Gauke talks tosh to Marr about homelessness. His policies are pushing people to their deaths
David Gauke: He tried to tell Andrew Marr his policies were right for the country, and convinced nobody at all.
David Gauke made an appearance on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning (December 17), in a bid to fill our heads with a lot of nonsense about Conservative policy towards – among other things – the homeless. It didn’t go well.
Rough sleeping has increased by 134 per cent since the Conservatives took office in 2010, and the number of homeless children has increased by 70 per cent. Both these figures plummeted under the last Labour government, so it is impossible for Tories like Mr Gauke to falsely claim that they are cleaning up Labour’s mess, as they usually do.
Oh, and the actual homelessness figure is probably much higher than the official statistic, as people have to complete a set number of nights on the street before they are classified as such.
The simple fact is, there can only be one reason these statistics are worsening: Tory policies are designed to make them worse.
And that means, in the opinion of This Writer, that commenters like myself are justified in suggesting that Tories like Mr Gauke have no interest in helping homeless people off the streets and back into housing.
If they are saying they expect homelessness to halve by 2022 and be eliminated by 2027, then it most likely means they expect homeless people to die. We already know that suicide rates have increased under the Tories.
Put the pieces together and you get the facts. The whole story is available on Twitter:
#Marr asks Guake about Rough sleeping
Guake : It has gone up…#Marr: It’s gone up 134% on your watch.What about homeless children on your watch?
Guake : It has gone up
Marr: It’s gone up 70%— Nicky Clark (@MrsNickyClark) December 17, 2017
The next question should have been 'Why has it gone up?' https://t.co/WSmsOEJ0u8
— Natalie Bloomer (@natalie_bloomer) December 17, 2017
#marr says that rough sleeping has increased by 134% under Tories whereas Labour almost eliminated it – really challenging Gaul who continues to use misleading figures in defence of his govt’s appalling record.
— Patricia 💙 💚💜⚪️ (@patainnes) December 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/The_Crox/status/942337150305079296
https://twitter.com/TeamTyrion30/status/942335372218044416
"We want to halve it by 2022 and eliminate it by 2027" – @AndrewMarr9 questions @DavidGauke on the increase of rough sleeping in England #marr pic.twitter.com/IuPQ2tVm6M
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) December 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/Christi80172188/status/942546057216626688
@MarrShow @AndrewMarr9 A commenter said @DavidGauke hopes homeless people die. Seems more like he wants to kill them off.
— Mike Sivier (@MidWalesMike) December 17, 2017
Gauke: “Yes, homelessness is soaring, rough sleeping is soaring, child poverty is soaring, sanctions are driving people to suicide but, on the bright side, we’ve reduced government empathy to 0%”#marr
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 17, 2017
#marr It's not just destitution and homelessness, people are dead as a result of Tory policy. Suicide has increased too.
— Milena ZP👩🏻🦽🇮🇹🇪🇺🏴 (@MilenaZP_) December 17, 2017
How Gauke interview should go:
Marr: People die as a result of sanctions.
Gauke: You’re right. That’s unforgivable. I resign and so does the government.#marr— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 17, 2017
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He must be sleeping with his head up his arse!
Gauke is another evil Tory fraudster. Pity he couldn’t be questioned closely about the questionable profits he made from the sale of his taxpayer-funded second home.
I guess his second home issue gives us a true measure of his Tory greed, lack of integrity and moral standing. …… which usually goes hand in glove to a total lack of compassion or understanding for other fellow citizens down on their luck. I do hope he never fails in his greedy quest for profit and finds himself in the same position as those he obviously has absolutley no understanding about…..like the majority of his fellow yopping senseless Tory colleagues.