Telling the human story of the austerity experiment – with Ros Wynne-Jones

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The horrors of austerity make for grim statistics. But what are the stories behind those numbers? The Mirror’s Real Britain columnist Ros Wynne-Jones joins Ros Taylor to discuss the exhaustion, pain and spirit of those feeling the brunt of Tory cuts. “There are always new levels and layers of cuts.” “There’s just an assumption now that the system is brutalised and cruel.” “Disabled people have been at the front of these cuts, but they’ve also been at the vanguard of resistance.” “The level of exhaustion people are at after 12 years is profound.” “Every year this Government is in power is wasted life opportunities for a new generation.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Ros Taylor. Producers: Jet Gerbertson and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Alex Rees. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.5	More than seven million of us are waiting for treatment on the NHS.
1:17.5	These are bull statistics and we've got used to hearing them now,
1:21.5	but there are millions of stories behind those
1:23.7	stats and one of the people who tells those stories is Ros Wynne Jones who writes
1:28.0	the real Britain column in the mirror. Welcome to the bunker Ros.
1:31.1	Well hello thanks for having me.
1:33.2	This is the first time I think I've interviewed at Ross, so hopefully our
1:36.7	listeners won't get too confused.
1:38.6	Tell us about your column in the mirror for people who haven't read it.
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