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 The #Tories have always claimed they're the party of opportunity;

Now that social mobility is harder than ever, with the rich's position increasingly cemented by inheritance, and others chances constrained by #racism, we are living in a country where the #Tories view of 'opportunity' is that Government is an opportunity to enrich your mates;

The fall in social mobility is not an unfortunate accident, our society has been re-engineered to the advantage of the rich!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/07/social-mobility-uk-worst-50-years-report-finds 
 @43d7c4ea When do you think this "strategy" will eventually fall through? Will any British collapse necessarily coincide with the broader, inevitable global societal collapse?