the labour party and the legend of the reading monkey

the rageface studios podcast show

28-07-2021 • 18 mins

Tonight's episode of the rageface studios show discusses an event that occurred in the left-wing borough of Redbridge, which is in London, United Kingdom. Back on July 10, 2021, the Redbridge Council began the Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge for children in east London, which wouldn't have been an issue, except that one of the characters, hired by independent contractor Vision, was actually a nude monkey, complete with simulated organs. This caused severe outrage with parents, who were eventually apologised to by Labour MP Jas Athwal, who launched an investigation as to how taxpayer money funded the event, alongside the council and Redbridge Libraries themselves, despite the fact that they were posting in promotion of the event whilst it happened, clearly aware of what was going on. Within this podcast, we cover the story, give opinions, and look at the reactions left by people on social media, especially Instagram, where I originally found it.


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