Quote:
Originally Posted by rogermevans
its just more political stuff
this time its the we want to look warm and cuddly time use of the disabled
as soon as they need to raise taxes who ever gets in then it will be the switch back to the we will makes sure none of these lay about disabled people are fiddling the system
sorry to be cynical but at 40 cough plus and disabled myself i have seen it all both ways form both governments
labour at least made it much easier to get payments and less people and forms to deal with than it used to be once you qualify but they still keep changing forms so it can be really hard to put the right things down to qualify unless you know the system
but the conservatives used to do the same too they were the ones who decided your Dr obviously couldn't be trusted to say if you were disabled or not ! labour didnt change that either
if they want rid of red tape let it be the Drs and Consultants decide on who needs what rather than trainee civil servants with no medical knowledge totalling up points on a form that most people never understand
but hey maybe i am just daft  |
I too have some doubts and will, frankly, believe it when I see it but the difference here is that the Camerons' have had serious disability so close to their lives and know what it's like. In the grand scheme of things I don't see vast numbers of votes in such a promise so I can't see why he'd go down this route with no real intention of doing something as there'll be a hell of a moral backlash if he reneges on it. If the Tories want to emulate New Labour's policy since 1997 and make false promises to gain support, there are far more effective ways of doing that.
Time will tell.