Footballer Marcus Rashford fights for free school meals

[Espresso]

This mantra of "It is the responsibility of the parents to feed their own children" in times of massive hardship for low income families is sickening.
The head honcho of the people who are saying this is well known for refusing to even acknowledge how many children he has.
If he's quite that spectacularly ambivalent and heartless about his own progeny, no one can be all that surprised that he cares even less than that for anyone else's.
Psychopaths are like that.

 

[Calamity1971]

And 3 others
BANNED: Stokesley pub bans Tory MPs after vote on free school meals
Comments section, as ever, is full of Tory fuckwits.

 

[tommers]

Hopefully this will turn into something good, a groundswell of people organising help for others outside of government and, maybe, all of us becoming a bit more generous and open minded.

It's really showing some people up for what they are as well.

 

[Calamity1971]

Mate sent me this from their Facebook.
Next time I'm bimbling about that way on my bike I'll give them my custom, should be scum free

 

[moomoo]

I’m actually speechless

 

[Streathamite]

Worth signing this petition which is live.

dunnit.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I’m actually speechless

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That’s quite some thought process going on there.
25% of parents in one of his schools are illiterate, surely he should be beating the drum for a shit load more cash for education in his constituency..?

 

[Streathamite]

That’s quite some thought process going on there.
25% of parents in one of his schools are illiterate, surely he should be beating the drum for a shit load more cash for education in his constituency..?

added to which - perhaps Mr Bradley would care to remind us who's been in poiwer for the past decade?

 

[Fairweather]

I’m actually speechless

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[Calamity1971]

This doing the rounds, won't have have any effect but I signed anyway. The immoral bunch of cunts.
End subsidised food and alcohol in Parliament and the Lords

 

[GarveyLives]

I think that Dominic Cummings' administration may come to regret their attacks on young Rashford, who probably brings far more credit and respect to the UK than they do:

Racist responses to Marcus Rashford's campaign for children are no surprise

‘Attack line’ Tories deny ganging up on Marcus Rashford

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[MrSki]

I’m actually speechless

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[Lord Camomile]

Womp womp.

 

[Calamity1971]

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Womp womp.

I've read that twice, is he actually saying he didn't say it! Or he's being taken out of context?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I've read that twice, is he actually saying he didn't say it! Or he's being taken out of context?

He’s trying to lie his way out of what he just said/really thinks.

from the start of this, apart from my outrage at the actual act, which is fucking well off the scale, the fact that every Tory MP bar five didn’t think this would make them look like utter cunts to every human being who looked at it is just staggering.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I've read that twice, is he actually saying he didn't say it! Or he's being taken out of context?

He's responding to this tweet from Angela Raynor, so I think what he's saying is he didn't say what she's accusing him of saying, he said something different which has been Raynor has given a different meaning by taking it out of context.

 

[Streathamite]

I've read that twice, is he actually saying he didn't say it! Or he's being taken out of context?

I've read that twice, is he actually saying he didn't say it! Or he's being taken out of context?

He meant to imply and insinuate that if you were poor it was because of your own lifestylechoices and fecklessness (so screw you). Now he has belatedly realised that im makes him look like an utter cunt, so he is frantically weaselling.
Good takedown by Rayner there.
e2a: these Tories are so predictable, it's (unintentionally) hilarious

 

[Lord Camomile]

He meant to imply and insinuate that if you were poor it was because of your own lifestylechoices and fecklessness (so screw you). Now he has belatedly realised that it makes him look like an utter cunt, so he is frantically weaselling.

 

[stdP]

This mantra of "It is the responsibility of the parents to feed their own children" in times of massive hardship for low income families is sickening.

At this point we're about three press releases away from someone pointing out that the parents could simply eat the surplus children and it not being satire.

 

[scifisam]

I’m actually speechless

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Also, the thing is, a school with that high a level of needs is unlikely to be a comp. 75% of kids having social workers sounds like a PRU or a school for children with disabilities. I've never, ever heard of a comp where 75% of kids have a social worker. They really are kids who need extra help, and extending free school meals isn't enough, true, but it's something. Especially when we're talking about extending half terms.

 

[ska invita]

Why did they do this (serious question) ? I mean is it really ideological?

Yes. And instinct.

 

[Sprocket.]

Yes. And instinct.

And intentional.
And ingrained.

 

[Pickman's model]

And intentional.
And ingrained.

And idiotick

 

[not-bono-ever]

He will go far that Bradley chap. Laid his cards on the table. Destined for big things. Job at the top. Doesn’t mince his words

 

[not-bono-ever]

The shitbag

 

[Sprocket.]

The shitbag

Keith Joseph would be so proud of them all.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Artaxerxes]

"#alllivesmatter."

"What about the kids?"

"No, not those ones though."

 

[Streathamite]

Yes. And instinct.

and hardwired into them, fundamental to their very being. That is them.

 

[eatmorecheese]

I can't believe these thick cunts are actually wanting to die on this hill.

They backed down in the summer. Then tried to co-opt or flatter Rashford with the MBE bauble (that didn't work)...

And now they've decided to double-down on the shitty sociopathic bootstraps shit. Back in the day the Tories seemed to understand that in order to remain vaguely electable they needed to keep the obvious swivel-eyed nutters and fundamentalists in the ranks in order. Now they run the joint.

Well, 'run the joint' might be too strong a phrase. 'Throw their own shit at the wall' is probably more accurate.