It’s a few things-
First of all, that the Navy has a servant class on board its ships to “wash and press sailor’s uniforms and officers’ white tablecloths.” in this day and age
Then, it’s the fact that this menial position is “traditionally” allocated on ethnicity. and that choice is in line with a crass stereotype.
Oh, and the reason for this particular division will probably be because they can get away with paying these people less than if the task was given to british sailors.
Then, there’s the way these people were just discarded when their nationality became inconvenient,
And finally, there’s the tone of the whole article- “those dastardly foreigners have spoiled this charming tradition”.
There’s layers to this shit, and it doesn’t get any better as you go down it.
If he is forced to resign from parliament because of this, it makes him the fifth Conservative MP to resign because of sex scandals since the last election.
Recently I’ve been watching the series by Steve McQueen, Small Axe. Mangrove was a punch in the stomach, even knowing what absolute bastards the Met were (and remain, as this news continues to prove).
I feel so much hatred on behalf of the bereaved families, some who attended the inquiry, having to sit and listen to the culture of narcissism and cruelty from pricks like Cummings and Johnson and all the rest of them that failed to prevent more deaths.
I’ve thought about what I’d like to do to him, but I’m not a violent person, if I ever have the displeasure of encountering him, I will say “Your many children don’t love you, and millions will read your obituary with pleasure”
World leaders ink AI safety pacts while Musk and Sunak engage in awkward bromance
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Bringing to a close the UK’s AI Safety Summit yesterday was the unedifying spectacle of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak interviewing tycoon Elon Musk, the world’s richest man.
Beginning with nauseating sycophancy, Sunak read Musk a Bill Gates quote, saying there was no one in our time who had done more to push the boundaries of science and innovation than the Tesla CEO. It’s perhaps a shame Musk doesn’t seem to share the same respect for Gates. Perhaps not.
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[Sky News TV journalist Sam] Coates said Sunak didn’t see Musk as a political force prone to voicing views on Ukraine war and Gaza/Israel, with interests in the politically powerful Starlink satellite system, and failed to challenge him. Instead, Sunak focused on “selling Britain to this guy who is already the richest man in the world” in the hope Musk’s celebrity sheen might rub off on him.
