This charity chief broke the Tory gagging order on the effect of Universal Credit. Her words are heartbreaking – and infuriating

The lady in the video below is Ellie Waugh, chief executive of the charity Humanity Torbay, which aims to help the vulnerable secure homes, jobs and training. Part of that mission has involved working with the Conservative government – but this has come with strings attached, including a demand not to criticise Tory policies such […]

Britain’s most glorious achievement and Tory treachery

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,465 Wednesday 15 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, In the years since WWII, there is one beacon that I can see standing out in which I cannot just see but experience the greater personal and public good, something that exists for everyone in this country in an […]

Hunts U-turn, deception and the power of sincerity. @Corbyn4Leader

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,160 Monday 27 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The difference between attempting to change the law retroactively, as Iain Duncan Smith did with the The Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 which the high court threw back in his face, and Jeremy Hunt reneging on plans […]

I have never met a poor person who can lie, cheat and steal like a Tory!

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,150 Friday 17 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, On 7 June 2011 you said the following: “But let me also be clear, no: we will not be selling off the NHS, we will not be moving towards an insurance scheme, we will not introduce an American-style private […]

A government that attacks disabled people has no place in office

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,135 Thursday 02 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, If you can deny aid to people who without it would simply die, there is no lower place to go other than shooting or gassing them. This is not the first time that the state attacking disabled people has […]

The wasteful poor, victims of their own life style choices and moral failure

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,118 Monday 15 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Poverty is caused and maintained by the willful immorality of the poor, it is a moral failure of self indulgent, profligate, living marked by extravagant and wasteful lifestyle choices leading to degeneracy, drug and alcohol dependence, obesity, laziness and […]

When middle England wakes up the poor might not be around to help them

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,081 Sunday 10 May 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Middle England has spoken and you’ve got a slim working majority. If that majority represents anything at all it is the triumph of un-reason. Many consider that the applauding of austerity and the cuts to the poor is down […]

Tory reward, a knife in the back

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,052 Wednesday 08 April 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Betrayal is a terrible thing. The central issue of all these letters has been the betrayal of a nation for an ideology that rewards the rich whilst punishing and penalising the poor. Britain is reported to be the only […]

The great privatisation scam

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,016 Monday 02 March 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Today, the great, fantastical, privatisation scam and the ‘free’ markets. It’s the gold plated Tory magic bullet, promising new life for everyone, choice, efficiency, health and prosperity, when nothing could be further from the truth. Like Bush and Blair’s […]