This government has been dragged kicking & screaming from U-Turn to U-Turn by Marcus Rashford, Keir Starmer, Public Anger, Andy Burnham, and Student Protests...
Tories can't handle pandemics BECAUSE they're Tories.
Tories can't handle pandemics BECAUSE they're Tories.
Getting through a pandemic requires strict obedience to common rules and restrictions, but as explained below by a Tory MP, the extreme individualism of the Conservatives goes against that.
Their Tory instincts told them NOT to do these things.
▪️ Pay people's wages
▪️ Mandate individual sacrifice for the common good. (mask/lockdown)
▪️ Intervene to ensure equality (a-levels)
▪️ Listen to experts (this government especially)
And the delays ruined people's lives.
▪️ Pay people's wages
▪️ Mandate individual sacrifice for the common good. (mask/lockdown)
▪️ Intervene to ensure equality (a-levels)
▪️ Listen to experts (this government especially)
And the delays ruined people's lives.
For the record, I'm not saying that if you're conservative, you can't handle a pandemic...
But if you're not willing to depart from Conservative principles and embrace state intervention as soon as it becomes the logical solution, then your conservatism will kill people.
But if you're not willing to depart from Conservative principles and embrace state intervention as soon as it becomes the logical solution, then your conservatism will kill people.
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