Life is so simple when you're affluent, self-centred and a Tory

According to the Sunday Times Once Kwanteng had left Mr Barry and his hedge fund mates who were quaffing champagne they stated to refer to him as "a useful idiot "
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
Short of cash?

www.lbc.co.uk

Conservative Party chairman sparks anger by telling people ‘earn more money’ if they are struggling with bills

Conservative Party Chairman Jake Berry was accused of ‘tone deaf’ comments after he said people struggling with the cost of living “can either cut their consumption or get a higher salary.”
www.lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk
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Genius. He has a great mind and can make complex situations understandable to even the likes of me. I wish he'd said this sooner, we all could have avoided so much distress.

I'm off home now to turn off all the lights that I leave on 24/7. Then I'll send my CV off and apply to be Elon Muskrat.
 
Useful idiot doesn’t mean what many may think it does

As it’s not an insult it’s far more insidious than that.


In political jargon, a useful idiot is a term for a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause -- particularly a bad cause originating from a devious, ruthless source -- without fully comprehending the cause's goals, and who is cynically used by the cause's leaders.[1][2] The term was originally used during the Cold War to describe non-communists regarded as susceptible to communist propaganda and manipulation.[1]
 
They live in a bubble of priviledge. Ref earning more:

Get a highing paying job (just send the CV off and theres a £35k/year job for my £25k/year job, no special experience or extra qualifications, and of course £35k jobs are ten a penny on Teesside. Say I move from working in a supermarket and become a Maths teacher next month.

or second job say in the evenings or weekends (what about the kids/grandkids/elderly parents) that need help/looking after) (or the unpaid extra work required in the first job or long commute).

or people with a illness that struggle to work 40 hours per week never mind 60 hours.

Of course its different if you live somewhere where there are more jobs than people, have a nanny to look after the kids full time on a full time basis, can afford a nice care home for the elderly parents, know friends from school/university that have their own business or are Head of HR, have near perfect health (most people 60 and over do not, and 10% of the working age population have a disability).

I feel more lucky than some, but not as privilged as 50% of the population. I would not come out with the statement he did without signifant modifications.

On spending less - what about the people in 2017 that according to Theresa May "just about managing" they are probably close to drowning now or taking on lots of debt - what do you live on when Baked Beans are too expensive?
 
Clueless party and yet people still vote for them, well the rich are getting richer so of course they will.
Beggrrs belief some of the idiotic statements they come out with
 
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