tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post4001282253735238756..comments2023-07-04T16:57:28.929+01:00Comments on Where's the Benefit?: Talk is EasyLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-64715544522999458432011-03-21T09:25:42.966+00:002011-03-21T09:25:42.966+00:00The Liberal are in power, but so was labour and we...The Liberal are in power, but so was labour and we are in this mess not because of the Liberals it's because labour put forward welfare reforms, it was labours Gordon Brown who stated DLA was a wasted benefit.<br /><br />I have been wondering for many years how long it would take before somebody said why should a cripple drive a car after all he is crippled.<br /><br />I'm seeing more and more judges saying you were driving a car for god sake you can drive.<br /><br />We are heading for what we wanted the most equality, people were fighting for ages that people who do not work get the same benefits as the rest of us, well we are now becoming equal, but not the way we wanted, we are going to get the same money as those that never worked.<br /><br />But the Liberals are not the problem it's not having a party at all.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-8607659161223059932011-03-19T18:33:12.179+00:002011-03-19T18:33:12.179+00:00Where does anything in there suggest that I agree ...Where does anything in there suggest that I agree with Labour's policies? The point in attacking the Lib-Dems is that they're the weak link. Labour's activists seem to be clueless about the reality of the sustained attack on disabled people having bought into the party's propaganda about IB/ESA. Fixing that is a major task that may take years and even then they aren't in power, so can't derail the changes on their own. On the other hand, the Lib-Dems are in power, even if they're currently acting as a Tory Sock-Puppet.<br /><br />The Lib-Dems are in a vulnerable position, with MPs and activists split between those who would sell their souls to be in power (cough, Clegg, cough) and those who hold to traditional Liberal positions and aren't at all comfortable with where they are and the policies they're being forced to support by the Tory Party's hand up their collective backside. The article was a slightly tweaked version of something I posted on the Liberal Democrat Voice website in response to an opinion piece patting themselves on the back that they had dared to allow conference delegates to say that they disagreed with Tory policy. Challenging them to admit that talk is easy, that only votes count, and to acknowledge the reality of what they have already wrought is my attempt to make them think about what they're doing, to admit that being a 'voice of moderation' isn't enough. Maybe I'll only make a few people think twice, but the nature of party politics at the moment means that Lib-Dem policy can be affected by smaller shifts in member views than that of either the Tories or Labour.<br /><br />(And isn't there something obscene about having to regard Labour as a lost cause when it comes to protecting disabled people?)DavidGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734028655032503805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-37626786932346651052011-03-19T10:26:59.929+00:002011-03-19T10:26:59.929+00:00And of course labour do not, and if labour had sta...And of course labour do not, and if labour had stayed in power with the Liberals, you do not think they would have done the same as the Tories have, for god sake wake up and smell the roses.<br /><br />Labour Tories and Liberals have all agreed with each other welfare reforms were needed it was costing to much, they did not have enough money for wars.<br /><br />Look whom ever is in power DLA would have been a target, as Brown stated, so to fight this it's no good hitting one party.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com