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Ken Loach on Why He Won't Meet British PM Theresa May

"She knows what she's doing." Loach tells Newsweek what he thinks about May's attitude to austerity.
Ken Loach speaks during an interview at the Institute Francais in London, June 8. The filmmaker tells Newsweek about the social change his new film hopes to inspire.
Ken Loach

Veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach has hit out at British Prime Minister Theresa May for her attitude to austerity and says there is no point talking to the government about welfare policies.

“She knows exactly what she’s doing, [the government] knows exactly what they are doing, they are punishing the most vulnerable people,” he told at the (BIFA) in London Sunday.

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