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IDS getting angry over disabled

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    vision2009 wrote: »
    He doesnt like the truth does he!!!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ec3wJlHtVMM

    thats true even his own cv was dubious
  • BobQ
    BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
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    vision2009 wrote: »
    He doesnt like the truth does he!!!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ec3wJlHtVMM

    Classic example of a politician deflecting. The truth always hurts and he should be ashamed of himself over that case. He should have apologised and promised to ensure it never happens again. Not change the subject.
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • CTcelt1988
    CTcelt1988 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Sums up IDS for what he is - a uncompassinate, blinkered Tory.
  • schrodie
    schrodie Posts: 8,410 Forumite
    Says it all about Irritable Duncan-Smith....plain evil!
  • benefitbaby
    benefitbaby Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Owen Jones (the chap who posed the question to IDS) wrote an excellent book called "Chavs, the demonisation of the working class"
  • colin13
    colin13 Posts: 1,007 Forumite
    CTcelt1988 wrote: »
    Sums up IDS for what he is - a uncompassinate, blinkered Tory.

    is there any other kind
  • Mojo_Fones
    Mojo_Fones Posts: 66 Forumite
    CTcelt1988 wrote: »
    Sums up IDS for what he is - a uncompassinate, blinkered Tory.

    He's not blinkered. He knows exactly what's going on and that makes it worse.
  • martin57
    martin57 Posts: 774 Forumite
    Watched this but it seems the crowd clapped IDS, so what it does that mean, that they totally agree with him.

    Martin57
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    martin57 wrote: »
    Watched this but it seems the crowd clapped IDS, so what it does that mean, that they totally agree with him.

    Martin57

    - of course the crowd agreed with him
    - but what he said was lies & untrue propaganda
    - anyone with 5 minutes and a brain can find the real truth
    - the crowd applauded a lie, but that's the nature of propaganda done well - the nation believes it
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • pammys_2
    pammys_2 Posts: 4 Newbie
    What's so saddening is that someone like IDS is meant to represent people (including disabled ones) regardless of his politics, yet he clearly cannot conceive of being disabled and unable to physically comply with demands of a JSA claim. He can't imagine being so poor that the length of an appeal to overturn a wrong decision on ESA might mean starvation or homelessness when there's nothing to fall back on.

    I understand perfectly how ATOS decisions can lead to suicide, but he doesn't and never will. These people live in an entirely different world without the burden of reality.

    Pam
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