{"id":2577,"date":"2025-11-25T05:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:46:20","slug":"cummins-confidential-inclusivity-on-a-swing-hypocrisy-on-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/2025\/11\/25\/cummins-confidential-inclusivity-on-a-swing-hypocrisy-on-steroids\/","title":{"rendered":"Cummins Confidential : Inclusivity On A Swing, Hypocrisy On Steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cummins has discovered a new low in PR. They have taken a dead child, a disabled school and a swing, and turned the whole thing into an advert for how fucking kind they are. The Northern Echo, as usual, has its tongue so far up their exhaust it is a miracle they can still breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody is arguing against the swing. The swing is good. The kids deserve the swing. What they do not deserve is to be wheeled out as emotional props every time Cummins wants to whitewash its own record on \u201cinclusion\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not community work. This is inclusivity washing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Inclusion On A Rope, Branding On Everything<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Read the Echo piece for what it is. It is not news. It is a brochure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cummins has \u201cproudly supported\u201d the academy. An ex pupil\u2019s swing could not be used any more. There is grief. Staff and local businesses raise money. Cummins employees visit, cry, and run back to a \u201cgrants committee\u201d. Cheque approved. A shelter. A swing. Some quotes. Phase two will be a sensory garden. Cue photos. Cue brave smiles. Cue the Cummins logo everywhere except etched into the fucking clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every line is written to make Cummins look like the beating heart of decency in Darlington. The Northern Echo does not challenge a single thing. It just hands over the page like rented space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not journalism. It is PR foreplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Inclusion, The Costume They Drag Out For The Cameras<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For Cummins, \u201cinclusion\u201d is not a principle. It is a costume. They drag it out for events like this, pin it to a tragic story, and then hang it back up in the comms cupboard when they are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside the fence, they are sobbing over a swing and talking about journeys, hope and community. Inside their own walls, \u201cinclusion\u201d comes with teeth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n