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Meacher attacks spending cuts plan
Date published: 21 October 2009
Michael Meacher has accused the Tories of making the most vulnerable in society pay for the greed of city bankers.
The outspoken Oldham West and Royton MP said the Conservatives had launched one of the most audacious displays of “blame the victim” by demanding the sick and poor pay for the banking disaster through proposed cuts in public spending.
Mr Meacher said: “The Tories have made it clear that they will clobber public services and shrink the state. The financial crisis has given them the perfect excuse for doing what they always intended.”
The Labour MP also criticised his Government for competing in a “fixation” over public spending cuts with the Tories, both “mugging the victims not the culprits.”
He added: “What’s certainly not needed is a firesale of public sector assets, nor the shadow chancellor’s pay freeze for five million public sector workers.
“What’s needed in order to shorten the recession and prevent rising unemployment is the banks to switch from consolidating their balance sheets.”
He said a financial guru had said a “normal economic recovery would resolve the problem and that widespread cuts would create a crisis.”
The £75bn Trident renewal programme, the ID card scheme and vast numbers of Government IT databases should be scrapped to pay for the huge investment, he said.
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the most vulnerable in society... Remember the 70 pence rise and 10p tax rate controversy for us pensioners, anyone? Oh yes, Meacher's party!
Meacher should be condeming the 150 stealth taxes that labour have brought in
Meacher accused Tories of making the most vulnerable in society pay for the greed of city bankers. As opposed to making all of us pay for the greed of himself & all his bent cronies in the House Of Conmen. The outspoken MP!! What the hell is he outspoken about, apart from his occasional lunatic schemes. Is he outspoken about the problems in his constituency? (Reminder, it's Oldham). Has anyone ever heard him mention the town in The House. Is he ever there? Forty years! For what???
Where did he 'attack'? Where did he 'say'? Where did he 'accuse'? It's all in his head and there's nothing else in there only echoes. You can tell there's an election coming. All the maggots will be out of the woodwork shortly. Promising us all heaven on earth if we only vote for them. Funny how once they get their feet back in the trough it's blow you Jack I'm alright. We need an MP who lives here not in bloody Amersham. Forty years breeds contempt!
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Same old story...the rich get rich and the poor get involved in burglary and theft to make ends meet. etc.
By Walshy @ 21/10/2009 12:53:17