Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Rishi Sunak "shameful" immigration bill will fail | Andrew Marr | New Statesman" video.

  1. I'm Australian and I can SADLY SAY that Andrew Marr is hopelessly WRONG "Stop the Boats!" is an incredibly powerful campaign slogan that works, just ask an Australian. Go and google "stop the boats Australia" and see what comes up. There was stuff being said here that is straight out of the Australian election from about 12 years ago when our equivalent of the Conservatives ran that exact campaign and WON. There's even a Guardian article from March this year pointing out how similar Rishi Sunak's policy is to Tony Abbotts winning 2013 campaign. This is one thing the LEFT never understand. When the average person in the street is under stress and struggling they DO NOT GIVE A DAMN about refugees. All they see are people who don't care about them. In late 2022 the American Congressional Budget Office published a report on Family Wealth from 1989 to 2019. I've checked the Australian data it paints a very similar picture. The 2008 GFC hit the lower 50% of America almost 5x harder than the top 10% and almost 4x harder than the middle 40%. Between 2007 and 2010 the bottom 50% of America lost 49.5% of its wealth. By 2019 the Top 10% who were bailed out after the GFC had not only recovered but they were over $20 TRILLION (with a 'T') ahead of there 2007 position. meanwhile the bottom 50% were still almost 22% BEHIND their 2007 position. Not only does the Australian data paint a similar picture but I am certain its the similar across the entire Developed World because there's similar stories of supply shortages, housing crisis and energy crisis. Basically 50% the developed world has been smashed for around 15 years and its only getting worse. So I am sorry to tell the British LEFT but "stop the boats" will work.
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