Labour MPs’ Hypocrisy Over Winter Fuel Allowance
After Starmer’s highly contentious bill to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance passed the Commons earlier this week, Guido thought he’d take a look at some of the previous staunchly held views of the Labour MPs who had voted in favour of it. Many happily bashed the Tories for the same policy in 2017, promising that Labour was the party of pensioners. Here are a few tweets that haven’t aged well…
- Angela Rayner: “The Tories want to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners in England but not in Scotland? Why do they treat pensioners so badly in England?”
- Ed Miliband: “All evidence suggests 10 million pensioners lose winter fuel allowance w/Tory plan. If they want to deny, let them say how many will lose.”
- Chris Bryant: “How many pensioners will lose the winter fuel allowance? 6 million? 10 million? Simple question. No answer. Tories just want blank cheque.”
- David Williams: “A Labour Government will retain Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes #votelabour #forthemany”
- Preet Gill: “Tories are hitting at 9 million pensioners who lose their winter fuel allowance andall state pension will fall once the triple lock removed.”
- Mike Amesbury: “10,000,000 pensioners (5 in 6) will lose their Winter Fuel Allowance under Tory plans…Disgraceful”
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Adam Jogee: “Winter has killed 612,540 in last 20 years. Tory cuts 2 winter fuel payments means it will strike this Xmas too. Shameful.”
- Dan Carden: “Our commitment to pensioners: Save Winter Fuel Payments.”
- Mary Creagh: “Imagine the headlines if Labour had announced scrapping winter fuel allowance and increasing number of elderly paying for social care!”
- Anna Turley: “80% of pensioners in Redcar constituency will lose their Winter Fuel Payment if the Tories win the election.”
Do their hearts secretly still bleed for these pensioners, or have they simply changed their minds?
