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I want to know why footballers are being asked to take cuts in this crisis, but not government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg. Know what the investment firm he has a 15% stake in told its clients? "Super normal returns can be made during ths type of environmnt." https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/05/rees-mogg-firm-accused-of-cashing-in-on-coronavirus-crisis
2/2 See all the bus drivers & care workers & nurses & doctors & people living in poverty who are paying the price for this crisis, as highlighted by @maitlis ? Why are there not louder calls for investment firms to stop acting like vampires? https://twitter.com/GaryTrowsdale/status/1248100914365444096?s=20
3. Actually, no, I'm not stopping. Alongside my public focus on laughter & mental health, I'm also pissed off about our cultural hypocrisy. Its not just the ' @guardian classes' reporting on t vampirish actions of govt ministers. Here's @DailyMirror story. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jacob-rees-moggs-investment-firm-21814351
4. Here are a few choice details: "[The company] cited 500 per cent profits made after the 2008 crisis and suggested “we could see similar moves.” & "Mr Rees-Mogg, Leader of the Commons, was entitled to a reported £1million share of last year’s profits." https://www.indy100.com/article/jacob-rees-mogg-coronavirus-profit-investment-9449121
5. So while the UK cabinet all will Boris Johnson back to good health, why are they not also calling out the LEADER OF THE COMMONS to contribute financially as well? Why is this morning's story only about pressuring footballers to contribute?
6. I'm not the only one pissed off. From @indy100 : "I think the singling out of footballers reveals something about the cynical way inequality is being weaponised by the right, even in these desperate times." https://www.indy100.com/article/coronavirus-footballers-furloughed-matt-hancock-wayne-rooney-gary-lineker-9452696
7. And why is it only the people needing parks who get criticised for encouraging group gatherings? Don't forget that in March, the Leader of the Commons was explicitly encouraging that. "We'll just open the windows of Parliament." https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jacob-rees-mogg-says-parliament-will-open-the-windows-amid-coronavirus-outbreak_uk_5e6a2cc2c5b6dda30fc42e27
8. I'm just trying to shine a light on t emergng narrative. This pandemic will cause terrible consequences for decades to come. While we let "primal emotions" drive worry abt t loss of "the leader", I hope we will contemplate t losses caused by capitalism. https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2020/04/07/200407-boris-johnson-and-the-nation/content.html?sig=p6YCnMDtdwdX9cMy1rPDFRQNTLKR8fGSFZ3ohAGh5qg-nation-trembles
9/end. I find that I keep thinking abt the question @frankieboyle asked in his recent piece: "Is everybody is going to come out of this & go willingly back into a kind of numbing servitude? Surely it’s time to start imagining something better." https://theovertake.com/~beta/frankie-boyle-did-you-ever-wonder-what-youd-be-doing-during-an-apocalypse/?fbclid=IwAR3YQ_l4KBf_6HnITjcbsPXIf4ctExcQq-pWsIMcLo6qxFX8evAXR5k3dHs
