{"id":237974,"date":"2022-12-15T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=237974"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:46:27","slug":"channel-deaths","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/channel-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/dec\/14\/uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More drownings<\/a> as small boats wallow in the hostile, freezing Channel while Rishi Sunak wallows in Tory adulation for reinforcing the hostile policy towards migrants. Naturally Suella Braverman ekes out crocodile tears while keeping the door slammed shut on desperate &#8216;criminals&#8217; risking their lives to seek asylum.<br \/>\nMeanwhile the traffickers cash in on human misery by charging exorbitant crossing fees for overloaded boats not much better than paddling canoes. So a few women and kids drown, so what?<br \/>\nMeanwhile middle England, mesmerised with xenophobia, seems to think that foreigners are the reason why England is not a verdant utopia.<br \/>\nMeanwhile the rich laugh and go about their day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-237974","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/237974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}