"Rather than developing a coherent policy, [the Tory government] chose to keep redefining extremism, to exclude the bigoted elements in its own base and focus instead on environmental protesters and peaceful campaigners contesting the unfolding genocide in Gaza. The police kept warning that the far right was the fastest-growing terrorism threat in the UK, but the government did nothing"
Excellent from George Monbiot

#FarRightRiots #ToryBritain #Racism #UKRiots #Fascism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/06/riots-thuggery-14-years-tory-race-baiting

"Britain had its problems in 2010 – not least the impact of the 2008 financial crash – but it had strong public services and a visibly improved public realm..."Broken Britain”, it turns out, was a [Tory] campaign promise.
Jonn Elledge catalogues 14 years of terrible Tory policies.

Polling stations are now open. You can finally do something about it.

#GTTO #GeneralElection #GE2024 #ToryBritain #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/03/list-terrible-policy-conservatives-britain-2010?CMP=firstedition_email

"The average public library... is now an informal citizens advice bureau, a business development centre, a community centre, and a mental health provider. It is an unofficial Sure Start centre, a homelessness shelter, a literacy and foreign language-learning centre, a calm space where tutors can help struggling kids, an asylum support provider, and driving theory test centre..

#Libraries #Librarians #ToryBritain
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/25/how-britains-libraries-provide-more-than-books?CMP=firstedition_email

How Britain became a food bank nation: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/jun/11/how-britain-became-a-food-bank-nation Un articolo dell'ex primo ministro inglese Gordon Brown evidenzia la crescente #povertà in Gran Bretagna e la diffusione dei "banchi alimentari", in inglese "food banks", organizzazioni benefiche,solitamente non a scopo di lucro, che distribuiscono generi alimentari a persone bisognose #FoodBank #cibo #PovertàInfantille #GreatBritain #BancoAlimentare #ToryBritain @informapirata

Cutting disability benefits when there are more disabled and chronically ill people than ever due to government negligence… What could possibly go wrong? #ToryBritain #ToryManifesto

Scottish Conservative leader resigns after botched campaign to become an MP. #ToryBritain #ToryIncompetence https://apple.news/AYKyCTZ40SNK_cFosfgOXqQ

“Yes, we put taxes up, but we hated doing it!” —Penny Mordaunt #ToryBritain #ToryIncompetence

A new report from the Institute for Government (IfG) says it is not plausible for the victorious party on 4 July to stick to current spending plans at a time when the performance of hospitals is arguably the worst in the history of the NHS, prisons are at crisis point, and councils are shutting libraries and cutting back on waste collection and social care.

#Austerity #ToryBritain #GeneralElection #FiscalRules #SpendingCuts

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/07/incoming-ministers-will-face-uk-public-services-on-brink-of-collapse?CMP=GTUK_email

“In his closing statement the PM made a series of other false claims about his own record, saying that voters should ‘choose lower immigration and lower taxes,’ despite the fact that he has raised both taxes and immigration by record amounts.” #ToryLies #ToryBritain https://bylinetimes.com/2024/06/05/leaders-debate-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-vote-leave-style-tax-lie/

Tory MP “suspended with immediate effect” (she says she quit) now endorsing rival #RefUK candidate. #ToryBritain #GeneralElection2024 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kkzv12wndo

It seems clear that the Tories’ #NationalService proposal is a dead cat ‘culture war’ issue, and blatant pitch to #RefUK voters, designed to distract from their appalling record on the economy, health and public services. #ToryBritain

This is what we normally call ‘community service’ and it’s a sentence conferred upon young offenders. The Tories literally want to criminalise youth. #ToryBritain #NationalService #GeneralElection2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo.amp

This is an old Cameron-era idea recycled for the “young people have never had it so good” demographic. The truth, of course, is exactly the reverse. #ToryBritain #NationalService https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo

“To see how far we have sunk, look into our rivers and coastal waters. Or rather don’t. Because they have turned brown with raw sewage. An island nation where we fear to venture into the sea, because the Tories have turned it all to shit.” #ToryBritain #GeneralElection2024 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/punishment-election-tories-voters-lies

Social acceptance of food banks is a mark of Tory failure | Food banks | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/21/social-acceptance-of-food-banks-is-a-mark-of-tory-failure

#FoodBanks
#Tories
#ToryBritain
#ToryFailure
#Poverty

Meanwhile, #Brexit cheerleader Steve Baker MP refuses to cancel his holiday to fight the general election, but still hopes to retain his seat. #ToryBritain #GeneralElection2024 https://apple.news/AU0WUufGlTfiBzJ8zxJWQlw

Voting hasn’t even started, and already they’re dropping like flies! #ToryBritain #GeneralElection2024 https://apple.news/AfYFry99SS-uxmULBZOCd6Q

Honestly, they couldn’t even organise someone to hold an umbrella over the Prime Minister. What a joke. ️ #ToryBritain #ToryIncompetence #GeneralElection2024