This is a bit embarrassing.
The front cover of a discussion paper produced by the Tory Party on the possible effects of new technology on Britain’s workforce accidentally shows the Tories as being blind and blinkered when it comes to their vision of the future:
Interestingly, Tory MP Alan Mak – who produced the bizarre discussion paper – is not much liked by his fellow Tory MPs, who have accused him of obsessive “self-promotion” and of “getting up people’s noses“.
His parliamentary colleagues even once had to gang together to prevent Mak from ‘bagging’ his favourite spot behind David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions, which Mak had hoped would enable TV appearances:
But Mak is likely to prove even more unpopular now after producing the bizarre paper for his party.
Apart from the embarrassing front cover, throughout the paper, Mak patronisingly describes British people to his fellow Tories as ‘our workers‘:
That’s you and me he’s talking about, folks.
In the paper, Mak gushingly praises China’s controversial President Xi, claiming the UK should emulate the Communist leader’s love of massive projects such as his ‘Belt and Road Initiative‘.
But most worryingly of all, Mak openly condemns safety regulations – which put worker and consumer safety before profits – as a ‘burden’ on corporations:
In other words, according to Mak, British workers face a choice under the Tories:
Let the UK be more like China: more dangerous working conditions, more dangerous products, fewer rights, fewer safety regulations – or face massive unemployment.
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The paper can be downloaded here.
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This has always been the underlying Tory rationale/justification for re-moulding the British state. Every policy has been crafted to increase people’s insecurity, to lower wages, to remove the welfare safety net, the NHS, education and erode worker’s rights. The ‘aim’ is to make the UK economy ‘competitive’ with China etc. by reducing living standards to (what used to be called) third world conditions.
Citi bank in 2005, issued an infamous document which was overt in saying that the overwhelming majority of people globally were irrelevant to the economy…. and the problem was one of preventing social unrest, rioting or worse.
To this end, economics has been weaponised. As John McDonnell says ‘Austerity was a political decision’. Concern about the deficit and debt was confected. Spurious comparisons were made with Greece which were completely untrue (we’re not in the Euro). Aided by the mogul-owned media, we are seeing the end game of Thatcherism (with its roots in the Mount Perelin Society). The NHS and education being run into the ground and eventual privatisation; severe cuts to social care, benefits, pensions; increasing homelessness; stagnation of wages and cuts to public employees; and a huge increase in personal indebtedness. All of which increase precariousness and raises the stakes against taking industrial action or protest.
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Life – especially other people’s – is just ‘good sport’ to the tories
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To the overwhelming majority of Tories, we are just a,major inconvenience who if they could get away with would put all those deemed as ’ememies of the State or really the Tories into Gulags.
Marl my words the Tories are preparing the next stage of the erradication of their enemies.
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exactly ”our workers” instead of ”our government” ..that is the tory party to a fine point defined.
Agree with syzygysue,nothing more to add except those who vote and support tory are and always will be since thatcher ,stupid selfish ignorant arrogant and pretentious.
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Saddest of all is that they don’t realise without ‘our workers’ they will have no wealth and no consumers and will be subsumed into th American Hegemony.
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The worst scenario’s are 1984 the best are we all start to realize together we don’t need these directions after we finish school and say goodbye to this type of nonsense rule. Benevolent not malevolent as per intended.
All have a great xmas and new year .
Keep it up Tom.
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“That’s you and me he’s talking about, folks.”
It’s not me he’s talking about. I was a British worker once, but not any more. I moved to Lithuania and I spend most of my time blogging and reading. I still have the right to complain about what’s going on in the UK though… don’t I?
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Unfortunately the people of Britain fall down and take this from the Tories, why can’t the people see what’s happening to this once Beautiful of ours and stand up for ourselves.
Come on people.
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Everything the Tories Do is to push us all into the gutter and leave us all there, the sick and disabled will all be pushed into suicide because and they will build a a country that suits them, a bit like North Korea if they are not stopped.
This rubbish about Brexit is designed to get us out so the laws we Have protecting us the people of Britain.
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