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“You are really screwing yourselves royally for the future by producing a substandard workforce and children that are malnourished.” @Alston_UNSR UN Rapporteur warns Britain’s preoccupation with Brexit will leave the country severely diminished. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty @Alston_UNSR on Britain’s declining standards & the distraction of Brexit. 
No kind words for @UKLabour either from @Alston_UNSR as he describes “a missed opportunity for the Labour party not to be pursuing these issues, because clearly behind a lot of the Brexit debate is a concern about economic security and the way the country is going”.
This on the day the Social Mobility Commission concludes “social mobility has stagnated over the last four years at virtually all life stages.”
Meanwhile, the Brexit pantomime just carries on, distracting Parliament & us all from every critical issue.
theguardian.com/society/2019/a…
Meanwhile, the Brexit pantomime just carries on, distracting Parliament & us all from every critical issue.
theguardian.com/society/2019/a…
The commission highlighted “double disadvantages” of class, disability, ethnicity & gender, with women from working-class backgrounds paid 35% less than their affluent male peers within professional occupations.
Sitting on the statute books are some solutions which the Conservative govt has refused to bring into force.
The Equality Act 2010 contains provisions to deal with socioeconomic disadvantage & dual discrimination.
If only we could just put Brexit aside & focus on what matters.
The Equality Act 2010 contains provisions to deal with socioeconomic disadvantage & dual discrimination.
If only we could just put Brexit aside & focus on what matters.
Somebody once stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street and spoke about “burning injustices”. She and her govt have not only failed to solve them but are entrenching them.
Meanwhile, Corbyn and his crew stay committed to a course that resolutely ignores hard facts and truths.
Meanwhile, Corbyn and his crew stay committed to a course that resolutely ignores hard facts and truths.
Here’s the link to the Social Mobility Commission report. It makes very grim reading on the state of Britain today.
