Right-wingers live in a fantasy world. Most people are normal, want a nice country to live in, and are happy to pay for that.
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When immigrants bring their families to the UK, the right-wing media monsters the cost to the taxpayer.
When people emigrate from the UK to be with their families, it’s all “grandparents”-this and “sunshine”-that
They think we’re stupid
What do Reform voters actually want?
Immigration is their biggest complaint. But looking at some of the other data suggests something more interesting.
Because these people are protest-voting, and there is a lot of shared ground with the left.
https://wealthofnotions.substack.com/p/what-do-reform-voters-actually-want
The Telegraph having an extremely normal one.
They’re complaining that they’ll have to spend £40 more on something that will save them money in the long-run, so less damage to clothes over time, and cut carbon emissions.
Honestly, get a grip.
I wrote something related to this a little while ago, about how kids are pushed to be consumers way earlier. Something has to change.
Gangs are buying video game items to gain kids’ trust and then blackmailing and grooming them to sell drugs or perform sex acts.
I remember when games weren’t full of items to sell or lootboxes to gamble with. Wish we could go back to that.
Kids need spaces to just be kids, not to be consumers.
In 1964, conservative Peter Griffiths fought for a parliamentary seat in the Midlands with the slogan: “If you want a n*gger for a neighbour, vote Labour.”
60 years later, the language is tamer, but the message hasn’t changed
