Even though I’m not acting full-time, I’m still engaged in it, still performing. I feel like I’m getting to do what I want. It covers suffragettes and going to war, but also deals with homelessness, eviction and the cost of living. On a positive note, I’ve got a role in a play called Bread and Roses, part of the Untold Stories series in Enfield. I’m tired of being judged as soon as people see the colour of my skin. Racism has been tolerated by the government, especially with the way they talk about refugees like there’s an invasion. When the show finished, I said to her: “I’m sorry that my black skin made you uncomfortable.” What else could it have been? In the second half she swapped seats with her partner. I said: “Excuse me, these are our seats.” She kept staring at me, not watching the play. There was a couple seated there before us. I’m part of a literary group so I get free tickets. I went to the theatre the other day with my niece. He talks about them like they are some new species that is overtaking us. He has used the term migrants when we should be talking about helping refugees. Then there’s the way Rishi Sunak has spoken about immigration. What is the point of voting for a progressive party if they are not going to make change? That policy is what has driven so many children into poverty. Keir Starmer has said he is not going to change the policy on the two-child benefit cap. I don’t even know who I am going to vote for. I might be working but I feel like I’m not reaping the whole benefits of my salary. To me there is something really evil about doing this to consumers money is being made off our backs. The Nescafé cappuccino sachets I used to like for £2.50 are now £3 in Sainsbury’s. The company that owns Bisto has just announced a 21% rise in sales. I saw Bisto gravy granules in Asda for £4. There are things I simply refuse to buy now. The cost of living is still affecting me and everybody else but there is also clearly greedflation. He’s not seeing the poverty, the destitution, the high cost of living that normal people are experiencing. I’m at home with my mum, my dad’s in prison and there are mouths to feed.” Their answer: “I can earn £200 to £300 per phone. One young person – a nice kid – I was working with was a phone thief. These mums can’t afford to buy them £100 Nikes or whatever it is they’ve seen on Instagram. Young people are being exploited because their mums work on low-income wages and they don’t have any money. What it’s really made me realise is that county lines and exploitation can be traced back to poverty and destitution.
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