Oh and I think this sort of thing happening very close to the start of their new term, that it is something that will be forgotten and swept under the carpet. It s the time to test the water and be ruthless. We need some juicy big fuck up leading up to the next election!
The thing that gets me, is that a question time special, David Cameron was asked directly if they were going to scrap the tax credits and he said he was against this idea twice and said it would not happen.
Most tory mp’s speaking of concerns dont care for their constituents, they know they wont get returned and any marginals will go possibly to UKIP or Labour, they’ll never get a look in in Scotland and it will all but hand independence to the SNP on a plate.
Glad that this has happened. Are they in trouble? Not really. It’s a blip.
Will the public start looking harder at the Tory party? No, those who voted Tory know what they’re about, and they’re still the best looking girl in the bar.
Also not sure it is completely correct to spin it as Corbyn’s first victory either. There was significant cross-post concern about it, and I believe that it was a Lib Dem motion in The Lords that has sent it back to The Commons. I’m sure it will (and perhaps should) be spun as a Corbyn victory though.
Ironically, if the vote had passed it would have been more damaging to the Tories; making the hard working poor, poorer. But as much as I’d like to see the Tories out of power, I’ve got to welcome something that will stop people from worrying about how to pay bills.
The current proposals go too far in the sense that there should be some sort of transitional process - You can’t just turn off the tap.
All changes to the tax credit system were going to be unpopular - it the tories had watered them down from the off, they would still face opposition. Maybe they went for the worst possible scenario knowing that they had room to gve a bit and still get what they wanted whilst taken a bit of flak now.
Labour should have been murdering the Tories over this - I think they have given the Tories an easier ride than the tories could ever have hoped for.
The current proposals go too far in the sense that there should be some sort of transitional process - You can’t just turn off the tap.
Quite. If they can phase in or limit policy because it helps business ( e.g. minimum wage increases ), then they should be doing the same for people.
All changes to the tax credit system were going to be unpopular - it the tories had watered them down from the off, they would still face opposition. Maybe they went for the worst possible scenario knowing that they had room to gve a bit and still get what they wanted whilst taken a bit of flak now.
I don’t agree with the principle of Tax Credits. Employers should pay a full living wage to anyone 18 and over. What we’ve got is a gutless government that has had its policy rejected by many of its own members.
Labour should have been murdering the Tories over this - I think they have given the Tories an easier ride than the tories could ever have hoped for.
What else should they have done that they didn’t do? The issue has been campaigned for since it was raise. The Tories just lost.
Best looiking girl at the bar maybe Cherts, but as we know, the best loking are to often leave you dissapointedm as they tend to be a narcistic, self absorbed and generaly the beauty is superficial, often with a vacuous or mean-spirited core…
Sickening and I hate the bastards, whilst benefits should not subsidise cheap labour there is no gaurantee that the market will pick up the difference, in fact why would they when the economy is shrinking, labour fucked up but these bastards are doing it for ideological reasons, utter cunts.