As the parent of an autistic child, it is really hard to grasp where this sort of politics comes from and what purpose it serves. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Tory leadership hopeful paints a picture of special treatment. As the father of an autistic child, I can tell you that’s a lie, says Guardian columnist John Harris
It's othering anyone she can who she thinks is weaker than her, and weaker than the people who are going to vote her as leader of the party. It could be anyone, as long as they're notionally in receipt of some random govt funding amount that the people who are voting are not.
Be careful what you wish for Kemi, I believe someone wrote a poem about them coming for each minority group. Push that rolling stone down that hill you never know where it might end, huh?!! Vicious word I cannot use here in polite company. Hatred, just pure hatred to start people at each other.
Justification for cutting education budgets and NHS and social services.
It comes from a particular line of narrow-minded bore which populates the Tory clubhouses. National service bores. Maternity leave bores. Keep-every-scrap-of-land-our-grandparents-ever-stole bores. The dense, inflexible, bitter and confused dullards who Badenoch and Jenrick are fighting over.
It comes from the “we never had autism in my day” crowd and its purpose is to appeal to such people.
I think that it is a fundamentally ignorant point of view, the Tories, and truthfully to many other politicians love their ignorance and have learnt that there are some folks that love the performative cruelty. Before we know it we will Have gladiatorial contests between immigrants and disabled kids
Same. She's just awful.
It’s rank prejudice - and staggering ignorance from a revolting person.
Anyone who is shown compassion by a progressive society is fair game, because progressive values are seen as a threat.
It comes from the same place as most of the rest of politics - the fear of an out-group enriching itself at the in-group's expense - and it serves the purpose of Badenoch becoming Conservative leader. To her, it has no other consequences of any import.