Wish this got as much coverage as the landed gentry having to pay some tax ... Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ... - ThreadSky

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fisherandrew79.bsky.social • 103 days ago

Wish this got as much coverage as the landed gentry having to pay some tax ...

Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ...

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katiecannon.bsky.social•102 days ago

It’s good to eat the landed gentry

But the UK government can always just decide to print pounds to invest in democracy

rand0lf-rand0lf.bsky.social•102 days ago

So frightened to tax wealth.

fisherandrew79.bsky.social•103 days ago

You can read more about the actually important issue of rising deprivation here:

"the cost of living crisis plunged 2m more people into severe hardship since 2019. In total, more than 16m people are defined as living in poverty, or 24% of the UK population"
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/18/more-than-one-in-three-uk-children-poverty-deprivation-record-high