Lies, damned lies and Tories

Clegg and his wibbly-wobbly Liberals have, quite rightly, been pilloried for their U-Turn on tuition fees. For thousands of students and many other citizens they stand exposed as lying devious bastards. How convenient for their bed-mates.

Throughout this time, the really, really devious, slippery and deeply untrustworthy bunch of self-serving toe-rags, collectively known as the Tories, have quietly, with the help of a too-friendly media, overturned many more pledges made before the election.

Not convinced? Here is Cameron three days before the election.

  

"any cabinet minister … who comes to me and says 'Here are my plans' and they involve frontline reductions, they'll be sent straight back to their department to go away and think again". (Andrew Marr show)

£81billion in cuts now rain down on frontline services, to the disgraceful sound of Tory cheers in the Commons.

Would VAT rise? A month before the election, Cameron said: "Our plans involve cutting wasteful spending … our plans don't involve an increase in VAT."

Pretty clear eh?

When challenged that the massive re-organisation and preparation for privatisation were not in the Tory Manifesto, health secretary Lansley wriggled  around like a beetle on a pin and talked defensively about ‘mentioning it at a meeting or two.’ 

So that’s alright then.

Want more? How about universal child benefit?  "I wouldn't change child benefit, I wouldn't means test it, I don't think that's a good idea." Cameron, speaking two months before the election.

Or Education Maintenance Allowances? Michael Gove said just before the election, “Ed Balls keeps saying we are committed to scrapping EMA. I have never said this. We won’t.”

There are more. Apart from Polly Toynbee writing in the Guardian, where are the column inches in the mainstream media exposing these lies? Why are these nasty, scheming, devious lying bastards getting away with it? 

Simply remember the Tory cheers when Osborne announced his £81 billion package of cuts. A bunch of well-off toffs, cheering as they inflicted misery on the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. 

Meanwhile the bankers roll on and the tax dodging continues.