TetleysTLDR Blog #Austerity

3rd April 25 - During the 1960's the Americans were short of troops so they reduced the entry requirements. This means poor people, blacks and Latinos. Project 100,000 was known as McNamaras Morons after the perceived low IQ of the troops and Minister in charge of the programme. This was an absolute disaster as untrained troops dropped like flies. Military service is not an alternative to poverty - when it's used in such a way it exploits the poor rather that pulling them out of poverty

20th March 2025 - Not everyone watching the train crash tweedle dum and tweedle dee of Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall didn't see this coming. Starmer has turned the Labour Party into a something ugly. And we have front row seats for the most shameful episode in its history.

19th March 2025 - Liz Kendall’s cuts to PIP are nothing short of disgraceful. She’s out to punish the most vulnerable, all in the name of saving a few quid. Let’s be clear: these aren’t 'reforms' they’re punitive attacks on people who already struggle enough.