Every now and again you see some Labour Politician stating that the return of the Tories would mean a return to mass poverty and deprivation. The most amusing case of this I saw recently was Liam Byrne suggesting that the tory plans were ‘neo Dickensian’.Dickens was an author not a policy maker as even Liam Byrne knows, however the main attempt of this soundbite is to present the Tories as uncaring cruel and bad for the poor.
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One eye-catching result stands out from today’s Guardian/ICM poll: Labour has lost its crown as the champion of the poor. Last week, in the annual Hugo Young memorial lecture at the Guardian, David Cameron made what seemed the audacious claim that the Tories were best placed to get people out of poverty. Today’s poll suggests many voters agree: the Tories have a symbolic one-point lead over Labour on the issue, 42% to 41%.
Labour. Fail. Any issue they still lead on? Nhs - No Policing- No Immigration- No Economy- N0 Schools- No. Why does Gordon want to talk about the issues?
