'Poet Arthur Hugh Clough once rewrote the sixth commandment as “Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive officiously to keep alive”. These days, I can’t get those lines out of my head.'

Wonderful bit of writing by the great AL Kennedy.

#Politics #BritishPoliltics #TorySleaze

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/09/struggling-with-nouns-robert-jenrick-can-help

The concern used to be that the Tories wanted to return us to Victorian levels of exploitation. It's rapidly becoming clear that they've replaced this plan with a return to full-on slavery. Can't fault their ambition...

#BritishPoliltics #Politics #ToryCrisis #History

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/mar/08/steve-bell-on-rishi-sunaks-plan-to-stop-small-boat-crossings-cartoon