The Tories are up to their old tricks yet again in trying to deflect attention away from their own failures by laying the blame for the sweatshops of Leicester at the door of the local council and police.
Is anyone surprised that another Tory government that is morally bankrupt on so many fronts is trying to now cleanse its image from by forging a new image of being a champion of human rights in proposing tougher legislation against the ills of 'modern slavery'.
It seems that there is no end of Tory cabinet ministers rushing off to proclaim a new cause at home & abroad. This includes Patel's new found crocodile crusade against injustice in the workplace and Rabb in taking tyrants to task globally as well as Sunak on youth unemployment.
However they forget you cannot champion any cause when you already have been the source of the injustices that have existed for at least a decade as a result of successive Tory policies. Nevertheless the ministry of feed good propaganda has no conscience on whitewashing the facts
No doubt this is another Cummings idea but you can only create so much spin before the facts speak for themselves. It was under repeated Tory governments that incentivised schemes existed for sweatshops to operate under the radar of the government's nose.
Not enough was done back then to legislate for stronger protections for reputable businesses against unfair competition. The inspectors did their job but they don't make the law. So why's Patel getting all hoppity about what was the Tories problem in the first place to sort out?
The answer lies in the way that Tory governments have always put the blame on those who are trying their level best in a bad situation and that extends to the Leicester Council, the Police and way before that to the BBC in the days of Cameron.
The way the Tories turned the spotlight on the good guys is far from uncommon. One notable firm - Public Interest Lawyers, was closed down after Theresa May ordered a clampdown on human rights lawyers she claimed were pursuing 'spurious claims' against members of the armed forces
Other words were neatly coined like 'vexatious claims' to torpedo any further progress towards justice for the long suffering families of the Bloody Sunday victims in Derry. Leicester City Council is far from alone in becoming the next victim of Tories passing the buck.
The Tory are masters of doing exactly that when the truth is out and they are the ones behind the coverups and failure to act when they should. Blaming the Grenfell victims was another one under May's leadership. The families of the victims are still seeking justice.
Another Tory government and the ranks of those seeking justice are swollen by the heartbroken families of those who died during the Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK marching on Downing Street at the weekend to protest Tory negligence in failing to act yet again when they ought to have
So Leicester City Council is not the real issue here. Its problems are a microcosm of the much deeper and far flung legacy of poverty, low wage economy, exploitation & injustice that have arisen from a decade of Tory mismanagement that is merely symptomatic of an entire legacy.
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