Tory hypocrite Rosindell exposed over Universal Credit uplift and MPs’ second jobs
Snout in the trough (all right – bucket): perhaps the Conservatives should rename themselves the Corruption Party?
Remember when Romford’s Tory MP Andrew Rosindell caused outrage by saying this on national television?
“I think there are people that quite like getting the extra £20 but they don’t need it” says Tory MP Andrew Rosindell on £20 universal credit uplift ending this Sept!
6 million people will lose £1,040-a-year
Pushing 200,000 children into poverty#keeptheuplift #JohnsonMustGo pic.twitter.com/WBMbtZztQp
— B heard media ❤️ (@bheardmedia) July 7, 2021
Now, with all his Conservative Party hypocrisy on display for all to see, he has defended MPs who have second jobs:
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell on £20 uplift to UC: "I think there are people that quite like getting the extra £20 but maybe they don’t need it."
Andrew Rosindell, on banning MPs from 2nd jobs: “We have to realise we have human beings who have families & responsibilities”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/cm87ORGWwe
— David (@Zero_4) November 16, 2021
What is his rationale for these opposing viewpoints? That “people are different” and the poor don’t need money as much as his piggy friends with their snouts in the trough?
That would be nonsense. He is defending the indefensible. If Tory MPs don’t like being made to survive on £82,000 a year, they should be absolutely horrified that they are forcing people to live on less than one-tenth of that amount if they’re on Universal Credit.
But they aren’t because they simply don’t bother to think about the effect of their persecution policies on other people.
Remember, this is an MP who supported cuts to benefits for people with disabilities – then parked his campaign care in a disabled parking space:
The absolute, thundering hypocrisy of this position really bites through in satire:
This Christmas, consider #AdoptAnMP. Christmas is particularly hard for MPs as they struggle to get by on £81,932 plus the most generous expenses package anyone's ever imagined.
Your help could mean heating for their stables, or an extra ski-ing trip.
Please give what you can.— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) November 17, 2021
Oh, and just one more observation:
Your regular reminder that Jeremy Corbyn's second job is volunteering at a foodbank.
— Prof Gayle Letherby 💙 #PeaceAndJustice (@gletherby) November 17, 2021
Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.
Vox Political needs your help!
If you want to support this site
(but don’t want to give your money to advertisers)
you can make a one-off donation here:
Here are four ways to be sure you’re among the first to know what’s going on.
1) Register with us by clicking on ‘Subscribe’ (in the left margin). You can then receive notifications of every new article that is posted here.
2) Follow VP on Twitter @VoxPolitical
3) Like the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/VoxPolitical/
Join the Vox Political Facebook page.
4) You could even make Vox Political your homepage at http://voxpoliticalonline.com
And do share with your family and friends – so they don’t miss out!
If you have appreciated this article, don’t forget to share it using the buttons at the bottom of this page. Politics is about everybody – so let’s try to get everybody involved!
Buy Vox Political books so we can continue
fighting for the facts.
The Livingstone Presumption is now available
in either print or eBook format here:
Health Warning: Government! is now available
in either print or eBook format here:
The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
is still available in either print or eBook format here:
