[cycloon]

It's vacuous. 'People who work hard and do the right thing' eh? What the fuck does that even mean on any practical level?

And on a values level, these are the people who should hop in to bed with the deregulation happy, backscratching classists, no fucks given Tories?

[Tubby Isaacs]

They get a lot of C2DE support nowadays. Are most of those pensioners?

[mattomac]

As a party that opposed anyone below the upper classes having the vote for 300 years it is not and never has been the natural party of the working class.

[The Red Arrow]

Esther McVey announces Conservative leadership bid

9 May 2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48212755

[Tubby Isaacs]

She won't come anywhere.

[Tubby Isaacs]

She's going to outbid Raab, isn't she?

[mattomac]

The "Promise Unicorns" Field seems busy.

[Big Arnold]

MvVile was on the BBC this morning, claiming that she hadn't lied. Just used the wrong words and that the substance of her words was correct. And that her (non) apology showed she was honest.
In the real world, she said that an NAO report called for UC to be speeded up, even though it said the exact opposite. You don't get any credit for being forced to apologise for telling lies to Parliament.

[youngian]

Going after the queer bashing vote under the guise of parental choice

[Andy McDandy]

Wonder if that extends to any other areas. Dress codes, for instance.

[Samanfur]

Likewise. See also religious exemptions on sex education and evolution, and people not wanting to vaccinate their children because Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey and Facebook said so.

[youngian]

Lorraine given a cue to say something nice about her former colleague Esther McVey

[bluebellnutter]

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Isn't Piers Morgan an arselicking cunt...

[The Red Arrow]

Yes. But he was owned on twitter (again) yesterday...