THE BEST SPEECH FROM TRIDENT DEBATE

OWEN JONES MEETS MHAIRI BLACK

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I GUESS THE TORIES AREN'T TOO INTERESTED IN THE STATE PENSION EQUALITY ISSUE

Fortunately the opposition is. And this is a large improvement. As Mhairi Black pointed out, after 2 hours there were only 5 of them there.

Mhairi Black MP ‏@MhairiBlack  1h1 hour ago

Over two hours into the #WASPI debate and there is only 5 Tories currently in the chamber. How can the Govt. listen if they don't turn up?

FOTOS ON FRIDAY

That's a bit more like it.

Booing good; clapping bad.

Where does he represent...? Lancashire? No?
Oh yes, Sussex! Silly me.

I'm gonna have a key cut for them so they can look into my
 stuff without breaking down the door.

The death of the Welfare State.

Heartbreaking.

Heartbreaking.

Probably felt that he hadn't hurt enough people

Try not to vomit.

That's what the UK is.

And this is what Scotland could be.

Of course the BBC doesn't want us to know too much about it lest
we should break out in an uncontrolled bout of clapping.

I wish they'd put me in charge of reducing costs there.

That would be me with the royal finances.

Trust Private Eye.

Ah, but Greece isn't a bank, silly, and almost none of them went to Eton.

If only...

Ooooops, sorry Mr Duncan Smith. I must have misheard the instruction.
Happy Journey, Bon Voyage.

Just in case any of us needs a reminder. People are still starving, even if, according
to Cameron, "Britain is Back".

Oh look, some of the the most successful countries seem to
work the fewest hours! And maybe the Greeks aren't quite as lazy
as the right wing press has labelled them

Can't have the voices of people being heard. Where would it all lead?

Quite.

Recurring theme here...

MHAIRI'S SUPERB MAIDEN SPEECH

So who, apart from the Tories, could knock this speech?

It was, as custom dictates, respectful in every way to her predecessor, Douglas Alexander, both for the work he did in the constituency, and for the way that he graciously accepted his defeat. 

It talked about her constituency and its attributes including its distinction of being William Wallace's birthplace!... Of course she mentioned its high level of poverty and deprivation. 

It discussed the way that people who have already been dealt a poor hand in life have been driven, by the Tory and Liberal government, to a point where they have lost all dignity and broken down crying with utter frustration and misery.

It pointed out that there is one set of rules for ordinary people and one set for the elite, like MPs. Mhairi is 20. She earns over £40,000 a year. Either of these facts would disqualify her from entitlement to subsidised housing (Housing Benefit), were she not one of the chosen few.

The speech praised one of the Labour Party's (and Mhairi's) heroes, Tony Benn, (incidentally a man violently opposed to Scottish independence), dating from back in the day when Labour was a socialist party. 

Finally it pointed out the indisputable fact that in the UK parliament, the SNP and the Labour party should be working together against the policies of the Tories, and it offered the hand of friendship to the Labour benches. 

Through it all there was sadness and humour and most of all, honesty.  

Can you seriously imagine that a genuine Labour supporter could criticise this speech?

No?

And yet... Duncan Hothersall did. 

How, you would be entitled to ask, could he be so small?