You may recall George Osborne cynically using the brutal and vicious murder of six children by Mick Philpott to monster benefits recipients and the welfare state. This is what he had to say, “Philpott is responsible for these absolutely horrendous crimes and these are crimes that have shocked the nation. The courts are responsible for […]
Tag: social housing
War, what is it good for? Cameron’s EU campaign
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,429 Tuesday 10 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, How dare you evoke the spectre of a European wide conflict if the electorate vote Brexit in the up coming referendum. WWIII isn’t some ideological football to be kicked about to suit your political agenda. Let me be very […]
The free markets, a rigged game for private gain at public expense
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,351 Tuesday 23 February 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I hear and read a great deal of self righteous indignation and outrage, of the kind: “Why should I (self deluded, hard working, tax payer) pay for ……………. (insert xenophobic hate term of choice). I also hear and read […]
The bedroom tax lies and bullshit of David Cameron
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,329 Thursday 28 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, In 2013 you made three statements in parliament regarding the spare room subsidy, or the Bedroom Tax as it is popularly known and reviled because the legislation refers specifically to the number of bedrooms people in social housing are […]
Cameron’s home owning democracy, the scam of the century more like
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,316 Friday 15 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, You said on LBC radio in response to a question about whether you worry about your children owning their own homes, “I absolutely worry about it.” Let’s just pretend for a moment that I believe you. If someone who […]
The death of the state, mission critical says Osborne, blame the cat
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,310 Saturday 09 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Warning of hard times to come, George Osborne is apparently claiming that the British economy could face a sharp decline this year and that it is now mission critical. In his speech in Cardiff he said, “I worry about […]
The dismal, grey and lifeless, Tory world and those who give a damn
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,246 Sunday 01 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I’ve just spent a little time with a small group of friends in Dorset and returning home, to write another letter a day to you, I was faced with an overwhelming sense of dreariness. Reading the news: Philip Davies […]
Mission creep and treating people like vermin. how much longer?
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,206 Sunday 20 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Isn’t it astonishing to watch mission creep in action? A year or so ago, no one would have dared to suggest that older home owners living in houses with an extra bedroom or three should move into ‘proper housing […]
Treating poor people like scum and robbing them of any meaningful existence
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,188 Monday 24 August 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, In your one dimensional world in which you know the price of everything but the value of nothing, ordinary people are being driven into a twilight world deprived of all value, meaning and self worth. Whatever spurious reasons you […]
It’s ok to insult, humiliate and abuse the poor in Tory Britain!
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,140 Tuesday 07 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The message is loud and clear, anyone who is poor, down on their luck, out of a job, sick or disabled, living in council or social housing or homeless, not a millionaire or inheritor of wealth, doesn’t aspire to […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 