cost-of-living crisis
Backing the Wrong Horse
How many things can Craig Mackinlay get wrong? UKIP,, Sealink Ferries, Fracking, Neoliberalism. The list just keeps getting bigger.
Craig Consistency
Apologies for the long delay since my last post. I've been busy, and the spectacle of the Conservative party self-immolating to pander to its increasingly right-wing membership has destroyed all confidence in democracy. But nonetheless, our local MP continues to amuse. In his most recent comment piece he sees the extreme weather helping local tills […]
Mackinlay targeted in 'cost-of-greed' protest
The only time South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay expresses concern for the poor is when he's opposing climate action that might impact fossil-fuel interests. Meanwhile, both his voting record and his public pronouncements suggests that he's happy that the two inter-related crises of poverty and climate are left to play out. It's a cost-of-greed crisis […]
It's not all Putin's fault
It isn’t all Putin’s fault. It's the fault of the government of which Craig is a member. They have failed to invest heavily into green energies, have cancelled plans to insulate homes and ensure high insulation standards for new-builds, and have continued to subsidise fossil fuels at colossal levels.