Look at what has happened in just a few days.
A former minister is murdered in her own home in England. Hillsborough is back in the headlines yet again, reminding us that it took decades for the truth about that disaster to be officially admitted. Sky News and government accounts confirm that £9.9 billion of the £13.6 billion spent on Covid PPE has been written off, because the gear was unusable or has “lost its value”. This isn’t one freak week. It’s a snapshot of how the British Establishment treats England all the time.
We are expected to nod along, shrug, and get back to work. We are expected to believe the official lines, forget the numbers, and ignore the way these stories rhyme. In short: we are being taken for fools.
The British Establishment thinks England will swallow anything
On paper, the people in Westminster govern the “United Kingdom”. In practice, their daily power is felt hardest in England – over policing, hospitals, welfare, contracts and the money taken out of every pay packet. And they behave as if England will put up with anything they do.
They assume we will put up with a high‑profile killing being smoothed over with a few carefully drafted statements. Ann Widdecombe, a former minister and long‑time lightning rod in English politics, has been murdered in her home; counter‑terrorism police have taken over the investigation, and the Home Secretary has had to address Parliament. Yet the tone from the top is narrow and managerial: no wider responsibility, no serious reflection on the climate they themselves have created.
They assume we will put up with Hillsborough being mishandled, smeared and denied for decades, only for the Establishment to turn up late and ask to be thanked for finally telling the truth. In 2016, a fresh inquest jury concluded that the 96 fans covered by those proceedings were unlawfully killed, and police match commander David Duckenfield was found responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence; the jury exonerated Liverpool fans as “utterly blameless”. That confirmation arrived 27 years after the disaster.
They assume we will put up with a pandemic turned into a feeding frenzy, with insiders shoved into fast‑track lanes and billions blown on junk PPE, then written off as if it’s just an unfortunate accounting detail.news.
They assume that however bad the headlines get, England will grumble, then get back to paying the bill.
Murder and the poisoned atmosphere in English politics
Ann Widdecombe’s killing is still under investigation, and the police have not publicly confirmed the motive. Fair enough – we should all respect due process. But you don’t need a completed case file to feel what this means.
Devon and Cornwall Police launched a murder investigation after the 78‑year‑old was found dead in her home; counter‑terrorism officers are now leading, and the Home Secretary has told MPs that a suspect has been arrested and was “not known” to the Prevent programme. That alone tells you how serious the state considers the case. Yet the political response has been strikingly cold: an emphasis on process, safety reviews and the usual reassurances, rather than any admission that the wider political climate in England – polarised, angry, resentful – is something they helped create.
We live in a country where trust in government is at rock bottom, where working people feel ignored and exploited, and where every fresh scandal confirms that those at the top play by different rules. Against that backdrop, the murder of a prominent figure is not just a tragic crime. It’s a flashing warning light. But instead of treating it as a sign that their entire way of governing has poisoned public life, the Establishment narrows the story down, isolates it, and moves on.
Once again, they expect us to swallow the line and change the channel.
Hillsborough: disaster, denial and decades of lies
Hillsborough should have been the moment the British Establishment learned humility and honesty in England. On 15 April 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, a crush in the Leppings Lane end killed dozens of Liverpool supporters and injured hundreds more – eventually recognised as 97 deaths linked to the disaster. It remains the worst tragedy in British football history.
The initial official reaction was to blame the fans. Early inquests returned “accidental death” verdicts, and sections of the media pushed stories painting supporters as drunk, disorderly and responsible for their own fate. For years, the state held the line that Liverpool fans were at least partly to blame, even as families and campaigners insisted that the real responsibility lay with the police and other authorities.
It took the Hillsborough Independent Panel and then the 2016 inquest jury to finally say in public what those families had known for decades: the fans were utterly blameless, and the supporters covered by the inquests were unlawfully killed owing to grossly negligent failures by police and ambulance services to fulfil their duty of care. Government responses now speak openly about “decades‑long injustices” and the need for a statutory duty of candour.
Think about that. Ninety‑six people unlawfully killed as recognised by the inquests, and a total toll of 97 deaths tied to Hillsborough. Decades of lies and smears before the state would admit its guilt. Formal talk of a “duty of candour” introduced only after the truth had been forced out.
That is how the Establishment behaves when English citizens die on its watch. It protects its own first, buries the evidence second, and only confesses when it has absolutely no choice. And it expects us to clap when the confession finally arrives.
Covid PPE: £9.9 billion burned, brushed off
If Hillsborough shows how the state lies after it kills people, the Covid PPE scandal shows how it wastes money while people are dying – and then barely blinks.
According to government accounts and reporting from Sky News and others, £9.9 billion of the £13.6 billion spent on personal protective equipment during the pandemic has been written off because the PPE was unusable or had “lost its value” as markets changed. Roughly 73% of the spending has, on paper, evaporated – tens of billions of pieces of kit now sitting in warehouses, incinerated, or sold for a fraction of their cost.
Behind those numbers sits the notorious VIP lane. Offers from politically connected companies were triaged into a fast track, giving them priority access to procurement officials in a time of panic. Subsequent court rulings have found that the use of such a VIP lane in awarding PPE contracts breached basic rules of equal treatment, and anti‑corruption campaigners have calculated that a large share of the PPE supplied through this route was not fit for purpose.
In plain language: while nurses, carers and other frontline staff in England were re‑using masks and improvising gowns, people with the right connections were making fortunes selling junk. The state turned a crisis into a gold rush, and our money became the river they panned.
Now, we’re told that this is just the price of acting “at pace” in an emergency. We’re given careful phrases about procurement risk and changing market conditions. We are supposed to hear that £9.9 billion has been written off and treat it as a sad but understandable footnote.
If you are a working‑class taxpayer in England, looking at your rent, your food bill, your energy costs, that is not a footnote. It is an insult.
Skint workers, stuffed insiders
For England’s working class, none of this is theoretical. It’s what empties the fridge and drains the bank account.
Reports show that in 2026 around 79% of adults reported an increase in their cost of living compared with the previous month, with low‑income households hit hardest by climbing food, housing and energy costs. Poverty among working‑age people hovers around one in five, and long‑term forecasts suggest extremely slow improvements in living standards for poor families. Millions of pensioners and low‑income households say they still struggle to afford basic essentials.
Against that backdrop, the state shrugs at losing nearly £10 billion on PPE. It tells us it had to “increase risk appetite” and “adapt normal processes” – bureaucratic language designed to anaesthetise fury. It expects the working class to accept that there is no money for meaningful wage rises, no money to rebuild services, no money to cut unfair tax bites – yet somehow there was plenty of money to burn on junk.
Hillsborough showed us disaster turned into denial. The Widdecombe case shows us political life turned into something dangerous and unstable. The Covid PPE scandal shows us public money treated as a pot for insiders, then waved away when the waste becomes too obvious to hide.
All three sit on the same foundation: contempt for ordinary people in England.
This is not “one bad week” – it’s the system
Here’s the most important thing to say to your readers: this isn’t just one bad week of headlines. It’s what happens when you zoom in on the system for a moment.
In a handful of days, we have:
- A murdered ex‑minister, with counter‑terrorism police leading the investigation and Parliament forced to discuss security.
- The Hillsborough story dragged back into public view, reminding us that truth for disaster victims took a generation to be officially recognised.
- A confirmation that nearly £10 billion of Covid PPE spending has been written off, most of it effectively wasted.
If that’s what you see in one snap‑shot, imagine the full picture from the last thirty years. Scandals over expenses, lobbying, contracts, surveillance. Communities hollowed out by policy. Living standards squeezed while donors and contractors thrive. It isn’t bad luck. It’s how the British Establishment functions in England.
The trick they rely on is simple: treat each outrage as a separate, isolated story. They want you to see murder, disaster and waste as unconnected, random events. Your job, is to refuse that trick – to join the dots, and to show people that the pattern is the point.
England has the right to stop being fooled
They’ve shown you exactly who they are: the people who smear the dead, loot your taxes, and expect you to clap while they do it. They will not change on their own. The only variable in this story is you.
The only question left is who you are.
Have you had enough yet?
Will you keep nodding along, struggling like sheep in a system that sees you only as a bill‑payer?
Or will you stand up, stand with us, and help build an England that refuses to be fooled – and refuses to clap – ever again?
FAQ 1
Q: Why do you say the British Establishment has betrayed England?
A: Because repeated scandals – from Hillsborough to Covid PPE – show the same pattern: English lives and taxes are treated as expendable, truth is buried for years, and those at the top expect England’s working class to keep paying and keep quiet.
FAQ 2
Q: What evidence is there that nearly £10 billion of Covid PPE was wasted?
A: Government accounts and reporting from outlets like Sky News show that £9.9bn of the £13.6bn spent on PPE during the pandemic has been written off because equipment was unusable or has lost its value, meaning most of that spending will never benefit patients or staff in England.news.
FAQ 3
Q: How does Hillsborough fit into your argument about England?
A: The Hillsborough disaster happened in an English stadium and led to decades of injustice, with fans wrongly blamed before inquests finally concluded they were unlawfully killed and “utterly blameless”; it’s a clear example of English citizens betrayed by institutions meant to protect them.
FAQ 4
Q: Are you claiming Ann Widdecombe’s murder was politically motivated?
A: No. The investigation is ongoing and police have not confirmed a motive; what we are highlighting is how her killing, counter‑terror involvement and official statements sit in a wider climate of distrust, anger and instability in English politics.
FAQ 5
Q: What does your England campaign want to achieve?
A: We want an England where public bodies have a legal duty to tell the truth, where contracts are transparent and accountable, and where the working class are no longer treated as a cash machine for insiders – in short, an England that refuses to be fooled and demands real control over its own governance.