can't believe this was because of the cost of living crisis and the pandemic rather than a bunch of 50-something guys with musculoskeletal disease watching "sickfluencers" on tiktok

This has my full agreement: bsky.app/profile/nadi...

I can speak only for 'elderly long-time Labour voters in the Northwest' - i.e. my relatives - but there is a real and deep feeling of rage about his adoption of the right's language on immigration and race among them.

Yes, 100%. Not sure how widespread this is, but I've seen similar real moral contempt from several previously supportive/'benefit of the doubt' people after the PIP cuts debacle, particularly if they know a disabled person affected - they noticed Starmer misrepresenting things

She is the best Jane Austen audiobook narrator imo. It makes sense that she saw her voice as such a strength. I'm in a sad, fruitless search for her peerless unabridged Emma audiobook, which I heard on cassette. Every character, including the narrator, feels real, alive & differentiated.

But on top of that - these figures are *net* figures - they're not all-or-nothing. People who pay lots in tax still use some public provision, while people out of work and on benefits still pay some tax. There's no "something for nothing" here .
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+/ I am a prime example of somebody with quite significant mental health/neurodiversity issues who can work with certain adjustments, the right medication and medical support

And I’m sick to the back teeth of seeing people mock others like me because they don’t have a voice or are easy targets

It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
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Great, thanks

Don't suppose you've any idea where he said this? I've searched unsuccessfully for the quote. Thanks

Agree, too close to 70s ugly for me

Lol, yes, I can see this. People are often so surprised to run into Jewisness here

Thank you, that's interesting and makes sense as an assumption underlying things I've noticed in US culture