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This is great!

‘In almost all cases, the only thing that can rescue them from the realisation that their unhappiness and grievances probably owe more their political heroes, their own past votes and actions than the existence of a Muslim mayor, a Polish plasterer or a Mexican housemaid.’

‘It wasn't immediately clear why [Sadiq Khan's] election stuck so stubbornly in the craw of the Breitbart/Infowars/Trump axis, but it is now. You can't get yourself much more integrated into British society than getting yourself elected as mayor the UK capital; a Muslim isn't give to be ejected mayor by a population that is “sick” of Muslims …’

‘… their relationship with the property market.’

‘The millennials who ring my show to explain, almost blithely, why they will never be able to buy a flat, despite earning considerably more than the average salary, seem to live in a manner best described “genteel hand-to-mouth”. They spend serious sums of money on leisure and consumption, not because they’re profligate but because saving while renting is never going to meaningfully change …’

‘In the aftermath of this scandal, for example, I learned that Section 40 of the Equality Act 2010, which required employers to safeguard employees against harassment from clients and customers, had been repealed in 2013 as part of the Conservative Party’s tabloid-friendly program of “cutting red tape”.’

‘Once, it was normal to see doctors advertising cigarettes, to own slaves, to be free to rape your wife. Actually, you couldn't technically take your wife in the UK until as recently as 1984, when the Criminal Rescue Committee rejected the idea that “marital rape” could be a crime.’

If only more tv, radio and press journalists were prepared to challenge the lies that have been peddled for the last few years the uk wouldn't be the laughing stock that brexit has made it today.

Great read

Enjoying this... as always, JOB's arguments make sense.

In our present world it is more than ever important to see the wood for the trees. James O'Brien teaches us how.