Featured letter – ‘Tory trash’

Tory MP made me sick with tax credit cut lies

Women march against the cuts, photo by Paul Mattsson

Women march against the cuts, photo by Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge: opens in new window)

Lee Crick, East Kent Socialist Party

I have spoken to other members of my Socialist Party branch and they agree that my recent efforts to oppose the tax credit cuts could do with some exposure in our paper.

It all started about a month ago when I wrote to my local paper informing them of my concerns about the tax credit cuts. I didn’t actually think they would bother with publishing what I had to say, but they did. And with that satisfying feeling of being heard and acknowledged, my next step was to write to my local MP.

With the help of campaign website 38 Degrees I sent him an email containing my concerns. A week later I received a reply. My MP told me the Conservatives cannot see how families will be affected, and it’s the fault of workers we are in the mess of free hand-outs.

‘Up yours’

I basically felt like the contents of the email was a giant ‘up yours’. But it wasn’t until I got to the very bottom that I realised the email was all lies. They were talking to me as if I was a complete idiot.

It said at the end of the email that the reason they have to implement these welfare cuts is because they want to concentrate spending on hospitals, schools and transport. More like concentrate on privatising them!

It made me sick to my stomach knowing this person was trying to feed me a load of Tory trash. I mean, either they are completely and utterly deluded, or they know they are telling me lies. I think – I know – it’s the latter.

Continue the fight.