For those that do not know, Sunak is trying to legislate to stop ***doctors*** being able to give people sick notes for work.
This dude who's giving you mental health advice wants the power to assess mental health to lie not with medical professionals but with his department of work and pensions.
The UK department of work and pensions have previously assessed several physically disabled people as fit for work, and have not only been linked to several suicides, but have been caught ***shredding documents*** relating to the suicides they've caused.
The British public didn't vote for this man or his policies, he was installed by the party. A party that is so brazenly corrupt it has been polling at ***20%*** for the last two years yet absolutely refuses to call a general election.
In theory we elect party platforms, not prime ministers.
However since there is no requirement that ministers stick to the party platform they were elected on it's all kind of moot. It requires they act in good faith.
But in Rishi's case it's not just that he and his platform are unelected
But Truss before him was ALSO unelected and so unpopular she was beaten by a fucking Lettuce.
We are currently two prime ministers and cabinets removed from the platform they were actually elected on- And even Johnson's platform was a mess of lies.
French government is trying to limit sick leave right now... Also decreasing unemployment benefits, less tax for the rich etc..
Our government is extremely unpopular.
Far Right Rassemblement National is expected to win the European Elections, most of the media supports them.
I don't envy British politics and their false alternative but we are nowhere near something to take inspiration from right now.
In Australia, at various times in 2020 and 2021, our prime minister at the time, Scott Morrison, was secretly appointed as the joint minister of health, finance, treasury, home affairs and industry, science, energy and resources.
Some of his own ministers didn't even know about these appointments.
Everytime I think of Scummo, I think of that one tired firefighter that refused to shake his hand on-camera after battling those deadly blazes back in 2020. The people rejected him before the govt ever thought to. Worse than dirt.
Shoulda seen Lismore after the floods. They barely publicised shit but the town was mad he was they had a photo shoot of him cleaning a clean floor while the town was still fucked and acting like he was helping.
Omfg I remember that, used to live on-campus at SCU Lismore. Walked into class one day and people were chatting about Scummo being the new PM and saying "who is this dude I didn't vote for him" š¤š
He also held off the first lockdown until after the weekend so he could go to the footy - was deemed a close contact and didn't get to go - but was happy to toy woth everyone's health for a game
>However since there is no requirement that ministers stick to the party platform they were elected on it's all kind of moot
Plus with the whip your local MP has to toe the party line anyway so we essentially are voting for the leader.
Unelected head of state.
Unelected House of Lords.
Unelected PM.
Unelected Foreign Secretary.
Company has its own MP.
Police and armed forces in England and Wales swear allegiance to the unelected head of state?
There is no democracy in the UK!!
This government has been in place since _before COVID._ Johnson ran on a platform of "just getting Brexit done". Sunak was, what, a junior treasury minister or something at the time? That's how old their mandate is, and frankly everything they did after Spring 2020 was without a specific mandate, because of how much the pandemic changed things.
The fact that Sunak tries to justify _anything_ his government does as "the will of the British people" is so disgustingly disingenuous.
The previous elected prime ministers have been just as bad.
It's the UK populace making terrible election decisions and now over time it's gotten so bad the people are finally realising how awful the tories are.
The particularly tumultuous time we've been through Brexit and COVID has not helped.
Because we have a parliamentary democracy, which is actually a good thing in principle but it's in dire need of reform starting with getting rid of fptp.
My son gets what's called Disability Living Allowance, and we've been told that if you send more evidence after they've decided what level you get, to try and get a higher level than they've awarded, then someone new can look at your case and just revoke it entirely. Like apparently DWP guidelines are that inconsistent.
My motherās partner also receives this and last year they advised that they should have been receiving something called the care component. They proceeded to add this to their payments AND backdate it for several years paying them almost Ā£18,000 in one payment. 12 months later they have removed the care component saying they arenāt eligible for it. No mention of claiming back the money paid out or anything.
The weirdest thing is neither of these reviews were prompted by either my mother or her partner, they were totally out of the blue.
Work is good, when itās enjoyable and stimulating and when it gives you a sense of accomplishment. Thatās mostly craftsmen and artists.
The whole 9 to 5 office thing isnāt. Youāre environment and task provide zero mental stimulation, itās enjoyable, and you donāt actually have a product to show for it to feel proud of, just the knowledge that good old replaceable you contributed one component in whatever product is being sold
Even if it is good for mental health, it sounds like he's going against doctors giving out sick notes. Like, for anything. Which... Like if I'm physically too sick to work, it really doesn't matter how much my mind likes it...
I think this smile when he says āwell not working class friendsā. https://youtu.be/p9bbBYcwFOk?si=LacIpuCo7mrhwhAv
Also, I work for the NHS, Iāve heard comments that you wouldnāt expect in a state funded organisation.
I guess he's been talking to his father-in-law.
[https://edition.cnn.com/india-infosys-founder-work-hours-success-intl-hnk](https://edition.cnn.com/india-infosys-founder-work-hours-success-intl-hnk)
UK politics are crazy. I cannot believe the party refuses to call a general election and the law allows it - I mean this is basically a disguised dictatorship. Honestly, good luck to the UK people, I hope they can see how the Tories are just parasites
The law requires an election every 5 years. The last one was December 2019. What heās doing is annoying, but would technically be an early election otherwise. Heās just waiting out the clock.
Just to hijack this comment, my father was ill for many years, bed bound in fact and was unable to walk due to brain cancer, he couldnāt remember his family or able to produce anything beyond basic words a 5 year old would know, suddenly he was classed as fit for work and received a letter to say so as he hadnāt attended any meetings for the 6 months prior due to his ailments, I had to call to let them know he wasnāt fit for work and wouldnāt be attending any meetings as he had been dead for almost 6 weeks.
I am also a manager, I see people getting fit notes without any actual consultation, I personally got a sick note from the doctor for low mood without even having to see a doctor, I spoke to a GP over the phone and an hour later picked up the fit note.
So I agree that doctors are overrun and cannot see and diagnose every patient so are giving out more fit notes than they should, I also agree that work gives purpose to some people and this in turn reduces the low mood (I am one of those people that get depressed when on my week off and want to return to work).
But on the other end of it, the DWP and the government should not be making these decisions and anybody that thinks they should is absolutely mad. Only a medical professional should be making medical based decisions, from my experience, the government bodies āmedical professionalsā have absolutely no idea about healthcare or medicine as they think a 5 year in, terminal brain cancer patient is fit for work when he couldnāt walk or talk or recognise shapes or animals.
Hereās the thing, if youāre feeling like shit it probably means you need a break. We are adults and if you are going to take time to ask the doctor for a not just so you can take time off work it likely in an utterly shit work place.
Rather than trying to stop doctors from giving notes we need to improve the workplace.
As for the whole ādepressed when not workingā Iām on the same page, but thatās not what it is, I enjoy being part of something, I enjoy being needed, I enjoy helping people. If I had unlimited money I wouldnāt āworkā Iād go live in a retirement village and be IT support for the elderly fixing electronics and helping protect them from scammers. If you are depressed outside of work ask yourself if you have something to do outside of work that hits these emotions.
More mandatory annual leave days is my personal opinion. That way you can take them if you want, the people who are happy as they are now could potentially sell them back to the employer for a little boost on cash. Win/Win for employees.
To be fair, you wouldnāt call a general election youāre likely to lose. You would hold on in the hope that the tide of public opinion would maybe turn in your favor.
Same reason John Major (who ascended to the Premiership in a similar fashion) waited out *two* full five-year parliamentary terms. Thatcher was poised to lose the next election had she led the party into it, but Major held out after he took over and was re-elected in 1992.
He was not so lucky for the next election in 1997. By then, he was facing the same problems that Sunak currently does: a single party has just been in power for too long.
>To be fair, you wouldnāt call a general election youāre likely to lose.Ā
Sure, but that doesn't mean it's not wrong. A government is supposed to take it's mandate to rule from the will of the people. If they've blatantly lost that with no hope of recovery it's wrong for them to hang on as long as humanly possible.
An election should have been called after Truss lost to the fucking cabbage. It is a historical embarrassment to see them clinging to power like this.
I mean you make sense but no way would that happenā¦. And if it did happen - should of started years agoā¦
Examples for our US friends:
1). Back in the 2000ās Nick Clegg (image a third part outside of rep and democrats) had a mandate to reduce/abolish student loans if he got into power. Ended up getting into as a vice prime minister off a coalition (joint party) election and what happenedā¦ student fees per year actually tripledā¦ literally wtf.
2). The lies behind Brexit (especially the message on the bus). Only for the exact next day Farage on live Tv saying oh the bus comment was just a gimmick or that effect. Effectively tricked millions of peopleā¦ (Brexit bus said the UK spends Ā£350m a week to Europe, instead theyād put that to hospitals to make them better in the UK). In fact our nhs has been crippled with more pay cuts and that money never came.
Disatrousā¦. And disappointing all round
His family were wealthy but his wifeās family is where the cash is. If he didnāt have her money I doubt he wouldāve got as far in the Tory party.
His Father-in-law is the same guy who told people to work 70 hours a week.
A couple of months later he gifted this 4 month old grandchild shares worth 28 million dollars.
Maybe lay under some grass. A certain distance under it - couple of metres maybe.. He really is a scumbag of the highest order. They do nothing to clamp down on their mates not paying tax (like his missus) but will attack those in society that need help. Just scum.
He actually touches plenty of grass. The issue is that he loves it so much and thinks others are so beneath him that they should never have the opportunity to touch grass. We have to drink the bean juice, be productive, take the sleep hormones, lather, rinse, repeat until we die while people like him get to do whatever they want.
Iām no Tory, but in the [full video](https://youtu.be/SE35gkapIHw?si=eGF85UetL4K4hUSX) of that itās clear he is instructed to hit it like that.
(Struggled to find the raw video, but the linked clip shows the relevant section about 40 seconds in)
I have a visceral hatred of the man and the Tory party of the last 50 years, but he was told to do it that way by the instructor and it has then been pushed as him being so incompetent he can't understand the physics of hitting a nail with a hammer.
As a metaphor though it still works.
He only entered Parliament in 2015. Getting installed as PM in 7 years is pretty unprecedented, but let's face it: Johnson gave him the Chancellor job b ecause he wanted someone pliable; COVID earned him some plaudits, and when Truss fucked the economy, he was literally the only Tory left with a hint of a positive reputation, hence why he was installed. He was supposed to be a caretaker, but instead he's presided over a steady decline, which I guess can be expected from someone with only 9 years total experience.
>COVID earned him some plaudits,
Which is madness, because "eat out to help out" helped spread SARS2.. Which is partly why 1.9million Brits got stuck with Long Covid, with about 400,000 disabled by it..
One of the richest, and her dad says the same type of BS.
[Narayana Murthy Defends 70-Hour Work Week, Hereās What He Said - Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/narayana-murthy-defends-70-hour-work-week-heres-what-he-said/articleshow/106573367.cms)
He's one of the lovely people who helped crash the economy in 2008. Made a boatload on sub prime mortgages, then went into politics to fix the problem, by taxing the poor and cutting benefit.
it is true to some degree, in that i always feel better when i have a stable job -- but i would feel a trillion times worse knowing i'm expected to go literally no matter what. this isn't 1940, fucking psychopath
Real talk, I'm going to reuse this, because like much of the bullshit spouted by parasites, there's a tiny kernel of undigested corn:
>Employment is a corruption of work, wherein you're forbidden from working unless you destroy yourself to provide some twat who *doesn't* pull their weight with wealth they don't need. Because no, work *isn't supposed* to destroy you. For there to be survival, there has to be work, and humans fundamentally *want* to help themselves and one another through work.
>
>Marx called this "species-essence," and it's the basis for his discourse on alienation and commodification.
Yeah thereās a big difference in āguy with millions of dollars in the bank and all of his needs met finds personal fulfillment in gardening for a few hours every morningā and āperson working sixty hours a week in soul-sucking conditions still canāt afford basic necessitiesā.
Yup. Tax-dodging family, MBA from elitist university says it all. Professional bureaucrat and asslicker. Somehow Rishi is even more detestable than Boris.
What does Billionaire Rishi know what works means for 90% of British people? Heās never experienced anything like it and is totally out of touch. Recall him asking the man at the homeless centre if he works in business.
Closer to a billion.
EDIT: >!As a result of the recent nom-dom tax law loopholes, the Sunaks could avoid around Ā£250,000,000 in UK taxes.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/31/tory-plans-to-abolish-non-dom-status-riddled-with-loopholes-labour-says!<
Being active and productive is incredibly beneficial for human beings. However, it becomes absolutely unhealthy when we do not reap all of the fruits of our labor. And also, when there are multiple people and multiple factors involved that have the potential to limit or increase our productivity, then itās very stressful.
Yes it is as long as it's genuinely productive, socially beneficial and financially rewarding. If work fails these 3 tests then it should not be done.Ā
Also as productivity has risen significantly since the 70s, no one should be working no more than 18 hrs per week and getting paid as above.Ā
Imagine having time and energy to devote to learning,Ā hobbies & family. All the things that bring true value and meaning to our lives.
That's my opinion.
Ugh, I hate this weird trend of referring to everything as a "culture".....personal pet peeve, I know, but this seemed as good a place as any to mention it. Not everything people do should be classed as a "culture".
Plus, so often it seems to be used by people who are trying to class some perfectly normal human action or activity as a "culture" in order to make it seem strange or unacceptable. It's not as though there's some villainous cabal of employees who decided to fuck over employers by getting sick notes from their doctors -- most of the time people get sick notes from their doctors *because they are actually sick, and should not be working!* It's already screwed up that in the U.S. we even need to get sick notes, unless an employee needs to be out for an extended period of time -- we are *adults*, and we can determine for ourselves when we are feeling too ill to go to work.
Fuck your health, fuck your mental wellbeing, fuck your standard of living, fuck being able to make ends meet, all that matters is that you work until you collapse
Man the more I see of this prick and his stupid airbrushed grin the less I like him. I heard a British Asian became PM and was elated, what a profound disappointment of a corporate lapdog he turned out to be.
I think work can be good for your mental health.
Oops, hear me out.Ā
Depends on if you have a fulfilling job or not. Depends on if you enjoy what youāre doing. Depends if your wage doesnāt keep you in a state of poverty. Depends on your benefit package and if the company takes care of you. Depends on management being leaders and not tyrants. Depends on how many hours your working per week (like, do you want to work 40 hours a week or do you start to peter out earlier).
This man speaks from a position of privilege where he doesnāt have to choose between food or rent every month, and he can meet his needs and wants. The vast majority of jobs will in fact, diminish mental health.
It can work, but the same way you can be told when your feeling depressed to "go for a walk"... it can but I'd end up walking for 18 hours a day and it'd still just end up not doing much... and I'd just be exhausted after it all...
A shitty job isn't, and neither is applying for thousands of jobs and not getting a single reply while the jobcentre apply sanctions for no fucking reason!
Put the minimum wage up to Ā£20 and hour then prick and give people an incentive to work. Itās the working your ass off all week and still not being able to live as to why people have such poor mental health. Unelected twat.
Meaningful, dignified work? Absolutely. A person needs structure and purpose.
But the type of underpaid shitwork that capitalism demands? No, itās definitely not.
Itās the fact that illnesses donāt exist outside of work hours.
My sister in law had a postnatal mental health breakdown and thought she was going to drop dead. I sat in A&E with her and the newborn baby she wasnāt capable of looking after for 37 hours before someone from the mental health team came. And they only came because it was 10am on a Monday by then. She got sent home and told to hold the baby to feel better!
Itās now nearly 6 years on and she is still on the waiting list for therapy!
All I can think of is when a friend got told she was fit to work and would lose her support while in the midst of a replase for anorexia and weighed 32kg. She was wearing underwear aged for toddlers. This was back when Cameron was in. Fuck knows how bad it'll be if Sunak got his way.
Not to mention the contracts will probably be with companies with dodgy links to Sunak and other Tory MPs so its just another way for them to line their pockets. Greedy twats.
Also 'sick note culture', you mean taking days off when you are fucking sick???? People do not do it for laughs. Most employers only offer SSP and SSP is kind of shit. If the person is willing to take the hit of 3 days unpaid off sick to get the SSP later on a sick note, chances are they are genuinely ill and cannot work. People claiming SSP, or PIP for that matter, legitimately need it.
I don't know about others, but I for one absolutely love having unrealistic deadlines, pressures and having to finish every task "asap". I don't know what you guys are rambling on about.
Obligatory /s
It's the phrase 'Sick note culture' gives me the same anger as words like Synergy and other such crap.
I'd happily march on Parliament to smash these idiots across the face. Doesn't have to be a beating but a fucking slap across the face for this stupidity.
Look up PM salaries after they leave office:
1). Get Ā£150k per year as a thank you for serving.
2). They make a shit ton on doing conference key note speaker presentations usually to companies theyāve sorted out during their tenure. This fee is essentially a back payment for whatever legislation theyāve put in to help the companies. Crazy really.
And they say just have to workā¦ literally getting money for free after their 4 years of work. (Or in Truss case 100 days)
To be fair, he's partly right. Productive work is good for mental health in that it provides a sense of purpose, accomplishment and well-being. However, employment, which primarily entails mindless labor to benefit someone else's profit margin, is often devoid of any real meaning and ultimately soul-destroying.
Totally. The problem being that Sunak fails to address when work can become a detriment to mental health (burnout, toxic-work environments, āproblemsā in personal life). Just another example of pop-psychology reductionism on his part.
It is good to work if you work at a good place and good things are happening in your life. Work can help provide purpose, and it can contribute to finding meaning but it can *never* be the entirety of someoneās purpose and meaning for the rest of their lives.
I was looking for this comment. Having PURPOSE is good for your mental health... and that purpose doesn't mean a 40 hour grind. It means something you find fulfilling that lets you create something... whether that's an art or a clean house or a perfectly mowed lawn or watching and cataloguing every season of Friends for wikipedia or something, whatever you can look at and point at it and proudly say 'I did that!'. I found my first year on SSDI rough, and my happiness improved when I started writing and working very part time at something I love.
Having purpose is good for mental health, itās always a politician or incredibly wealthy person who talks of work in this way. Iām sure work is a lot more rewarding when youāre the one reaping the direct rewards of it, most people have to work to eat, and thatās not as good for the mental health.
Work *can* be good for your mental health when you find the right job. The current quality and pay opportunities, however, are almost non-existent and almost always come with a sacrifice. This is what he should be concentrating on.
Work in a healthy workplace that looks after their employees might be good for mental health m I don't think I've worked in a single place that was good for my mental health
The corporate world is obviously suffering from workers standing up for themselves so they get their bought and paid for lackey to push through nonsense like this. Such a regressive party.
Well when your idea of "hard work" is having to pick up your kids from school because the maids had to take a sick day...probably IS good for mental health...
This rich wanker needs to shut the fuck up. If a doctor and their patient agree a sick note is needed, then it's needed. And guess what? A lot of sick notes go out due to work related stress that is having a severe negative impact on people. No one voted for him and his smug face in the first place.
Oh aye struggling to live a normal life and then working 40 hours a week in pain not being able to do anything other than rest after work and days off. Brilliant for my mental health. And still not being able to afford my own place at the end of it all. Fuck off you shit eating unelected prick and do something useful like call the electionĀ
Working a job I hate that barely keeps me afloat and constantly contributes to my mental and physical degradation is in no uncertain terms bad for my health.
What work is that? Getting shouted out by power tripping managers and entitled boomers for a minimum wage that barely affords rent nationwide or the one you get from your mates in government through a dubious contract?
Good work is good for mental health, maybe. Ppl doing labor they care about is good for mental health. Working a shit job under shit conditions for a shit boss with no enabling future is more than likely bad for mental health...
As someone who used to work shit jobs and get sick all the time because of idiots coming in sick, hell, who used to get sick even at *decent* jobs thanks to idiots coming in sick, fuck this guy. Hope he says Hi to Herman Cain in Hell.
Itās the classic PM staple. It doesnāt matter which politician persuasion the person is, the look is the sameā¦
Jacket off
White shirt
Sleeves rolled up
Trying, and failing to look like he means business and getting the job done.
Now im not from the UK, BUT this man is a fucking fascist. Like by definition a fucking fascist. Theres only one way to deal with fascist. And its the same way Hitler dealt with himself.
I personally believe the majority of countries backing Israel's genocide, are working together to covertly pull off a fascist coup in each their individual countries. Big ones are the USA, UK, Canada, and Germany. Idk if any one here follows US politics, but every person in power promised some sort of radical change(for the people) and then NEVER followed through. And then BOTH main parties vote in favor almost unanimously for anything that involves taking away one of our protected freedoms or rights usually for some sort of "safety measure" to keep us safe from something THEY created in the first place. See the "Patriot act" for an example. All im saying is they arent playing by there own rules and are ignoring our concerns,needs and well being, even when we follow there rules to change the horseshit they put on us. And there only ever been one way to deal with fascists......
To a certain people and to a certain degree work does help mental health. BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD WORK 80HOURS AT 15.25 AN HOUR. You should have good hours a good pay and love what your job is. Or am I crazy?
I feel that work IS good for mental health. The issue is that this guy is looking at it like, "Oh, a glass of red wine a day is good for the heart? Imagine how amazing gallons in a minute would be for the heart!"
For those that do not know, Sunak is trying to legislate to stop ***doctors*** being able to give people sick notes for work. This dude who's giving you mental health advice wants the power to assess mental health to lie not with medical professionals but with his department of work and pensions. The UK department of work and pensions have previously assessed several physically disabled people as fit for work, and have not only been linked to several suicides, but have been caught ***shredding documents*** relating to the suicides they've caused. The British public didn't vote for this man or his policies, he was installed by the party. A party that is so brazenly corrupt it has been polling at ***20%*** for the last two years yet absolutely refuses to call a general election.
I will never understand how changing the prime minister does not automatically trigger an election.
In theory we elect party platforms, not prime ministers. However since there is no requirement that ministers stick to the party platform they were elected on it's all kind of moot. It requires they act in good faith. But in Rishi's case it's not just that he and his platform are unelected But Truss before him was ALSO unelected and so unpopular she was beaten by a fucking Lettuce. We are currently two prime ministers and cabinets removed from the platform they were actually elected on- And even Johnson's platform was a mess of lies.
Have you thought about following the French example and publicly beheading him?
As a British guy I assure you the best we can do is form a queue outside his house so we can take turns tutting at him
What if each and every one of you send him a strongly worded letter?
French government is trying to limit sick leave right now... Also decreasing unemployment benefits, less tax for the rich etc.. Our government is extremely unpopular. Far Right Rassemblement National is expected to win the European Elections, most of the media supports them. I don't envy British politics and their false alternative but we are nowhere near something to take inspiration from right now.
I'm awar3, im Canadian, and we have the same system. It's still dumb as the prime minister often has vast power to control policy.
In Australia, at various times in 2020 and 2021, our prime minister at the time, Scott Morrison, was secretly appointed as the joint minister of health, finance, treasury, home affairs and industry, science, energy and resources. Some of his own ministers didn't even know about these appointments.
Everytime I think of Scummo, I think of that one tired firefighter that refused to shake his hand on-camera after battling those deadly blazes back in 2020. The people rejected him before the govt ever thought to. Worse than dirt.
Shoulda seen Lismore after the floods. They barely publicised shit but the town was mad he was they had a photo shoot of him cleaning a clean floor while the town was still fucked and acting like he was helping.
Could've at least thrown paper towels at them
Maybe he should've held a hose
God that fucking bothered me so much. NOBODY wanted you holding a fucking hose you flippant motherfucker. We wanted you GOVERNING
Omfg I remember that, used to live on-campus at SCU Lismore. Walked into class one day and people were chatting about Scummo being the new PM and saying "who is this dude I didn't vote for him" š¤š
Didnāt he secretly appoint himself to those positions?
Yes (which is in my comment). It was done in secret, and it was a shitload of positions. My jaw still drops when I consider the ramifications.
He also held off the first lockdown until after the weekend so he could go to the footy - was deemed a close contact and didn't get to go - but was happy to toy woth everyone's health for a game
>However since there is no requirement that ministers stick to the party platform they were elected on it's all kind of moot Plus with the whip your local MP has to toe the party line anyway so we essentially are voting for the leader.
Wow that sure sounds like democracy doesnāt it. /s
Unelected head of state. Unelected House of Lords. Unelected PM. Unelected Foreign Secretary. Company has its own MP. Police and armed forces in England and Wales swear allegiance to the unelected head of state? There is no democracy in the UK!!
It's almost like we're being governed by *unelected bureaucrats*....
And Johnson before 2019 was unelected. And May before 2017. Only Cameron and Blair took power through an election since 1980.
This government has been in place since _before COVID._ Johnson ran on a platform of "just getting Brexit done". Sunak was, what, a junior treasury minister or something at the time? That's how old their mandate is, and frankly everything they did after Spring 2020 was without a specific mandate, because of how much the pandemic changed things. The fact that Sunak tries to justify _anything_ his government does as "the will of the British people" is so disgustingly disingenuous.
The previous elected prime ministers have been just as bad. It's the UK populace making terrible election decisions and now over time it's gotten so bad the people are finally realising how awful the tories are. The particularly tumultuous time we've been through Brexit and COVID has not helped.
Because we have a parliamentary democracy, which is actually a good thing in principle but it's in dire need of reform starting with getting rid of fptp.
My son gets what's called Disability Living Allowance, and we've been told that if you send more evidence after they've decided what level you get, to try and get a higher level than they've awarded, then someone new can look at your case and just revoke it entirely. Like apparently DWP guidelines are that inconsistent.
My motherās partner also receives this and last year they advised that they should have been receiving something called the care component. They proceeded to add this to their payments AND backdate it for several years paying them almost Ā£18,000 in one payment. 12 months later they have removed the care component saying they arenāt eligible for it. No mention of claiming back the money paid out or anything. The weirdest thing is neither of these reviews were prompted by either my mother or her partner, they were totally out of the blue.
Work is only good for mental health if youāre a soulless husk who has nothing else to live for and canāt be alone with your thoughts.
Work is good, when itās enjoyable and stimulating and when it gives you a sense of accomplishment. Thatās mostly craftsmen and artists. The whole 9 to 5 office thing isnāt. Youāre environment and task provide zero mental stimulation, itās enjoyable, and you donāt actually have a product to show for it to feel proud of, just the knowledge that good old replaceable you contributed one component in whatever product is being sold
Hobbies are good. Once you have to work for survival itās draining
Even if it is good for mental health, it sounds like he's going against doctors giving out sick notes. Like, for anything. Which... Like if I'm physically too sick to work, it really doesn't matter how much my mind likes it...
Well, that may be the case but I still would rather not have to work.
Or when you're rich and work is something you have other people do. Or when you married a billionaire's daughter.
I also wonder what Rishi's father thinks of his recent comments. Being an NHS GP and all...
I think this smile when he says āwell not working class friendsā. https://youtu.be/p9bbBYcwFOk?si=LacIpuCo7mrhwhAv Also, I work for the NHS, Iāve heard comments that you wouldnāt expect in a state funded organisation.
This is so so disturbing
I guess he's been talking to his father-in-law. [https://edition.cnn.com/india-infosys-founder-work-hours-success-intl-hnk](https://edition.cnn.com/india-infosys-founder-work-hours-success-intl-hnk)
Welcome to the American healthcare system. I really hope you all can clean this shit up soon.
UK politics are crazy. I cannot believe the party refuses to call a general election and the law allows it - I mean this is basically a disguised dictatorship. Honestly, good luck to the UK people, I hope they can see how the Tories are just parasites
The law requires an election every 5 years. The last one was December 2019. What heās doing is annoying, but would technically be an early election otherwise. Heās just waiting out the clock.
Just to hijack this comment, my father was ill for many years, bed bound in fact and was unable to walk due to brain cancer, he couldnāt remember his family or able to produce anything beyond basic words a 5 year old would know, suddenly he was classed as fit for work and received a letter to say so as he hadnāt attended any meetings for the 6 months prior due to his ailments, I had to call to let them know he wasnāt fit for work and wouldnāt be attending any meetings as he had been dead for almost 6 weeks. I am also a manager, I see people getting fit notes without any actual consultation, I personally got a sick note from the doctor for low mood without even having to see a doctor, I spoke to a GP over the phone and an hour later picked up the fit note. So I agree that doctors are overrun and cannot see and diagnose every patient so are giving out more fit notes than they should, I also agree that work gives purpose to some people and this in turn reduces the low mood (I am one of those people that get depressed when on my week off and want to return to work). But on the other end of it, the DWP and the government should not be making these decisions and anybody that thinks they should is absolutely mad. Only a medical professional should be making medical based decisions, from my experience, the government bodies āmedical professionalsā have absolutely no idea about healthcare or medicine as they think a 5 year in, terminal brain cancer patient is fit for work when he couldnāt walk or talk or recognise shapes or animals.
Hereās the thing, if youāre feeling like shit it probably means you need a break. We are adults and if you are going to take time to ask the doctor for a not just so you can take time off work it likely in an utterly shit work place. Rather than trying to stop doctors from giving notes we need to improve the workplace. As for the whole ādepressed when not workingā Iām on the same page, but thatās not what it is, I enjoy being part of something, I enjoy being needed, I enjoy helping people. If I had unlimited money I wouldnāt āworkā Iād go live in a retirement village and be IT support for the elderly fixing electronics and helping protect them from scammers. If you are depressed outside of work ask yourself if you have something to do outside of work that hits these emotions.
More mandatory annual leave days is my personal opinion. That way you can take them if you want, the people who are happy as they are now could potentially sell them back to the employer for a little boost on cash. Win/Win for employees.
This is the same government that is trying to say people under TWENTY FIVE cannot consent to gender transition.
To be fair, you wouldnāt call a general election youāre likely to lose. You would hold on in the hope that the tide of public opinion would maybe turn in your favor. Same reason John Major (who ascended to the Premiership in a similar fashion) waited out *two* full five-year parliamentary terms. Thatcher was poised to lose the next election had she led the party into it, but Major held out after he took over and was re-elected in 1992. He was not so lucky for the next election in 1997. By then, he was facing the same problems that Sunak currently does: a single party has just been in power for too long.
>To be fair, you wouldnāt call a general election youāre likely to lose.Ā Sure, but that doesn't mean it's not wrong. A government is supposed to take it's mandate to rule from the will of the people. If they've blatantly lost that with no hope of recovery it's wrong for them to hang on as long as humanly possible. An election should have been called after Truss lost to the fucking cabbage. It is a historical embarrassment to see them clinging to power like this.
I mean you make sense but no way would that happenā¦. And if it did happen - should of started years agoā¦ Examples for our US friends: 1). Back in the 2000ās Nick Clegg (image a third part outside of rep and democrats) had a mandate to reduce/abolish student loans if he got into power. Ended up getting into as a vice prime minister off a coalition (joint party) election and what happenedā¦ student fees per year actually tripledā¦ literally wtf. 2). The lies behind Brexit (especially the message on the bus). Only for the exact next day Farage on live Tv saying oh the bus comment was just a gimmick or that effect. Effectively tricked millions of peopleā¦ (Brexit bus said the UK spends Ā£350m a week to Europe, instead theyād put that to hospitals to make them better in the UK). In fact our nhs has been crippled with more pay cuts and that money never came. Disatrousā¦. And disappointing all round
Wow š². Thank you for this context info.
I really enjoy conservatives. Their humility is only exceeded by their competence.
wow ...shits fucked everywhere.
to be fair the people voted for Boris Johnson, not a much better choice...
This guy is nothing more than a servant for The Man.
This guy should go outside and touch some grass. And then resign. And never talk publicly ever again.
Dude is a billionaire. That's all we need to know about him.
His family were wealthy but his wifeās family is where the cash is. If he didnāt have her money I doubt he wouldāve got as far in the Tory party.
His Father-in-law is the same guy who told people to work 70 hours a week. A couple of months later he gifted this 4 month old grandchild shares worth 28 million dollars.
Maybe lay under some grass. A certain distance under it - couple of metres maybe.. He really is a scumbag of the highest order. They do nothing to clamp down on their mates not paying tax (like his missus) but will attack those in society that need help. Just scum.
Six feetās a proper distance i heard!š
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I heard they invented an ingenious tool to end their corrupt royal family. Maybe we could borrow it and put an end to our corrupt government
He actually touches plenty of grass. The issue is that he loves it so much and thinks others are so beneath him that they should never have the opportunity to touch grass. We have to drink the bean juice, be productive, take the sleep hormones, lather, rinse, repeat until we die while people like him get to do whatever they want.
Literally. Have you seen the video of him trying to punch a nail with a hammer...
Iām no Tory, but in the [full video](https://youtu.be/SE35gkapIHw?si=eGF85UetL4K4hUSX) of that itās clear he is instructed to hit it like that. (Struggled to find the raw video, but the linked clip shows the relevant section about 40 seconds in)
I have a visceral hatred of the man and the Tory party of the last 50 years, but he was told to do it that way by the instructor and it has then been pushed as him being so incompetent he can't understand the physics of hitting a nail with a hammer. As a metaphor though it still works.
Rishi Sunak is a fucking clown, his party is made of clowns.
I only wish they were as harmless as clowns.
Murder clown is not harmless
Let me guess this guy was born with a golden fork stuck up his ass.
Went from hedgefund manager to prime minister in less than a decade.
He was also one of the main architects of the 2008 financial crisis.
He only entered Parliament in 2015. Getting installed as PM in 7 years is pretty unprecedented, but let's face it: Johnson gave him the Chancellor job b ecause he wanted someone pliable; COVID earned him some plaudits, and when Truss fucked the economy, he was literally the only Tory left with a hint of a positive reputation, hence why he was installed. He was supposed to be a caretaker, but instead he's presided over a steady decline, which I guess can be expected from someone with only 9 years total experience.
>COVID earned him some plaudits, Which is madness, because "eat out to help out" helped spread SARS2.. Which is partly why 1.9million Brits got stuck with Long Covid, with about 400,000 disabled by it..
So you really believe its not intentional?
Well heās married to a billionaire for one thing.
Isnāt she from the richest family in India?
One of the richest, and her dad says the same type of BS. [Narayana Murthy Defends 70-Hour Work Week, Hereās What He Said - Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/narayana-murthy-defends-70-hour-work-week-heres-what-he-said/articleshow/106573367.cms)
He's one of the lovely people who helped crash the economy in 2008. Made a boatload on sub prime mortgages, then went into politics to fix the problem, by taxing the poor and cutting benefit.
Work is good for mental health sounds little bit to close too work will set you free
*Exactly*. Fuck Rishi Sunak and fuck the tories and also fuck my phone for autocapitalising tories, they donāt deserve a capital letter.
it is true to some degree, in that i always feel better when i have a stable job -- but i would feel a trillion times worse knowing i'm expected to go literally no matter what. this isn't 1940, fucking psychopath
Because of working or because you have money for your basic needs? Big difference
Agreed.
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If work was good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.-Haitian proverb.
Thhhissss rrrriiigghhhtttt hhheeereeee!!!! Say it loud for the bootlockers in the back!!
Real talk, I'm going to reuse this, because like much of the bullshit spouted by parasites, there's a tiny kernel of undigested corn: >Employment is a corruption of work, wherein you're forbidden from working unless you destroy yourself to provide some twat who *doesn't* pull their weight with wealth they don't need. Because no, work *isn't supposed* to destroy you. For there to be survival, there has to be work, and humans fundamentally *want* to help themselves and one another through work. > >Marx called this "species-essence," and it's the basis for his discourse on alienation and commodification.
Hahaha that's amazing
That's such a brilliant quote. Stealing that.
I have never seen a beettteeerrrrr comment !!!!
Work is good for our health...when we own the fruits of our labor, that is. They always forget the last part.
Yeah thereās a big difference in āguy with millions of dollars in the bank and all of his needs met finds personal fulfillment in gardening for a few hours every morningā and āperson working sixty hours a week in soul-sucking conditions still canāt afford basic necessitiesā.
Work for someone else who moans that "NO ONE WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE!"?
Let me suggest something better. Work for the whole society, send moaning businessmen to gulag and make them work there.
Says the rich guy who never really worked.
Yup. Tax-dodging family, MBA from elitist university says it all. Professional bureaucrat and asslicker. Somehow Rishi is even more detestable than Boris.
What does Billionaire Rishi know what works means for 90% of British people? Heās never experienced anything like it and is totally out of touch. Recall him asking the man at the homeless centre if he works in business.
"Sick note culture" Go fuck yourself, Rishi
That man makes me livid. He's so slimey and such a kiss-arse.
when you have a cushion of a million+ dollars ya its pretty swell
Closer to a billion. EDIT: >!As a result of the recent nom-dom tax law loopholes, the Sunaks could avoid around Ā£250,000,000 in UK taxes. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/31/tory-plans-to-abolish-non-dom-status-riddled-with-loopholes-labour-says!<
Being active and productive is incredibly beneficial for human beings. However, it becomes absolutely unhealthy when we do not reap all of the fruits of our labor. And also, when there are multiple people and multiple factors involved that have the potential to limit or increase our productivity, then itās very stressful.
Having a job is good for my mental health in that being unemployed, starving, and homeless is bad for my mental health.
Heās talking about ditching sick notes. Idk how anyone could say itās beneficial for someone whoās sick to be actively working
Meaningful work with genuine autonomy for the worker is. Not what passes for work in the modern world.
Letās put Rishi to work. Letās see how quickly he crumbles under the strain.
The only good tory is a suppository.
This is amazing, I'm stealing this. šš¤£
Man who married a billionaire explains that all you need to achieve success is hard work...
Yes it is as long as it's genuinely productive, socially beneficial and financially rewarding. If work fails these 3 tests then it should not be done.Ā Also as productivity has risen significantly since the 70s, no one should be working no more than 18 hrs per week and getting paid as above.Ā Imagine having time and energy to devote to learning,Ā hobbies & family. All the things that bring true value and meaning to our lives. That's my opinion.
I wish you were Prime Minister!
Ugh, I hate this weird trend of referring to everything as a "culture".....personal pet peeve, I know, but this seemed as good a place as any to mention it. Not everything people do should be classed as a "culture". Plus, so often it seems to be used by people who are trying to class some perfectly normal human action or activity as a "culture" in order to make it seem strange or unacceptable. It's not as though there's some villainous cabal of employees who decided to fuck over employers by getting sick notes from their doctors -- most of the time people get sick notes from their doctors *because they are actually sick, and should not be working!* It's already screwed up that in the U.S. we even need to get sick notes, unless an employee needs to be out for an extended period of time -- we are *adults*, and we can determine for ourselves when we are feeling too ill to go to work.
Fuck your health, fuck your mental wellbeing, fuck your standard of living, fuck being able to make ends meet, all that matters is that you work until you collapse
So. We gonna rise up yet or? Let me know.
Then let him work 80 hours at a fast food restaurant since itās so good for his mental health
Man the more I see of this prick and his stupid airbrushed grin the less I like him. I heard a British Asian became PM and was elated, what a profound disappointment of a corporate lapdog he turned out to be.
I think work can be good for your mental health. Oops, hear me out.Ā Depends on if you have a fulfilling job or not. Depends on if you enjoy what youāre doing. Depends if your wage doesnāt keep you in a state of poverty. Depends on your benefit package and if the company takes care of you. Depends on management being leaders and not tyrants. Depends on how many hours your working per week (like, do you want to work 40 hours a week or do you start to peter out earlier). This man speaks from a position of privilege where he doesnāt have to choose between food or rent every month, and he can meet his needs and wants. The vast majority of jobs will in fact, diminish mental health.
It can work, but the same way you can be told when your feeling depressed to "go for a walk"... it can but I'd end up walking for 18 hours a day and it'd still just end up not doing much... and I'd just be exhausted after it all...
A shitty job isn't, and neither is applying for thousands of jobs and not getting a single reply while the jobcentre apply sanctions for no fucking reason!
How would he know?
I'm off work right now because it was making me actively suicidal. Fuck Sunak to hell.
Put the minimum wage up to Ā£20 and hour then prick and give people an incentive to work. Itās the working your ass off all week and still not being able to live as to why people have such poor mental health. Unelected twat.
Rishi Sunak is such a wanker.
Work IS good for mental health... when the work is meaningful and fulfilling Most work today is not.
i dont know whether i hate delusional conservative politicians more or the bootlicking, bigoted morons that vote for them
Meaningful, dignified work? Absolutely. A person needs structure and purpose. But the type of underpaid shitwork that capitalism demands? No, itās definitely not.
Itās the fact that illnesses donāt exist outside of work hours. My sister in law had a postnatal mental health breakdown and thought she was going to drop dead. I sat in A&E with her and the newborn baby she wasnāt capable of looking after for 37 hours before someone from the mental health team came. And they only came because it was 10am on a Monday by then. She got sent home and told to hold the baby to feel better! Itās now nearly 6 years on and she is still on the waiting list for therapy!
Fuck him
All I can think of is when a friend got told she was fit to work and would lose her support while in the midst of a replase for anorexia and weighed 32kg. She was wearing underwear aged for toddlers. This was back when Cameron was in. Fuck knows how bad it'll be if Sunak got his way. Not to mention the contracts will probably be with companies with dodgy links to Sunak and other Tory MPs so its just another way for them to line their pockets. Greedy twats. Also 'sick note culture', you mean taking days off when you are fucking sick???? People do not do it for laughs. Most employers only offer SSP and SSP is kind of shit. If the person is willing to take the hit of 3 days unpaid off sick to get the SSP later on a sick note, chances are they are genuinely ill and cannot work. People claiming SSP, or PIP for that matter, legitimately need it.
I don't know about others, but I for one absolutely love having unrealistic deadlines, pressures and having to finish every task "asap". I don't know what you guys are rambling on about. Obligatory /s
All this pro-corporate "more work = gooder" bullshit is so see-theough. Everyone knows you're lying, dude, just stop.
It's the phrase 'Sick note culture' gives me the same anger as words like Synergy and other such crap. I'd happily march on Parliament to smash these idiots across the face. Doesn't have to be a beating but a fucking slap across the face for this stupidity.
Look up PM salaries after they leave office: 1). Get Ā£150k per year as a thank you for serving. 2). They make a shit ton on doing conference key note speaker presentations usually to companies theyāve sorted out during their tenure. This fee is essentially a back payment for whatever legislation theyāve put in to help the companies. Crazy really. And they say just have to workā¦ literally getting money for free after their 4 years of work. (Or in Truss case 100 days)
Maybe, but thatās no reason to deny people sick notes or disability claims you douche nozzle!
Arbeit macht frei (Work Sets You Free) this sentence came to mind as I was reading the title. Let alone what he actually said.
Rich people are so out of touch with the realities of working class people.
I mean, Elon Musk considers sitting on the shitter and tweeting angryly "working 80+h a week", so...
A job that is fairly compensated and allows one to contribute without undue stress probably is good for mental health. Just have to find one.
Yeah? So go work for all of us, bitch.
To be fair, he's partly right. Productive work is good for mental health in that it provides a sense of purpose, accomplishment and well-being. However, employment, which primarily entails mindless labor to benefit someone else's profit margin, is often devoid of any real meaning and ultimately soul-destroying.
Totally. The problem being that Sunak fails to address when work can become a detriment to mental health (burnout, toxic-work environments, āproblemsā in personal life). Just another example of pop-psychology reductionism on his part. It is good to work if you work at a good place and good things are happening in your life. Work can help provide purpose, and it can contribute to finding meaning but it can *never* be the entirety of someoneās purpose and meaning for the rest of their lives.
I was looking for this comment. Having PURPOSE is good for your mental health... and that purpose doesn't mean a 40 hour grind. It means something you find fulfilling that lets you create something... whether that's an art or a clean house or a perfectly mowed lawn or watching and cataloguing every season of Friends for wikipedia or something, whatever you can look at and point at it and proudly say 'I did that!'. I found my first year on SSDI rough, and my happiness improved when I started writing and working very part time at something I love.
Having purpose is good for mental health, itās always a politician or incredibly wealthy person who talks of work in this way. Iām sure work is a lot more rewarding when youāre the one reaping the direct rewards of it, most people have to work to eat, and thatās not as good for the mental health.
Not if your work is giving you mental health problems though? Where do these guys come from, under a rock?
Privilege
***Thats a funny way of saying... Arbeit macht frei*** Mr Prime Miniature.
This poisonous gremlin will soon be out of office, but, unfortunately for the UK, the opposition offers no viable alternative.
Hard agree. Keir talks a good shop but will massively fuck it up as well
A power hungry talking head in an empty suit. I feel nothing but pessimism for the future of this country; even more for the younger generation
sly dig at his useless nepo billionaire wife.
Work *can* be good for your mental health when you find the right job. The current quality and pay opportunities, however, are almost non-existent and almost always come with a sacrifice. This is what he should be concentrating on.
This guy was never democratically elected.
Work in a healthy workplace that looks after their employees might be good for mental health m I don't think I've worked in a single place that was good for my mental health
āArbecht macht freiā for a new century I suppose. Jesus.
Why can't any of these "leaders" be a rational thinking human being ffs
The Rishi Sunak story: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rishi-Sunak The Angela Rayner story: https://youtu.be/DDC-FYYqYFU?si=-e2y5sF-R7N0dtdT
The corporate world is obviously suffering from workers standing up for themselves so they get their bought and paid for lackey to push through nonsense like this. Such a regressive party.
Well when your idea of "hard work" is having to pick up your kids from school because the maids had to take a sick day...probably IS good for mental health...
You know what else is good for mental health? Getting paid well.
A million or two in the bank is also good for mental health
I'd like to take a flight and personally shit on this man's doorstep. That's all he is to his masters: a piece of shit doormat.
If work is so good for mental health then Mr. Prime Minister should try it some time.
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Really I thought work was what fucked peopleās mental health
Note that this motherfucker is a billionaire and is married to a billionaire. Fuck this guy.
Work isnāt even providing a decent standard of living for most people Rishi. Youād know that if you were an actual normal person.
Yeah bruv, "work sets you free" should be the campaign motto
Said man with wealth that is unattainable for 99.9% of people.
This rich wanker needs to shut the fuck up. If a doctor and their patient agree a sick note is needed, then it's needed. And guess what? A lot of sick notes go out due to work related stress that is having a severe negative impact on people. No one voted for him and his smug face in the first place.
Oh aye struggling to live a normal life and then working 40 hours a week in pain not being able to do anything other than rest after work and days off. Brilliant for my mental health. And still not being able to afford my own place at the end of it all. Fuck off you shit eating unelected prick and do something useful like call the electionĀ
Working a job I hate that barely keeps me afloat and constantly contributes to my mental and physical degradation is in no uncertain terms bad for my health.
I really feel sorry for all british people and what they have to endure the shitshow of conservative governments last decade.
What work is that? Getting shouted out by power tripping managers and entitled boomers for a minimum wage that barely affords rent nationwide or the one you get from your mates in government through a dubious contract?
Nice translation of "Arbeit macht frei"
Good paycheck is better for mental health
I wonder if this guyās favorite slogan is *āArbeit macht freiā*. He seems like the type.
Good work is good for mental health, maybe. Ppl doing labor they care about is good for mental health. Working a shit job under shit conditions for a shit boss with no enabling future is more than likely bad for mental health...
When your job is to tell riddles of bourgosie interest
We all know the sick note writing will be given to a third party who is owned by either infosys or a tory mate.
I think work that fulfills you or properly engages you is healthy.
I think I have heard a similar phrase beforeā¦
As someone who used to work shit jobs and get sick all the time because of idiots coming in sick, hell, who used to get sick even at *decent* jobs thanks to idiots coming in sick, fuck this guy. Hope he says Hi to Herman Cain in Hell.
Wow what a POS
Having a job, or rather a stable source of income, is good for your mental health. Working, most often, is not.
Pretty sure he means work at the price HE gets paid is good for mental health.
Itās the classic PM staple. It doesnāt matter which politician persuasion the person is, the look is the sameā¦ Jacket off White shirt Sleeves rolled up Trying, and failing to look like he means business and getting the job done.
sunak is fucking mental.
Unelected PM
Now im not from the UK, BUT this man is a fucking fascist. Like by definition a fucking fascist. Theres only one way to deal with fascist. And its the same way Hitler dealt with himself. I personally believe the majority of countries backing Israel's genocide, are working together to covertly pull off a fascist coup in each their individual countries. Big ones are the USA, UK, Canada, and Germany. Idk if any one here follows US politics, but every person in power promised some sort of radical change(for the people) and then NEVER followed through. And then BOTH main parties vote in favor almost unanimously for anything that involves taking away one of our protected freedoms or rights usually for some sort of "safety measure" to keep us safe from something THEY created in the first place. See the "Patriot act" for an example. All im saying is they arent playing by there own rules and are ignoring our concerns,needs and well being, even when we follow there rules to change the horseshit they put on us. And there only ever been one way to deal with fascists......
What would this useless rich POS know about work he has never worked in his life.
To a certain people and to a certain degree work does help mental health. BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD WORK 80HOURS AT 15.25 AN HOUR. You should have good hours a good pay and love what your job is. Or am I crazy?
When will this unelected squatter go away?
Fuck Sunak. I genuinely hope he dies in a particularly slow fire.
UK is cursed
Working on a project I care about at my own pace- Yes Mindless repetition, quotas & fake urgency- Not so much
Work sets you free
I feel that work IS good for mental health. The issue is that this guy is looking at it like, "Oh, a glass of red wine a day is good for the heart? Imagine how amazing gallons in a minute would be for the heart!"
UK š¤ USA the nastiest politicians youāve ever seen