• SNP MP Mhairi Black refers to Conservatives as "pious loan sharks" in speech on Universal Credit
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[URL="http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/19/mhairi-black-calls-government-pious-loan-sharks-in-blistering-speech-on-universal-credit-7011009/"]Source.[/URL] [QUOTE]Theresa May’s government have been labelled ‘pious loan sharks’ in a blistering speech by the SNP’s Mhairi Black. Rolling out Universal Credit as it stands is at worst ‘callous’ and a best ‘arrogant and idiotic’, she warned. Mhairi Black said one in four new claimants had to wait more than six weeks to be paid – a figure she labelled as ‘staggeringly alarming’ – as she urged the Government to halt the welfare reforms. She said the offer of an advanced payment to help was nothing more than a loan that had to be repaid, claiming it was creating a burden on claimants and forcing them to deal with a problem that is ‘not their fault in the first place’. The Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP accused the Government of acting like a ‘pious loan shark – except that instead of coming through your front door they are coming after your mental health, your physical well-being, your stability, your sense of security – that is what the experience is for all of our constituents’.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;dLNimPdXmjE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNimPdXmjE[/video]
Black is fucking incredible in Parliament every time. This is just an amazing speech for a young MP. I hope she sticks around in Parliament if the SNP gets crushed.
its weird hearing my own accent in parliament but I fucking love it and her
ye cannae shout her down
I don't like Mhairi Black. All she seems to do angrily rant about things and not provide any constructive alternatives.
[QUOTE=David29;52800800]I don't like Mhairi Black. All she seems to do angrily rant about things and not provide any constructive alternatives.[/QUOTE] Must say I personally completely disagree, I don't like her party at all but I'd never actually felt like a politician knows or cares about young people in the UK until I saw her speeches. She's not afraid to tell them what's what and makes completely genuine and honest points. It's not just me who feels that way, plenty of other people I know in my age bracket think the same. Much more than 90% of the people in that bloody chamber.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hvwroTt.jpg[/img] The politician we can all get behind.
[QUOTE=Thechuz1337;52801800][img]https://i.imgur.com/hvwroTt.jpg[/img] The politician we can all get behind.[/QUOTE] To be fair she would've been in her last year of school back then so we should cut her some slack.
[QUOTE=Thechuz1337;52801800][img]https://i.imgur.com/hvwroTt.jpg[/img] The politician we can all get behind.[/QUOTE] whether you're being ironic or not, your statement is still completely true
[QUOTE=David29;52800800]I don't like Mhairi Black. All she seems to do angrily rant about things and not provide any constructive alternatives.[/QUOTE] I've never given much credit to the "you're not allowed to criticize something fucked up without your own solution," argument. What matters is whether her points are accurate. I mean, in this case the constructive alternative is "don't be a predatory loan shark to young students."
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;52802047]To be fair she would've been in her last year of school back then so we should cut her some slack.[/QUOTE] I am completely aware. I genuinely love Mhairi Black as a politician I just love that you can go back and see that she was a regular schoolkid.
[QUOTE=Thechuz1337;52801800][img]https://i.imgur.com/hvwroTt.jpg[/img] The politician we can all get behind.[/QUOTE] Who didn't shitpost when they were in high school?
[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;52804589]Who didn't shitpost when they were in high school?[/QUOTE] Shit I mean, some of us never stopped/will never stop shitposting so I don't think anyone on FP is at liberty to hold that against her.
[QUOTE=David29;52800800]I don't like Mhairi Black. All she seems to do angrily rant about things and not provide any constructive alternatives.[/QUOTE] When people raise points in parliament they only get a couple minutes especially during PMQs, you don't have time to outline plans and alternatives, you use your time to state a problem and raise it in front of everyone. To encourage further discussion later.
[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;52804589]Who didn't shitpost when they were in high school?[/QUOTE] does it even count as a shit post if its her genuine opinion of maths?
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