Churchill tried to prevent a @UKLabour victory in 1945.

Clement Attlee responded: “For years every attempt to remedy crying evils was blocked by the same plea of 'freedom for the individual'. It was in fact freedom for the rich & slavery for the poor.”

Nothing has changed.
Nothing fucking changes.

The only winners from Brexit will be the already grotesquely wealthy hedge-funders who backed Leave and Johnson, & who have bet a fortune on no-deal, even getting Boris Johnson to say a no-deal was "a million to one".

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1337174426513793024
"It was in fact freedom for the rich and slavery for the poor. Make no mistake, it has only been through the power of the State, given to it by Parliament, that the general public has been protected against the greed of ruthless profit-makers and property owners." - Attlee
The economic fallout from #COVID19 will once again transform societies.

In addition to the problem of climate change, we now also have to face the rise of the Far Right, at home, in the USA, & across Europe.

To better fight it, we MUST understand it: https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1302270064222236673
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