It's Been A Shocking Week For The Tories - It Needs Pointing Out
You may have noticed, the Tories aren't having a great week. The honeymoon can't last forever. From Hammond's humiliating National Insurance u-turn to the disgraceful figures released showing an increase of 400,000 children living in relative poverty under the Tories, these things can't just be ignored. And to their credit, some sections of the mainstream media are starting to report some of it. And so they should do. The good news on jobless figures, which at 5.3% is the lowest for years, shouldn't be allowed to paint over the FIVE-FOLD INCREASE since 2011. This isn't just a small increase, its an explosion. 1 in 3 of these people working on zero hour contracts wants more hours. A sensible wage from the likes of Sports Direct would lead to a huge decrease in benefit dependency, surely this is obvious? Newly-released government data has shown that the number of children living in relative poverty has increased by 400,000 under the Tories. 40