Reply to: Corbyn forces Tories to U Turn on Tax credits!

[d000hg]

Is what ammunition for me?

Is MPs not caring about people just ammunition for you to criticise them, rather than a genuine grievance on your part that your fellow men are not being taken care of?

Perhaps you hold MPs to a higher standard, perhaps you are genuinely upset, perhaps you're a hypocrite, we need to know!

[AtW]

[MrMarkyMark]

I quite like him. His head would look good in the Long Room between the Elk and the White Rhino.

Now, that's just plain selfish, what about the others of us that like him too?

[LondonManc]

Do YOU care about the people? Or is it just ammunition for you?

Is what ammunition for me?

[LucidDementia]

I quite like him. His head would look good in the Long Room between the Elk and the White Rhino.

[MrMarkyMark]

EDIT - I thought you were ignoring me? - EDIT

He actually is deep in love with you. I expect both of you to elope soon

[LucidDementia]

Do YOU care about the people? Or is it just ammunition for you?

Wow.

I care very much about people, I just have my eyes open to the fact that the political class do not.

EDIT - I thought you were ignoring me? - EDIT

[d000hg]

I disagree. They care about the people voting. They want them to vote for them. Beyond that, you're spot on though.

Do YOU care about the people? Or is it just ammunition for you?

[LondonManc]

My point was simple. They don't care about the people. At all.

I disagree. They care about the people voting. They want them to vote for them. Beyond that, you're spot on though.

[d000hg]

On the flip side if the cuts affect 2% of the population and benefit 98% then surely that is what a government needs to do?

It rather depends which 2%. Scrapping all benefits entirely would hurt less people than it helps but the people who are hurt are very badly hurt, while the people who are helped barely notice the extra few quid.

And I'm not sure only 2% of the country were going to be worse off, that seems pretty unlikely. But that's not the principle.

[LucidDementia]

My point was simple. They don't care about the people. At all.

[original PM]

Curiously, do you think the U-turn came from a position of caring how the cuts would impact people?

No, they just realised it was political suicide and found a way out. It's partly due to the Opposition, it's certainly not astute economic analysis on its own.

They made the decision based on a number of factors some of which are obvious (such as the impact on people) other not so obvious.

On the flip side if the cuts affect 2% of the population and benefit 98% then surely that is what a government needs to do?

No policy is going to make everyone happy all the time

[Platypus]

What a victory for Corbyn and Labour

No. It was the Daily Mirror. I know this because that's what the paper said this morning.

[d000hg]

It was fook all to do with Corbyn it was to do with the current government checking figures, assessing impact and realising it was a bad idea.

No, they just realised it was political suicide and found a way out. It's partly due to the Opposition, it's certainly not astute economic analysis on its own.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY.

And breathe