Angela Smith mp. At a time of cuts she wants Trident, remember this if you work in the public sector!
The TWEET TRIDENT CAMPAIGN is growing fast and a big thank you to all those who follow it on Twitter and here on the blog. Please spread the word and retweet the posts to as many as you can. Ten more members of the commons got their “Where do you stand on Trident” tweets and yet again nine failed the test. The one person that did have a comment for us was Labour mp Angela Smith who represents Penistone & Stockbridge, Sheffield. She tweeted, “You’re going to be disappointed I think, I’m in favour of retaining Trident and replacing the dated submarine carriers”. Thank you for your views. I have sent Angela another tweet asking her why she supports Trident and hopefully she will return it with her views.
This is no great shock to me and most others within the peace movement. One nation Labour seem to be moving more to the right in most areas of politics and defence can be added to the list. It is a real shame that the party has moved away from its roots. The real shock to me is two-fold. First the number of Labour MP’s that sit on the fence with talk of “unilateral” disarmament, wake up and smell the coffee folks, the cold war is over and this is a cold war argument if ever there was one. The second shock has to be cuts. At a time when the public sector is slowly being dismantled by the coalition Labour MP’s support Trident or sit on the fence. The very same public sector that through trade union support backs most Labour MP’s. Talk about killing the goose, about double standards!
So if you work within the public sector and are facing job loss, pension cuts, longer working hours for a drop in pay you need to be asking why is it that the union you are a member of continues to support a party that has MP’s willing to back the £130 billion Trident replacement plan? This money for Trident would be far better spent maintaining our services than maintaining a weapon of mass destruction.
The other MP’s that failed the Trident tweet test are, Andy Gwynne Lab, Andy Percy Con, Andy Rosindell Con, Andy Selous Con, Andy Slaughter Lab, Andy Stephenson Con, Andy Burnham Lab (second tweet), Angela Eagle Lab, Angie Bray Con. If I do receive any tweets from these MP’s I will update the blog. Ten more MP’s will be sent tweets in the coming days and any findings will be published here. Thank you for all your support and please, please spread the word about the campaign and the blog. Peace to you all, Winston.
I had been chatting away with a few peace pals for an hour or so. Twitter as you know is one of my main past times. The debate on the TWEET TRIDENT CAMPAIGN was in full swing and then up came a tweet from a lady, @cackiesmum.
Her daughter is sectioned under the mental health act and currently in a mental health unit. Thanks to the coalition’s new rules on Disability benefits this ladies daughter has to attend a medical run by ATOS. The private firm that is making millions out of these reforms.Due to being sectioned @cackiesmum could not take her child from the unit in order to attend this medical. Result? All disability benefits stopped. Her legal rights gone thanks to a government that has moved the goal posts on disability benefits. The very same coalition that claims we are all in this together. I bet David Cameron and his wife never had a problem obtaining their late sons benefits, not that they need it, nor do they need the £19.000 he claims every year as mortgage relief for being a MP. We are not and never have been in this together Dave!This case highlights just how for this government will go to destroy the welfare state. How they are so out of touch with you and I. This case is a shameful stain on our society. If we can attack the most needy and at the same time spend £350 million on Trident submarine development then some thing as gone very wrong in our world.If you use social media, twitter or Facebook then please highlight this case. Visit @cackiesmum on twitter and give her a follow, retweet her tweets and spread the word. This woman and her child are paying the true price for the cuts. Winston
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