David Cameron says we are all in it together but his actions tell a different story
When monied interests call the shots, it’s always the VIPs that win.
We’ve recently learnt a lot about our unequal country.
David Cameron is building a VIP society, where money and status count more than anything else.
So when a switch tripped in the comfy Chipping Norton home of the PM, the engineers battling to restore power to thousands of storm victims were diverted to mend it .
Though no DIY buff, lifting a finger and flicking a switch on a fuse box is even within my limited ability.
Number 10 spin doctors were forced to issue a statement blaming a ‘leaky roof’ for the problem Our PM has clearly not fixed his roof when the sun was shining.
This week we’ve also learnt, that if you’re hungry, so hungry you take discarded food from supermarket bins, you will be arrested.
Thank heavens the Crown Prosecution Service saw sense, dropping charges against ‘bin dippers’, who were taking food destined for landfill sites.
Yet it begs the question: why is all this waste food thrown away anyway? Can the supermarkets, with all their logistical ingenuity, not give the waste to the food banks that feed hungry families ?
Where is the government minister who is making this his or her cause in Cameron’s VIP Cabinet?
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