So, hard work pays? Tell that to the nurses doing extra shifts just to get by

IN THE leadership debate, the mantra of Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak has been that hard work pays.

As he said in the latest television head-to-head, his father was a GP and his mother ran her own pharmacy - and they worked "day and night" to build a better future for their children.

Gawd help 'em, if I have seen one chemist or GP in rags, I have seen, well, none actually.

Wee Rishi even did medicine deliveries from the shop, probably because the poor were too lazy to pick up their own antidepressants.

He said: "I am standing here because of the hard work, the sacrifice, and love of my parents and the opportunities they provided to me." Ergo if you are not a millionaire, it was because your parents were lazy, they didn't love you, nor did they provide you with enough aspiration.

That's why Rishi can afford a three grand suit and you are shopping in Primark. Simples.

This may be confusing news to those of you juggling two jobs to barely survive or if you are say a nurse, who has been sweating through 12 hour shifts during the pandemic.