Meacher’s blog rant

VETERAN Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher has said Prime Minister David Cameron is no more Christian than his cat.

The outburst, in an online blog, attacks the Tory leader’s policies for “hitting the poorest hardest while leaving the richest untouched” — but also criticises his own former Labour PM Tony Blair.

Mr Meacher wrote: “The one thing we can be certain about is that, like Blair, another unctuous promoter of his religious belief, he (Cameron) is no Christian.

“No Christian would ‘sanction’ nearly a million people on benefit if they were five minutes late for a job interview by disqualifying them from receipt of benefit and leaving them destitute.

“No Christian would leave over a million elderly people without support when they have no family to care for them.

“No Christian would impose a bedroom tax which forced people out of their homes to look for one-bed units which were not available.”

The blog is at www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog,