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Meet the Conservatives’ laughable Social Mobility Commission
What was once a relatively bona fide group looking at child poverty has long been hijacked by the Tories to victim-blame the poor and disadvantaged — but Liz Truss’s latest appointees are comically biased, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
Commissioner and former Tory MP Rob Wilson (left) and Katherine Birbalsingh who was made chair of the commission
in 2021 (right)
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
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A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THREE of the seven newly appointed members of the government’s Social Mobility Commission are Tory Party activists — with most of the rest being right-wing ideologues.
There are two messages behind these numbers. First, the government is willing to use any government institution to cement political power for its party, no matter how absurd.
Secondly, it’s a direct message that the best way to actually get “social mobility” is by joining that party — if you want to get ahead, be an active Tory and you’ll get a chance for a lucrative and prestigious job.
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