What happened on 27th April 2023 - with your comments

There was rather controversial  the MSN headline, on Thursday, "NHS doctors denied seats on British evacuation planes left stranded in Sudan." 

 

It infuriated by it's message at first and then it's clickbaitness. Because it turned out to be an ill-use of the Independent news based on the Sky news piece which ran that 

"it confirmed to The Independent that only British Nationals and their immediate family members with existing eligibility to enter the UK were being evacuated.This does not include NHS doctors who are non-British and visa holders, the British Medical Association (BMA) said."

It raised a discussion in the Web.

"I don't think there's any country on earth in this situation that would prioritise foreign nationals with work visas, over genuine British citizens, when it comes to evacuation priority."

"Should we leave British citizens behind, in favour of non citizen medical professionals?"

"I wonder if there wasn't space on the plane. They weren't told either that they should wait for the next one. Just that they can't get on a flight at all. Now, I understand that the article is written in a certain way, aiming for a certain emotional reaction, so I could see it leaving that out, that's why I am asking. I don't want "imagine" or "probably", I wonder if someone knows."

Racist and slavery issue by Labour MPs was one of the most acute last week. On Monday, everyone disputed on the Diane Abbott's 'obnoxious' letter to the Observer newspaper in which she stated that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people “undoubtedly experience prejudice,” but added, “This is similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable. It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice. But they are not all their lives subject to racism.”

On Thursday, Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy asked if Rishi Sunak would make a "full and meaningful apology" and "commit to reparatory justice".

The Britons' questions have been quite clear: 

"Are Labour a serious party?

Is this their policy if they get in?"

"the lady MP (black lady) who genuinely asked Rishi (of Indian Punjab descent) to apologise for Colonialism/Slavery and commit to paying reparations to British black people, which if I am honest, is an insult to slaves if you think you are suffering anywhere near to the same degree as they did and still face anywhere near the lives they did."

"People happily go round driving Mercedes and VW cars, you know, companies that did quite a lot of bad shit less than 100 years ago, but want reparations for something that happened a few hundred years ago? The cognitive dissonance is maddening."

Meanwhile, cost of homemade cheese sandwich soars by more than a third in the UK as following from the Politico Monday news about food inflation as consequence of new trade barriers due to Brexit, the Ukraine war and poor weather.

This became rather sensitive issue in Great Britain. The price of two slices of white bread, a serving of butter and mature cheddar has risen to 40p, up 37% over a year.

"It's even worse if you're vegan or have allergies. In my local tesco (a small metro and only supermarket in town) gluten free rolls are nearing £3, vegan cheese is £3 and you'd be lucky to find quorn chicken at £2.50. And you only get four or five rolls or sandwiches from a packet of vegan cheese or chicken."

 "Not surprised but got to love a cheese sandwich even more so home made but cost of cheeses has shot in a lot."

"The artificially high cost of cheese has met the artificially high cost of oil."

"Everything is just so much more expensive these days."

"I wish there was a way to just ensure the people who actually voted for this crap [Brexit], to bear the brunt of their decision."