UK Struggles: NHS in Crisis and Navy Lacks Ships – Is Keir Wasting Millions on Woke Initiatives?

WE are £2.9trillion in debt. There isn’t a workable ship in the Royal Navy.

Our is crumbling and just about will take out your rear axle.

Britain is skint, the NHS is crumbling and our Navy hasn’t got any workable ships, so what’s Keir doing? Blowing BILLIONS on wokery Starmer is splashing the cash on a bunch of woke projects to make the country even worse than it already isCredit: Getty

Our schools don’t have a pot to, well, you know. The entire country is skint and taxation is higher than at any time since .

So what’s doing? He’s splashing the cash on a bunch of woke projects to make the country even worse than it already is. And which cost a packet.

When it comes to keeping his maniacal left-wing back benchers happy — and his — Sir Keir has money to burn, it would seem. Any loopy “progressive” notion will do, so long as it costs lots of money and accomplishes four-fifths of naff all.

The first of these is the appointment of an “anti-Muslim hostility czar”. This is all part of new . They haven’t told us what that is, though.

What is certain is that this new czar, who will be both highly paid and — I would guess — a Muslim will play a very active role in stopping you saying what you want to say.

Costly and divisive

So, for example, the next time a jihadi maniac blows himself up shouting all that stuff about , or whatever it is, and you dare to mention that this might have something to do with — well, you’re nicked sunshine, bang to rights.

The lefties have been very clear that associating Islam with is — despite the fact that in 2024 revealed that Islamist extremism accounts for 75 per cent of their counter-terrorism workload.

So, there will be a czar to make sure we don’t say anything which might upset people. And I suppose he or she will be paid a fairly healthy wodge of money.

Still, while this is an odious development politically and offers a direct threat to our diminishing notions of freedom of speech, it’s probably not all that much money in the grand scheme of things. Probably about the cost of a new hospital or something.

Certainly nothing like the amount of money the clown intends to spend “extending” the Equalities Act. Think tank Civitas reckons that this stupid meddling is likely to cost in the region of £3billion.

To put that in context for you, it is roughly the annual cost of , our independent and would also provide a timely boost for our armed forces.

Anyway, the cost will be incurred by the huge number of tribunals and court cases arising from claims under the new Equalities Act.

(And yep, of course, you’re right. The one section of the British population who will do very well out of this are indeed the lawyers.
They always seem to do well, don’t they?)

What they intend to do with the Equalities Act is open it to claims of racial discrimination.

So if a black man or woman gets paid less for doing roughly the same job as a white man or woman and they get paid less, straight to court. But as Civitas says, the difference in pay may be a disparity rather than discrimination.

It may be that whitey has been in the job longer than the ethnic minority worker, for a start.

Our NHS is crumbling and just about every road you drive down will take out your rear axleCredit: Alamy

Daniel Dieppe is the author of the report, which is out today. In it, he explains: “A difference in pay may often be explained by demographic or structural factors rather than discriminatory intent. One such factor is age. Many individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds entering the workforce are more likely to be younger and therefore have not yet had the opportunity to reach the peak of their careers.”

The Government also intends to have mandatory checks on ethnic minority pay. This, too, will cost a lot of money and eat up a lot of valuable time.

If they apply it to the National Health Service, for example — which they are CERTAIN to do — they will find that on average Asians are paid substantially more than other races.

That’s because there are so many Asian medics working as highly paid consultants.

Can the whites therefore complain that they deserve a pay increase to keep them in line with the Asians, even though they are doing different jobs? Or will the imperative be to REDUCE the number of Asians in consultant roles and open up the field to all races?

People will therefore be appointed not because they are the best possible people to do the job, but because they have the right colour skin.

Starmer, of course, will press ahead with the kind of legislation which makes our country worse and costs the taxpayer an unholy fortune

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This is an absurdity — and it is dangerous, too. As well as being extremely costly and divisive within the work place.

A person should be appointed to a job solely on their abilities and qualifications not because they are black or white. Not because they have a lady garden rather than a mutton dagger. Or have a mutton dagger but pretend they have a lady garden.

Not because they read the Koran every day rather than attend Evensong at the local Methodist chapel. It should be about ability and experience.

So just as Civitas argues, this rewriting of the Equalities Act will make discrimination MORE likely, not less.

Starmer, of course, will press ahead with the kind of legislation which makes our country worse and costs the taxpayer an unholy fortune.

And he will do so because there is nothing he likes better than doing a bit of right-on grandstanding to the lefties, just as he did on the Chagos Islands — and look how that turned out.

AT last our army is ready for battle! And they will look so lovely.

Just as we’re on the brink of war, army bosses have asked soldiers if they would like to wear make-up, hair extensions and nail polish. No, really, they have.

I don’t know how the poor bloody soldiers responded. Hopefully they used language which I can’t use here.

I suppose it might have its benefits if invades. And the Russky soldier is greeted by some British private in lippy, pink nail varnish and a flaming auburn wig.

“Hey, tovarich? Where did you get your hair done? It looks wonderful. Can I invite you out for dinner?”

IN 2025 Reform absolutely hammered Labour in the council elections.

Up where I live, in Durham, the county council had been held by Labour since time immemorial. Not any more.

Labour lost 38 seats and Reform took control. You looked at those results and the poll standings of party and thought – hell, it’s only a matter of time before he’s Prime Minister.

But since then their poll standings have dropped by a third. They have been losing by-elections they were expected to win.

And last Thursday Labour’s Julie Griffiths won back a seat from on Durham County Council. Easily!

The wheels are coming off the Farage bandwagon. Reform needs a reboot.

MEANWHILE, desperate French politicians have been trying to woo the voters – via their DOGS.

Both left- and right-wing candidates are promising all manner of stuff for French canines.

One woman proposes a doggy park and doggy food bank. Presumably stocked with beef bourguignon and tarte au pommes. Another candidate has proposed a human-doggy drinking fountain.

I approve of this development. Our countries may be utterly wrecked but if the dogs are happy, that’s OK with me.