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Should the Prime Minister sack this minister
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 18 Oct 2014 14:31 |
Perhaps if he had actually used words that clearly said, for example (the government would be prepared to look at paying disabled people £2 per hour and the government would top that up to the amount of the minimum wage) much controversy and outrage could have been avoided - alas his words did not convey that. |
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Dermot | Report | 18 Oct 2014 14:17 |
Having listened to the esteem panel on last night’s ‘Any Questions’ on Radio 4, I may have to grovel a little because of the snide remarks I posted concerning Lord Freud following his reported opinion on the disabled & the minimum wage. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 16 Oct 2014 15:55 |
He appears to attract similar criticism in his role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Reform - as to what he received when he was working for various financial institution in the City ;-) |
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Dermot | Report | 16 Oct 2014 11:12 |
The 'powerful' are not good listeners. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 16 Oct 2014 10:56 |
There are reports in the press today that, according to a 10 Downing Street spokesman, Lord Freud retains the Prime Minister's full confidence - now that is something any government minister who is in trouble does not want to hear :-D |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 16 Oct 2014 09:06 |
Maybe one of the things that makes it difficult for David Cameron to sack Lord Freud is it appears the Prime Minister does not know who he has appointed as ministers in his government, yesterday during PMQ's, when the PM was asked a question about what Lord Freud is reported to have said, the Prime Minister replied - "these were not the views of anyone in government" |
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Linda | Report | 15 Oct 2014 20:49 |
Yes I agree with Rollo TheRed it is bad enough that they have changed the rules about DLA I have got to reply for this new one next year if I had been 65 last year it would have stayed the same. Its not fair because I'll always have this condition and there lots of people out there just like me, so yes it makes me very angry to things like this. |
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supercrutch | Report | 15 Oct 2014 18:54 |
I have signed the online petition :-D |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 15 Oct 2014 17:24 |
Dave has a habit of dithering when it comes to sacking people - Andy Coulson, Andrew Mitchell, and Maria Miller are a few he did his, will I or won't I waltz over ;-) |
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supercrutch | Report | 15 Oct 2014 15:46 |
Absolutely, politicians forget we disabled have a vote too and are quite capable of applying pressure via social media and petitions to force intervention if an incumbent doesn't shift their butt voluntarily. |
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Dermot | Report | 15 Oct 2014 14:55 |
If he's got to go, let him go now. 'Will he or won't he?' tends to drag on past my frustration limit. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 15 Oct 2014 14:26 |
he should be booted out by the seat of his pants |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 15 Oct 2014 14:09 |
RolloTheRed - I agree with you, especially your comment about IDS, interesting that when the PM was asked about this at PMQ's - IDS was seen to quickly leave the chamber - wonder why ;-) |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 Oct 2014 13:53 |
Yes but he is only showing the way IDS himself thinks and ultimately most of the Tories/UKIP. |
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Rambling | Report | 15 Oct 2014 13:48 |
Yes. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 15 Oct 2014 13:36 |
It has been alleged, that at a fringe meeting, after being asked by a Conservative councillor about the disabled and the National Minimum Wage, Lord Freud replied said this:- |
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