Erskine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 22, 2023
They have been running down the NHS for years. Now in the aftermath of a pandemic when it served us so well, they want to exploit its weakness and make money for themselves and their buddies. The Tories sicken me!
#TheNHS #ToryFascists
Show threadPoliticalPuffin in the UKJan 24, 2023

@erskine Hi there 👋 I was listening to #BBC #Radio4 this morning and here was the argument they presented on behalf of the Times:

p1 The 'country' doesn't have enough money
p2 We can have an #NHS or spend on 'other' #SocialProgrammes
q We can't have both

I didn't hear the whole show but simple repetition of this puts it into the minds of the peeps that 'Oh no! That's awful but if the BBC are saying it, it must be true'

There are many issues with the argument not least its BS

Show threadErskine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 27, 2023
@PoliticalPuffin 1. Yes, exactly. Like Trumpian politics, repeating a lie or deception over and over can make it more credible and is a policy used by the right wing media and Tories constantly. However, there is also a danger in providing too much detail on an independent country. Such as .... we would remain in the EU. We would use Sterling. Oil in the 70s! Those claims are then simply turned into lies by those opposed to independence and act against the cause.
Show threadErskine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 27, 2023
@PoliticalPuffin 2. It should be enough to focus on the assets we have. Energy. Geo-political position in the North Atlantic valuable for military and commercial reasons. Desire to retunr to the EU providing direct competition to the rest of the UK and offering a valuable business location for companies wishing to trade with both the EU and UK. Economies are built by Governments and will change. The over arching desire to be a more socially equasl society should be the driver.
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@erskine 3/x It is not only the petty, cruel, disengenuous &, at times, disgusting, Feudal Lords of the Tory Gov., HMMLO, the Labour party have a lot to answer for, as do the 4th Estate.

The institutions of the Uk generally are fearful of not the working class, per se, but the potential loss of power that necessarily must follow a resurgent strong, independent & FAIR working class.

I agree with Marx on a whole lot, never move so than on equality it is the individual that can judge equality...

Jan 27, 2023 at 1:09pmWeb