If only the Tories had shown the same enthusiasm for clamping down on tax fraud. Perhaps you could answer a question. Why do the right wing press as epitomised by The Mail the Sun and of course The Express launch campaign after campaign about so called benefit fraud yet are silent on the far bigger issue of tax fraud and avoidance?
I don’t know as I don’t read newspapers, but I take your point.
9 pages in and not one Tory dare criticise the big boys for charging them £30 for £5 of food. It’s not difficult.
Someone said the left’s a laughing stock? Who so you think the billionaires are laughing at every time they get handed one of these corrupt contracts? The people trying to stop them, or the silly fucckers voting FOR it?
I seem to remember that a tory MP, either Major or Maggie was in charge, extolled the benefits of living on the dole and how easy it was to manage.
A tv programme, possibly World in Action or similar, challenged him. As far as I can recall he ran out of money roundabout day 5. Grovelled some sort of apology and was never heard of again.
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I seem to remember that a tory MP, either Major or Maggie was in charge, extolled the benefits of living on the dole and how easy it was to manage.
A tv programme, possibly World in Action or similar, challenged him. As far as I can recall he ran out of money roundabout day 5. Grovelled some sort of apology and was never heard of again.
The most telling point for me in there was that he believed that Westminster couldnt forget about the North-.not because of the humanity aspect but because it was a terrible drain on national resources. That 10 seconds summed up Tory thinking on the North going back to the days of Neville Chamberlain who made a conscious effort to channel resources into the new towns in the home counties whilst people in Manchester were still living in houses where a block shared one outside toilet. The fact Keegan is playing for the Geordies dates the film in the early 80s. In 1983 the constituency of Newcastle Central elected a Tory M.P.
The aim of argument or discussion should not be victory but progress.
Interesting point on Twitter that, unlike her colleagues, Priti Patel (aka The Prittster) doesn’t dodge any questions. She just waffles on with a series of unconnected sentences until we all just forgot what the original question was.
Eg.
Q: Was it a mistake to ease restrictions over Christmas given how high the death toll is?
PP: Every death is a tragedy [riffing on Stalin]. But the Government has always acted on the basis of scientific advice. That has always been the case and remains the case.
I don’t remember the scientists advising to ease restrictions over Christmas? Must have missed that one Prittster!!
Interesting point on Twitter that, unlike her colleagues, Priti Patel (aka The Prittster) doesn’t dodge any questions. She just waffles on with a series of unconnected sentences until we all just forgot what the original question was.
Eg.
Q: Was it a mistake to ease restrictions over Christmas given how high the death toll is?
PP: Every death is a tragedy [riffing on Stalin]. But the Government has always acted on the basis of scientific advice. That has always been the case and remains the case.
I don’t remember the scientists advising to ease restrictions over Christmas? Must have missed that one Prittster!!
The scientist have been pretty poor and that’s being very kind, we have the worse death rates in the world, they have to take responsibility for this, they have failed and should be replaced with others with more of a clue. If they have advised the Government and this is the result they are not fit for the job . I cannot understand why they are not called out on it at every briefing are they members of the Tory party?
The scientist have been pretty poor and that’s being very kind, we have the worse death rates in the world, they have to take responsibility for this, they have failed and should be replaced with others with more of a clue. If they have advised the Government and this is the result they are not fit for the job . I cannot understand why they are not called out on it at every briefing are they members of the Tory party?
Have you evidence of that?? Its seems that advice was furnished & ignored in general. Another poster slated the scientific input but has this this been proved to be ineffective if taken on time ??
I don’t understand why anyone bothers with these nightly press conferences, all that seems to happen is the minister running it comes out, they give their pre written speech, where they get that’s day point/figures over then ask for questions, but no matter what the question they have about 3 pre prepared answers and they just keep repeating these over and over, even bloomin Pointless has more bite to it.
I don’t understand why anyone bothers with these nightly press conferences, all that seems to happen is the minister running it comes out, they give their pre written speech, where they get that’s day point/figures over then ask for questions, but no matter what the question they have about 3 pre prepared answers and they just keep repeating these over and over, even bloomin Pointless has more bite to it.
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