IDS has "plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury", said the Labour MP.
IDS has “plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury”, said the Labour MP
Yesterday’s House of Commons debate on the performance of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under Iain Duncan Smith was ignited by an intervention by Glenda Jackson. The Labour MP for Hampstead claimed that IDS had “plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury”.
“We are seeing people on ESA (employment support allowance) who are waiting months before their appeals will be heard, and during that period they are either told to apply to Jobseekers Allowance which they cannot do because they have been told they are unfit for work, and they are absolutely without any kind of financial support at all.”
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23 Responses to “Video: Glenda Jackson MP demolishes Iain Duncan Smith”
DespairingLabour
“Bravura performance” ? NO! At 1:17 she got lost in sub-ordinate clauses and then rambled. If a professional actor can’t manage a speech, she should get a professional writer who can.
Lynn Mckenzie
go Glenda go at a girl I am ILL I have fibro r.s.d.s diabetic with a heart mummer iam not unfit for work ???? iam in esa work group I cant type for more than a couple of minutes my spelling and memoery is shot some days I need help pulling up my own pants how am I souppost to work if I work with mps would one of you help me to the toilet would my boss allow me to go to work in my pjs and slippers cause I cant get dressed
southseabeach
God? You see the inequality in this world and the millions killed in the name of religion and you still believe there is an invisible man or woman looking over us?
Grow up and fo something about it. Believe it…no god will ever help you out. The great con is that those in power have millions believing that it’s God’s will that they are poor, starving and homeless
malka
brilliant savage and true …………..
pillarboxred
First slice of fiery humanity back by evidence I have heard for ages. She wraps IDSs up very, very well. Real tragedy is anyone listening and digesting? I am so sickened by the state of the Political Intelliegentsia today whose actions towards the poor (including the working poor) have culminated in the creation of the Precariat Class. Shame on us all for not insisting on a new capitalism. Better a civil war than this slow lurch to an economic and educational wasteland for many.