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James

Rent strikes and bill boycotts in the UK are great in principle - but I’d end up with no electricity and an eviction notice

Illustration by Eleanor Bannister
Illustration by Eleanor Bannister Illustration: Eleanor Bannister/The Guardian

Since my last entry in this series, a lot has happened, especially in Westminster. Finally, we’re saying goodbye to the pathological liar who has occupied Downing Street for the past two years.

However, I’m under no illusion that whichever Tory takes Johnson’s place won’t be cut from the same cloth. It worries me whether someone like Rishi Sunak, who enjoys phenomenal wealth and is married into a family of billionaires, could possibly have the knowhow to represent the most deprived in our society. This was confirmed by his unwillingness to commit to increasing state benefits by anywhere near the rise in inflation.

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