PROMOTING ESTHER MC-FUCKING-VEY
to the head of the DWP.
What in god's name?
Her illustrious career last time culminated in being booted out of the Wirral constituency she'd been in charge of since 2010 (iirc). During that period she'd managed to offend any right thinking individual who cares about the poor and the social fabric of this society. Her comments during the infamous foodbank debate (the one where IDS walked out, presumably to change his burning pants, and the one where the rest of them brayed and jeered at stories of poverty) were inflammatory and inaccurate. She seems clinically incapable of giving a shit about people, other than her own self promotion.
And now she has power.
Parachuted in to Gideon Osborne's former constituency, the Tory safe seat of Tatton, she's now the head of
Well, in a word, Brexit. This entire reshuffle wasn't chosen by Theresa May, a zombie PM with the authority of an empty crisp packet (and a remainer), but by the hard right Brexiteers she's trying to appease. Why else was David Gauke, a remainer who'd only held the brief for five minutes, removed? It's not as if he wasn't 'on message', not giving a shit about the disastrous effects of Universal Credit (effects Esther, given her previous position in the DWP, is aware of). McVey is a leave supporter and so she's now safely ensconced to narcissistically self aggrandise and continue the government's insane repudiation of the growing apocalypse of evidence against this ridiculous system.
I doubt she's remotely qualified given her tenuous relationship with the truth either.
What more evidence do people need that government does not, cannot, and is not remotely obliged to give a shit about the poor?
I'm sure some other stuff happened, Trump offending people probably, but this has overshadowed all.
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