Labour have had fourteen years to prepare for opposition. What on earth were they doing? Just a few short weeks after the general election, it is becoming clear to the public that Keir Starmer just doesn’t get it, writes James Cleverly.
James Cleverly hits out over winter fuel payments axe (Image: Getty)
Dangerous prisoners are being released without proper supervision, pay hikes are being bes towed on Labour’s union paymasters, and they are failing our pensioners.
On the doorstep, it was clear that pensioners and older voters were worried about Labour coming in to power. How right they were.
Stripping millions of pensioners of their winter fuel payment, without a democratic mandate, is an unbelievably foolish choice.
The changes coming into force today mean that a shocking 71% of pensioners with a disability will lose payments; an appalling figure.
By their own admission, the Labour government have not done a full impact assessment and we are now seeing figures that show that hundreds of thousands of people will miss out on support they are entitled to.
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Labour are following a plan that is ill-thought-through and based on nothing. Their blatant attempt to sneak it through is nothing short of a disgrace.
We left them with the fastest economic growth in the G7 and inflation down.
To target pensioners in order to pay union bosses is nothing short of a national embarrassment.
We don’t know what they will do next, but you can be sure it’ll cost everyday hardworking people who deserve much better.
