‘As a single parent, you’re almost expected to feel grateful if somebody would consider even touching you with a bargepole’

Source: https://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/as-a-single-parent-youre-almost-expected-to-feel-grateful-if-somebody-would-consider-even-touching-you-with-a-bargepole/a1215042339.html

In recent times, China’s trading relations has necessitated it cosying up to pariah states – from Sudan to Zimbabwe, from Syria to Eritrea – trading with unsavoury regimes that no-one else would touch with a bargepole.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/10/israels-war-with-gaza-has-exposed-chinas-impotence/