#tories will always support rich pensioners who are their core voters at the expense of those at the bottom of the pile who don't vote.

£10b for them but they don't have £3m for free school meals in term time.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/aug/16/sunak-pledges-to-keep-to-pension-triple-lock-despite-signs-of-extra-10bn-cost

#cynical

#Cynical politicians sometimes engineer #insecurity because they know that frightened people yearn for #strongman rule. #UniversalValues are much more than a Western piety. They are a mechanism that fortifies societies against insecurity. #Authoritarianism
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/08/03/authoritarians-are-on-the-march

Emei shares title EP track "Cynical" [Video] #2023_07_14 #earmilk #victoria_polsely #music_videos #pop #alt_pop #cynical #emei #music_video

>> https://earmilk.com/2023/07/14/emei-shares-title-ep-track-cynical-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emei-shares-title-ep-track-cynical-video

Nice #cynical post about being an #artist and having a #dayJob

In which I discovered #JohnCage used to subsidise his career as #musician by foraging mushrooms and truffles for posh #newYork restaurants 🤯

https://klangmag.co/lifers-dayjobbers-and-the-independently-wealthy-a-letter-to-a-former-student/

Republicans attacking ESG investing are funded by …
companies that are excluded from most ESG funds.
Try not be #cynical
https://n.respublicae.eu/ftmoralmoney/status/1679813889695809537
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FT Moral Money: Follow the money on ESG attacks https://on.ft.com/3JWvjIO
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/paultang/status/1679843836602855425

What to do when the boss has clearly just read a new American book on "motivating your team"? #cynical #cringe

Oh look - yet another celebrity children's book being plugged on @BBCBreakfast.

Jamie Oliver this time.

Isn't it amazing how easily celebs get published, and how many suddenly release kids' books when they're keen to get back in the public eye again as their fame starts to fade?

#cynical

@mcbridejc They just were checking if they could get away with it. 😬 Yes, I am #cynical when it comes to shipping companies and customs pirates.

@PStaelens @iJohnnoo Misschien kan die ook nog janken om kansen op gedragsverandering....#cynical "sorrynotsorry

Retrofits are too dear for the minister who started the scheme https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/former-minister-who-introduced-retrofit-grants-has-to-abandon-plans-for-own-home-because-of-high-cost-42380834.html #SEAI #cynical #retrofit

"dreams are for children"

Because, frankly, they are.

#Cynical #writtenonthefly #musings #dreamingispointless #signatured #shortpoem #freeverse #realitysubtext #candid #PoetsOnMastadon #poetry

Ah, yes, it appears the internet has once again served up the latest trends in sophomoric behavior and uncritical thought. #Unimpressed #Cynical #Condescending #Sarcasm It is quite amusing that people think using foul language is a passable substitute for meaningful discourse, or that glorifying computer-generated images is somehow novel. I feel particularly aggrieved by the New York Times' display of media malpractice in the way they handled the open let https://kottke.org/quick-links

@BRMF
And now, instead of bringing in the recommended #CommunityCare method of #healthcare they are expanding privatized surgeries, knowing full well these will pilfer staff from public healthcare. It is sooo #cynical and #shortsighted, except that the rightwing politicians' game is to enrich their buddies. The little guy getting crushed is a price they are willing to pay.

@obfuscurity or that the tax break on such donations has stopped? #cynical

#LevellingUp Fund essentially dishonest, based on #bribery & not need, a #cynical attempt to help Tory MPs in red wall seats. It does nothing 2 address e.g. UK #productivity crisis, German & French workers produce 10% more than UK counterparts. #ToryLiars #SunaktheLiar #Fairness

I used to be (I think!) relatively sanguine and optimistic about human nature and the human condition. The last few years have made me, comparatively, far more #cynical and #jaded. I'm not sure how best to combat that, or even whether it is entirely unwarranted or unhealthy given...*gestures broadly at everything*...

@waitnwallflower Yes, Garland does realize this. And there will still be no indictments.

#Cynical

Fireworks locally...drugs must be in town #cynical

📺 #SlowHorses Season 2.
I love the #cynical dialogues and bittersweet characters. Produced by #WillSmith... interesting!

Rishi Sunak could have personally purchased a house for every person he served food to at that homeless shelter and he wouldn't have noticed any change at all in his personal lifestyle.

I assume his PR people thought it would make him look... what?... a man of the people? Down to earth? Just one of the lads?

From here it looks like an act of wilful gloating. So strange.

#RishiSunak #ThereAreNoGoodTories #Cynical #Distasteful #CruelAndDegradingTreatment #Nasty