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Watch: Blistering Jamie Webster monologue shows why Tories ‘don’t actually care about us’

A blistering monologue by folk singer Jamie Webster has been making the rounds on social media.

The Liverpudlian, who became the first artist to top the newly created Official Folk Album Chart with his debut LP, We Get By, tore into the government over their handling of the free school meal saga.

He said: “It took a professional footballer to address the prime minister and raise a campaign to feed kids who can’t be fed on f*cking school holiday.”

He also raised the issue of food banks as the cost-of-living crisis threatens to plunge millions into poverty.

Last year Webster performed a gig at Liverpool Guild of Students.

The concert became quite well known after, well….

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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