“Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap. Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy.” You know it’s come to a sticky path when the ‘Tory Party at prayer’ is more left wing than Labour. #Labour#tories
“MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’.” So if it’s like infected blood, PO scandal, Windrush, Hillsborough, Grenfell that ‘without delay’ could be a while. #tories#Labour
"The end can’t come too soon. Not just for the Tory backbenchers, but for cabinet ministers too. They sit in the Commons with resigned expressions, checking their phones for potentially lucrative job offers. No one can remember the last time Penny Mordaunt was seen with a smile on her face. Jeremy Hunt had his head down, letting his tenants know he was doubling their rent. Every penny counts."
'For years this has been described by water companies and politicians as a problem of “Victorian” sewers.' 'In fact, modern sewers are the problem. Very little of the British sewer system – less than 1 per cent, in some areas – is Victorian, and it is not the Victorian sections that are responsible for the most spills.'
'The £78bn that has been distributed to shareholders since privatisation has been extracted entirely from the public. The £96bn the industry says is needed to fix the system by 2030 will also come from the public.'
“Esther McVey planning crackdown on civil service diversity initiatives. McVey said the changes were aimed at delivering value for the taxpayer.” Somewhat hypocritically she has claimed tens of thousands of pounds in expenses to rent a London flat despite her husband owning a property a mile away. #tories
“Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water. NFU’s director of strategy asked for review of EU-derived protections as part of post-Brexit loosening of rules.” Well you wouldn’t want public health getting in the way of increased farm rents for rich landowners. #tories#farming
"Given the past history of how this government hands out contracts to accredited providers, their friends down the boozer can start ordering their super yacht catalogues now — while the rest of us can continue with our suicide watch over friends and family, affected by previous austerity programmes under the guise of welfare reforms which have cost the lives of over a hundred and twenty thousand people. The government has a struggle on its hands (along with the blood) if it expects to enact these changes before it’s ran out of power. That doesn’t mean it can’t. Or that a potential incoming Labour government wouldn’t pick up this particularly poisonous chalice..." https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/05/10/disability-cuts-work-isnt-the-pull-sunak-thinks-it-is/#disability#PIP#Tories#LabourTorySameOldStory
@fkamiah17 yeah - I read that and thought: who the utter fuck are these #Tories pretending to be something else? I mean - every day I surprise myself at finding new depths to the utter disgust I feel for the #Labour party
Natalie Elphicke, who turned a blind eye to her husbands sexual assaults is one of those British Lawmakers OBSESSED with xenophobia, her brand being "Small boats! Small boats! Brown People In Small Boats, Coming for your Daughters!"
I bet Labour will have NO problem with her rhetoric, no problem at all.
A tory who covered for her abusive husband and then took over his seat on a platform of Xenophobia is still a tory who covered for her abusive husband and then took over his seat on a platform of Xenophobia
"Natalie Elphicke has consistently demonised refugees and aid groups. She voted against Labour proposals to outlaw fire and rehire, while supporting a wide array of destructive and damaging Tory legislation. She should have no place in a Labour Party committed to progressive
values and working-class people. Sadly, Keir Starmer is taking Labour away from its core values, aping a failed Tory Party instead of offering a real alternative to it.” Not much to argue with there. #Labour#tories