It’s the oldest political trick in the book: blame the immigrants or anyone who’s not ‘one of us’. The Nazis, Mugabe and Amin went for the wealthy others. Powell, Farage, Trump and many more went and go for the poor, supposedly stealing our jobs, fleecing health services and benefits systems. The former two thankfully never had and never will have office. The latter, however has. And may have for another five years.
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a client, or more likely potential client, rub us up the wrong way, are a declared anti-vaxxer or support the barges, can we not, as a business, say ‘Be Gone’?