The Gordian Knot That Is Social Care

 

Next week, if Rishi and Boris can come to an agreement, there will be a announcement by the government wrt what it intends to do about the solving the social care crisis.

The hot money is on a cap of between £50K-£100K of what an individual would be expected to contribute towards their own care, and a rise in NI of between 1%-1.5% (Sajid favours 2%).

Whilst it is clear that social care is an utter shambles, as to whether this is the right way to fix it remains to be seen, eg:

- should the funding be taken from a rise in NI?

-shouldn't people (who have the means necessary, eg a house) be expected to fund more of the costs themselves?

-can the government be trusted not to spend the extra taxes on other things?

We shall see!

God All Bloody Mighty!!!

 

The question on what the UK government is doing to create LGBT and minority "safe zones" within Afghanistan, shows how out of touch she is with that country 🙄 pic.twitter.com/ENMnVV1Oo1

— Dom M 🇬🇧 (@DomMgy1) September 1, 2021

Raab Declares War on the MOD

 

Raab had a tetchy time in front of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee yesterday.

He repeated the claims that a failure in “military” intelligence was responsible for Britain being caught short by the Taliban advance on Kabul. 

Suffice to say, the MOD are not having any of this and point out that intelligence is always limited at the end of a mission.

Naughty, Naughty, Very Naughty!

Econ 101, opium, Taliban. (Few mtngs I ever had in No10 were more Brass Eye than listening to Home Office plans for 'crackdowns' and 'marketing campaigns' + BJ's desire to embarrass his Cabinet over their own drug use) https://t.co/eNUm3EwS4t

— Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) September 1, 2021

 

Who's Pulling The Strings?

 

Spiffing!

 

🚨 | NEW: The Taliban now has access to $85 billion worth of American military equipment

Via @Telegraph

— Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) August 27, 2021




The Taliban now has more Black Hawk helicopters than 85 percent of countries in the world!

American Chargé d'Affaires in Afghanistan Tells a Whopping Porkie!

Top U.S. diplomat says the State Department put out repeated warnings every three weeks to Americans in Afghanistan telling them to leave since April: “People chose not to leave. That's their business," Ross Wilson said. pic.twitter.com/hr5HlLxA0F

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 26, 2021

And yet....

Job Opportunity!

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan seeks a Public Engagement Assistant. The incumbent functions in an extremely sensitive political environment in which an ongoing insurgency adds to the urgency of accurate media reporting. https://t.co/tfm3aISgkC

— Daybook (@DaybookJobs) August 13, 2021