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Tory Policies — What?
By Andy | May 1, 2009
After all of this heavy stuff it is time for some light relief. And where better to start that the Policy section of the Tory website. It’s worth looking at. After all, it’s not just funny — it might just be more important than that.
There’s a nasty recession on and I’m worrying about jobs. So what do the Tories say?
Here is the policy index. Nice graphics and a cute floating cloud thing.
I look for the section on employment. There isn’t one.
I look at the section market welfare.
Every claimant potentially able to work will be engaged in welfare to work activities aimed at helping them back into work as quickly as possible.
For those unable to find work there’ll be long-term community projects to help them get back into a working environment.
Those not willing to take part will face tough sanctions
Our welfare programme will be delivered by private and voluntary providers, who will only be paid when someone gets and keeps a job.
Combined with our commitment to end the couple penalty in the tax credits system, our radical welfare plans will help lift almost half a million children out of poverty
Heard this before? Yes you have. Anything new and constructive? Nope.
So — given what’s been going on, let’s turn to economy.
What’s top of the list for action? A freeze on Council Tax for two years! Honest. You couldn’t make it up. it’s a legitimate policy I suppose. But a No.1 action?
I like to have themes to my blogs. Once I get back from Scotland I’ll start trawling through this policy garbage. Let’s see what’s really underneath the shiny wrapping paper.
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May 4th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Well, of course James “Expenses” Purnell has done the Tories work for them. Well, not quite. David Freud, multimillionaire investment banker and self-styled welfare “expert”, told him what to do. And he did it. Just before he “came out” as true blue Tory and joined their party in exchange for a peerage (well, business is business). What a pity Purnell doesn’t join him - after all he is a Tory, it’s just that he is not quite ready to come out of the closet.
I have no doubt a landslide victory for Cameron’s party and the prospect of a long period in opposition will make Jamie boy do a reverse Shaun Woodward.
The Tories really have no polciies and very few credible people to find some. Who would you rather see as Chancellor, the boy Osborne or Vince Cable?