Fraser Nelson’s comedy column about Britain’s well-being makes him a poor Marie Antoinette
Fraser Nelson: Another swivel-eyed loon?
Can you believe this nonsense? Please don’t say “yes”:
We reach the end of 2018 with a country that has never been healthier, wealthier or – as the official "wellbeing" index tells us – happier. #despiteBrexit. My Telegraph column on what went right in 2018 https://t.co/TYW9boTp8z
— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) December 28, 2018
You can’t read the article without paying for it, so I haven’t bothered. It’s bad enough that Fraser Nelson has made himself the Tory government’s useful idiot by posting the tweet above.
For balance, let’s have some comments from people who know better than Mr Nelson – who, as editor of The Spectator, should know better himself.
Here‘s Peter Stefanovic: “Is this a joke? 4 Million kids are living in poverty, millions are reliant on food banks, GPs prescribing nutritional drinks to starving patients, homeless dying on our streets, 19 Million Workers now on the edge of poverty & 17 Million people with less then £100 in savings!!!!”
He has produced a short video clip to reinforce his points:
Telegraph columnist Fraser Nelson says “We reach the end of 2018 with a country that has never been healthier, wealthier or – as the official "wellbeing" index tells us – happier.” Let’s put the record straight! pic.twitter.com/fooQO4Qk8W
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 30, 2018
Tom London makes a valid point: “Fraser Nelson is the Louis XVI and Marie Antionette of our times
“All is well with him and everyone he knows
“He chooses statistics which “prove” all is well for the masses too
“He. Has. Not. A. Clue. About. The. Reality. Of. Life. For. Millions. In. UK
“Like most of the MSM & BBC”
Isobel has the ground-level take on Mr Nelson’s claim: “Have you ever read such a load of absolute #ToryHogwash you are too late for an Honour, hopefully she will be out next time round, don.t stand on one leg will you.”
Tom Pride sums up the way we should all describe Mr Nelson: “Another out-of-touch well-off journalist living in his comfy Westminster bubble telling struggling families how happy they should be feeling.”
But for the most to-the-point comment, let’s look to Helena Bowie, who simply asks: “Who paid you to say that?”
Who indeed?
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Just more extremely nasty Tory attempts at propaganda. I suppose they fool the hard right nutcases – but few others.
Nelson seems to have forgotten the evidence that people in the UK are now dying EARLIER than before. Our progress on death rates has gone into reverse. “Healthier”??