Labour.....seem to want it both ways?

Graham_Devon

First they talk about rewarding workers, and looking out for the working man.

The next, a ruthless speech by a 16 year old on the nasty tories cutting the welfare system (not sure they have but thats besides the point) and suggesting he joined the labour party because of the welfare system gets a standing ovation.

A SCHOOLBOY aged 16 stole the show at the Labour Party conference yesterday – winning a standing ovation for his attack on the Coalition cuts.

Rory Weal wowed delegates as he laid into the Government for slashing welfare, raising tuition fees and axing education maintenance allowances.

His heartfelt speech – which revived memories of a teenage William Hague’s address to the Tory party conference in 1977 – was hailed as “brilliant” by Ed Balls and saw Ed Miliband jump to his feet to lead the applause.

The bookies immediately placed him 2/1 to be an MP before 2040 and 50/1 to be the next prime minister.

In his four-minute speech Rory spoke personally of the trauma of losing his family home.

He said: “Two-and-a-half years ago, the home I had lived in since birth was repossessed... I owe my entire well-being and that of my family to the welfare state.

"That is why I joined the Labour Party. That very same welfare state is being ruthlessly ripped apart by a vicious, right-wing Tory-led Government... so I take this opportunity to plead with the Government to !reconsider their measures.”

He added: “It is up to us in the Labour Party to create a vision of what a better Britain looks like. Let’s get to work.”

So I'm wondering what this vision of a better Britain does actually look like.

Is it more welfare? What are they going to get to work on? Providing more in benefits? I'm not sure, as labour have already stated they can't and wouldn't reverse the cuts.

Indeed, I'm equally confused as to what the coalition have done so far that can be taken as "slashing welfare". Ok, they got rid of the EMA, or did something to it, but that wasn't a particularly bad thing. It was paying people to undertake education, welfare gone wrong. Education itself is something we should be thankful to the system for, not being paid to attend the countries educational system.

What exactly are the coalition doing to "ruthlessly rip apart the welfare system in a vicious manner"?

Is this what Labour support? More welfare? Got a standing ovation. Or is it rewarding work which they support, as per their leader? Leader appears to think it's both. He'll be tough on benefits and reward workers he states.

As a side note....his house was reposessed under a labour term, one which fuelled a massive house price boom. He attends a grammar school (though his life has been spent on benefits apparently), thanks to a tory funded council which is one of the only in the country to keep funding going. Seems all a little bizzare!

pqrdef

The Miliballs are being applauded for saying what they have to say, and would even be tolerated for doing what they have to do, so long as they don't like it. Osborne's offence is that he enjoys cutting. Same cuts, but ideological.

Graham_Devon

pqrdef wrote: »

The Miliballs are being applauded for saying what they have to say, and would even be tolerated for doing what they have to do, so long as they don't like it. Osborne's offence is that he enjoys cutting. Same cuts, but ideological.

What cuts.

Give me some that have taken effect.

EMA....

Thrugelmir

Spin doctors at work again. Good way of deflecting attention from economic policy.

Does nothing to address the fundamental issues that Labour refuses to meet head on.

CLAPTON

political party facing both ways

well that's a first

logical for any opposition party at this stage of the electoral cycle to avoid too many policies and concentrate of creating the right 'feel' which of course will be illogical and contradictory but then so are the electorate; aren't we?