Petition

[elisi]

SAVE FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES!


(I still can't believe that this is real. WHAT IS *WRONG* WITH THE TORIES???? Who the hell takes food from children?)

Comments

[owlboy]

I guess if you're happy to let tower blocks go up in flames, taking kid's food isn't too far out of the ballpark either

[elisi]

I don't know if 'happy' is quite the word to use... The problem (according to some Tory I heard on the radio) is that they have this obligation to house all these people. He didn't use the word 'inconvenient' but it was heavily inferred.

I'm not sure what the alternative would be. Letting them sleep on the street?

[jerusha]

I thought that was just Republicans, at least our current crop...

[elisi]

It seems a right-wing tendency, no matter the country.

"Oh no, people might get something they are not entitled to! How can we stop this evil?"

[sea_thoughts]

They're shitbags.

[elisi]

I try not to indulge in hyperbole and name calling.

But dammit.

This is an attack on THE most vulnerable in the whole of our country, and there is no word for it but despicable.

[sea_thoughts]

I do my best but sometimes there's nothing for it but to call a spade a spade.

[elisi]

Sad, but true.

[gillo]

They think they are feeding far too many children who don't need it. And that it's a parent's duty to feed their children, so it's wrong for the state to do it. And it's expensive and was only ever a concession to the LibDems. (Like almost all of the non-evil things done by the Coalition).

And it's an evil thing to do but they assume few people who vote care enough.

With any luck at all May will have to drop it like anything else controversial in this maimed government.

[elisi]

I guess you can divide people into two groups:

One lot that worries people are being given stuff they are not 'entitled to' and another lot that worries that those in need go without.

The second kind will never understand the first.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

The same thing's happening here and it's ridiculous!

Stacey

[elisi]

I've been too busy to check, but I guess it's been nixed as they don't have a majority. Still, the fact that this is what they wanted to do... *hands*

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

It's horrifying to see how blatantly they're putting their self-interest over everybody else.

Stacey

[elisi]

Thankfully most of the worst stuff (like cutting school dinners) didn't make it into the Queen's Speech. However they found a Magic Moneytree to pay off the DUP...

My only consolation is that it cannot last.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

My only consolation is that it cannot last.

I hope you're right.

Stacey

[elisi]

Unless history lied to me...

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that's just shitty of them DX

[elisi]

Aye. I should check to see if it's been cut out of their proposals (which is probably has), but even so... Why would you even suggest it?

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

The problem is there is no money and it needs to be raised - the best way is through income tax hikes but all the parties are so afraid of that for some reason! Everyone I know would happily pay a bit more income tax so that all these services aren't cut! Mind you I would want a guarantee that the extra money went to the NHS, emergency services and social services. The Tories just don't seem to understand people do they?

[elisi]

The Tories just don't seem to understand people do they?
No, they really don't. And I don't understand them...