A Labour MP telling the truth? Whatever next!
When Carolyn was in hospital, having just delivered us of wee Reggie, a very young girl in the bed opposite was also celebrating the arrival of her newborn. As was her proud father, who made great play to anyone who might have been listening (me) of how proud he was of his daughter. She was, I guess, about 16.
But proud? Proud that his teenage daughter was not only sexually active but was now a mother? Proud that any chance of a decent education, followed by a decent job, was now remote at best? Proud that she was, in all likelihood, about to embark on a lifetime of depending on benefit handouts for her and her child?
I’m a Labour MP, so some will undoubtedly be surprised, and shocked that I’m writing this. But I can no longer pretend that the army of teenage mothers living off the state is anything other than a national catastrophe.
Of course, despite this uncharacteristic honesty from the government benches, the Labour Party & indeed the wider Westminster Village is in complete denial about the only solution to the problems that these people cause – withdraw all social security payments immediately.
Why the hell should I have to pay for their lifestyle choices? Trust me when I say that I don’t care if these people end up destitute on the street. I ask no one to subsidise the way that I live my life & quite why the government thinks that I should want to contribute to these spongers is the reason that come the Glorious Day, the gallows will be busy disposing of our political overlords.
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Well, if he shouldn't be proud, he should be ashamed. Sort of a contradiction, doncha think?
About time the Labour Party saw the welfare state for what it is: The Nanny State.
Posted by: Cricket | March 6, 2009 1:19 AM
I think that the gallows will be very busy on both sides of the pond for many of the same reasons. Here's to that glorious day.
Posted by: DE644 | March 6, 2009 8:05 PM