No hypocritical
cant from Glenda Jackson when she stood in Parliament yesterday to pay her
tribute to Thatcher. No, Jackson exchanged fawning insincerity with a both-barrels
attack on Thatcher's years of industrial devastation, welfare slashing, council
house selling and general flogging off of the family silver (our oil, BT,
utilities etc).
What change in direction
from the Hamstead MP who last year suggested her constituents, the Counihan
family who were made homeless by their council, to move to Wales.
The Counihans
are a couple with five children; and Anthony Counihan, the father, works full
time as a bus driver. Last year the Counihans
found themselves early victims of what the rest of the country will soon be
experiencing when, due to them paying an exorbitant rent for their home in the private
sector ran foul of Housing Benefit capping.
When they
approached Glenda Jackson, their MP, she rather unhelpfully suggested the
family up sticks and move to Wales!
Well done for
yesterday Glenda. Shame on you for your treatment of the Counihans!
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