Gravitas | Has Rishi Sunak's UK become a third world country?

is rishu Sak's political career over under him the Tories are a mess they are 30 points behind the labor party in the latest polls the UK is expected to go to the polls by in January 2025 just 8 months from now and sonak conservatives are 30 points behind the labor in the poll carried out by yugov for the times the result shows the labor on 48% the conservatives 18% the reform UK just Five Points behind the survey suggests that come elections labor would get a 452 seat majority and as I speak the support for sonak stories is at its lowest since list truss's 49 day government but then are you surprised under sonak under sonak the UK has become a third world country a third world country is one that is economically weaker it is a country battling economic instability High poverty a third world country is one that lacks basic infrastructure basic necessities and Britain seems to be checking all the boxes today there is a shortage of essential drugs in the UK doctors are worried pharmacists are worried patients are petrified now these are essential drugs we are talking about drugs for ADHD drugs for type 2 diabetes epilepsy pharmacist say lives are at risk and that is how serious this problem is it's not hard to imagine for a diabetes patient her drug is a lifesaver and without them anything can happen any time in the UK diabetes patients are being turned away at pharmacies because there is no stock same with epilepsy patients let me read out for you what the head of an epilepsy Society told the British media our helpline has been inundated with calls from Desperate people who are having to travel miles often visiting multiple pharmacies to try and access their medication this is the UK we are talking about not Sudan not Venezuela this is the UK battling third world problems we spoke about basic infra in the UK roads are not even at break point but well past it as per estimate estimates quoted in the British press there are six Pooles per mile in England and Wales further estimates say there are over a million portoles in the UK such is the situation that Britain's Royal Automobile Club has been forced to come up with a port hole index you don't need me to tell you that portoles increase the risk of accidents and deaths on the road and the risk by the way does not end here today even Britain's prisons are overcrowded sales meant for a single prisoner now house two sometimes even three inmates Britain's prison system has not been upgraded since the Victorian era the infra is over a century old data published in 2023 revealing that the number of deaths on the prison estate is up 9% as compared to the year before the number of suicides is up 26% self harm in the women's prison is up 52% inspectors have rated most British prisons as poor or inadequate again this is not Venezuela it is still Rishi sonak UK we are talking about why don't you do a quick online search here look up the United Kingdom you will be met with one bad news after the other the UK is expected to be the worst performing G7 economy next year we're not the ones saying that oecd is that is the organization for economic cooperation and development the paris-based think tank believes that the UK will grow by just 0.4% this year in 2025 the UK is expected to grow by up just 1% government policies are not helping economists say the UK's economy could be staring at a longterm irrelevance without immigration a leading Think Tank claiming the next government in the UK will be forced to hit voters with postelection tax Rises there is a housing crisis in the UK in Oxford House prices are 12 times the average salary over 3,000 households are on the waiting list for homes Reports say there is also an electricity problem in the UK there is a shortage of electricity networks in the UK banks are closing branches in the UK as per estimates 6,000 Bank branches have been closed since 2015 this includes a branches of Barclays NatWest the Royal Bank of Scotland TSB will reportedly be closing 36 branches over the next 18 months the Tams which is an emblem of London is facing a crisis as well shareholders of temps water are refusing to invest this by the way is a company responsible for water supply and wastewater treatment in most of greater London area now is this a failure of privatization or is the story the poster boy of the bigger picture of failure here today British women are sadder than their European peers British women are also more stressed they are battling negative emotions more than their European counterparts I'm talking about worry stress anger still the UK we are talking about here the UK under which Rishi sonak appears to have become a third world country to stay up to speed with the latest news download the weon app And subscribe to our YouTube channel

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Length: 5min 54sec (354 seconds)

Published: Thu May 09 2024