#the torygraph

[scavengedluxury]

Not sure how you could interpret this information as landlords being the ones facing a crisis, but go off.

[ratantics]

It's so disgusting that this kid is being framed as an inspiring young patriot and not the victim of right-wing brainwashing that he actually is.

Pretty fucking shameful and tasteless even for the Torygraph.

[libdeminomenon]

“Sending 70 per cent of young people to university will be the ruin of Britain” - Michael Deacon in The Telegraph.

I personally think people like Mr Deacon, attacking young people seeking an education and creating moral panics with sensationalist rubbish, are more likely to be the ruin of Britain.

I think Mr Deacon should become an electrician, joiner, painter-decorator, or plumber, if he thinks it’s such a problem, instead of telling other people how to live their lives. Maybe he should try to make apprenticeships more attractive to young people, instead of telling them that their degrees are worthless.

And I think he needs to reconsider his argument about Brexit.

[clatterbane]

Who could could have foreseen cutting off your biggest trading partner is bad for economy!

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[unkindness313]

There’s a new interview with Dylan Moran on The Telegraph. It’s not very good, as the interviewer has gone in with a set of preconceived notions and he’s trying to push things on his interviewee. Also behind a pay wall. I wouldn’t recommend giving that paper any money. You could, however, check out this tweet and the following thread *wink wink nudge nudge*.

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Telegraph columnist wrongly claims literacy at the lowest level in UK history - Full Fact

A Telegraph article was wrong to say literacy was at its lowest level in history, and that every international league table puts the UK near bottom for literacy and numeracy. Neither is true.

This is a hilariously bonkers claim.

Even if we take the “UK” part to mean from the act of union, is one really supposed to believe that literacy rates now are lower than in the 1700s? That in the Victorian era when children were sent down the mines or into the factories at the earliest opportunity, people were more literate than they are now?

Do people genuinely believe that children who were previously securely literate (I’m not talking about those who were just learning) have forgotten how to read or write? Indeed, to support this claim, one would assume that adults must have forgotten how to read or write, if the implication is that we are somehow less literate than we were 2-3 years ago?

I know if you’ve forgotten how to read or write, you won’t be able to respond to this post, but if you know anyone who’s forgotten how to read or write, is over the age of 6, and hasn’t suffered like, a stroke or a TBI, I know a research psychologist who would love to hear from you.

This isn’t to make light of the struggles faced by those with low literacy, or those who are illiterate in the UK. I’m sure it’s far harder to be illiterate now in the UK than it was in 1707, but that’s kind of the point- the world is set up for people who can read or write, because the vast, vast majority of people can!

[generalelectionmusings]

[scavengedluxury]

I wonder why a national newspaper would run with this debunked urban myth on the day the Bank of England raised interest rates to 5%?