s problems with groceries persist

The president can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns. “Corner store,” however, left him badly confused.

MS NOW
Pam CApr 3
Every intelligent person in the world think that because of the oil and gas crisis caused by the US/Israel illegal war that we should fast-track the move to renewables. Politicians and Billionaires think we should fast track drilling in the north sea. #OutOfTouch.