This is not fairness. (Poem)

This is not fairness,

but doubling down on injustice.

The injustice of poor pay for invaluable work;

they choose to compound by defining as unskilled and unwelcome by arbitrary salary.

causing unnecessary but intentional hurt.

The injustice of our global immigration system and disparity in treatment between Eu migrants and others;

rather than extending a kinder and more just system to all,

they instead intensify injustice,

subject everyone to hostile environment and systems equally poor.

The principal of this bill is parity of cruelty as a fundamental.

This is nothing resembling fairness!

Just injustice upon injustice,

cruelty upon callousness,

distain upon disrespect ,

harshness upon heartlessness.

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