Sajid Javid: the eyes are open but the mind is not.
Sajid Javid’s an ignorant little… banker, isn’t he?
This entitled Tory twit has frozen prescription charges in England, saying keeping the charge at an extortionate £9.35 until next year will “put money back in people’s pockets.”
No, it won’t – certainly not for me. I live in Wales.
And it won’t even do that in England. It just won’t take any more money from people hard-pressed by the cost-of-living crisis.
And, of course, it won’t help everybody – just those who are ill…
… who aren’t among the 90 per cent who already get their prescriptions free of charge.
So that counts those on state benefits, pregnant women and new mothers, people with specified medical conditions or disabilities, the over-60s and under-16s out of having any money put back in their pockets by this change.
And of course people here in Wales, and also in Scotland and Northern Ireland, also have free prescriptions.
“The rise in the cost of living has been unavoidable as we face global challenges and the repercussions of Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine,” Javid said. “Whilst we can’t completely prevent these rises, where we can help – we absolutely will.”
But it seems the only people likely to benefit from this help with the cost of living are people who don’t need it. He’s just saving cash for his fellow Tories.
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