A Tory MP says she would 'rather die' than form an election pact with the LibDems - an idea recently floated by Nick Boles, the newly elected Conservative MP for Stamford and Grantham.
It seems Mr Boles' suggestion of the Tories getting even more familiar with their LibDem Coalition partners has gone down like a lead balloon among both Tory grandees - as well as rank and file members of both parties.
Meanwhile, I had to chuckle at Tory MP for Wellingborough Peter Bone was on the Politics Show at lunchtime attacking the LibDems, saying they couldn't be trusted.
Self-confessed right-winger Mr Bone generously said he thought he could trust Labour, but not the LibDems!
Well, with friends like Mr Bone (once dubbed the meannest boss in Britain - after bragging of the poverty wages he paid his staff), who needs enemies...?
Showing posts with label Peter Bone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Bone. Show all posts
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Monday, November 23, 2009
Tory wolf in sheep's clothing...?
Had to laugh when I heard 'Cameron's Caring Conservatives' on yesterday's BBC Politics Show promising to improve rights to a fairer split of money and property when non-married couple split up.
So who's trying to persuade us this time that the Tories are no longer the nasty party...?
Stand up Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, Northants.
Surely not the same Peter Bone who bragged to the 1995 Tory Party Conference that he only paid staff in his travel agency a paltry 87-pence-an-hour...
His attempt to ridicule Labour's plan for the first ever national minium wage earned rapturous applause from the Tory rank and file - and the label 'meannest boss in Britain' from the media.
Yes, the very same Mr Bone...
The Tories fought tooth and nail to prevent Labour's national minium wage which put the first ever floor under wages in Britain.
They claimed it would destroy a million jobs...in fact a million more people are in work after the minimum wage was brought in.
Despite a Tory rearguard action to scrap the minimum wage led by people like Peter Bone, last month it was raised to £5.80 an hour.
Isn't that more than six times the sweat-shop wages Mr Bone paid his staff...?
It's another example of the two faces of Cameron's Conservatives - the face of change and the real one...
I know which one I believe.
How about you?
So who's trying to persuade us this time that the Tories are no longer the nasty party...?
Stand up Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, Northants.
Surely not the same Peter Bone who bragged to the 1995 Tory Party Conference that he only paid staff in his travel agency a paltry 87-pence-an-hour...
His attempt to ridicule Labour's plan for the first ever national minium wage earned rapturous applause from the Tory rank and file - and the label 'meannest boss in Britain' from the media.
Yes, the very same Mr Bone...
The Tories fought tooth and nail to prevent Labour's national minium wage which put the first ever floor under wages in Britain.
They claimed it would destroy a million jobs...in fact a million more people are in work after the minimum wage was brought in.
Despite a Tory rearguard action to scrap the minimum wage led by people like Peter Bone, last month it was raised to £5.80 an hour.
Isn't that more than six times the sweat-shop wages Mr Bone paid his staff...?
It's another example of the two faces of Cameron's Conservatives - the face of change and the real one...
I know which one I believe.
How about you?
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Tory plan to scrap the Minimum Wage...
Sad to hear on BBC radio last night about a Tory plan to scrap one of Labour's greatest achievements - the successful establishment of a national minimum wage.
When Labour brought in the UK's first national floor under wages a dozen years ago, the Tory front bench fought it tooth and nail.
It took a historic all-night session of Parliament for the Blair Government to get the legislation through the House of Commons to protect millions of low-paid workers exploitation by unscrupulous employers.
Since then, the National Minimum Wage has steadily risen, lifting millions out of poverty pay.
A minimum wage was one of the headline demands of the founders of the Labour Party almost a century earlier. It was an idea even supported by Winston Churchill - but of course opposed by today's hard-right Conservatives.
I well remember one Peter Bone bragging to the 1995 Tory Party Conference that he paid his travel agency staff a paltry 87 pence an hour and that if a minimum wage would mean they wouldn't have a job at all.
And I recall being sickened to the core by the thunderous applause Mr Bone received for his speech from the Tory faithful.
Mr Bone was supporting the official Tory line that Labour's minimum wage would destroy a million jobs. Like much Tory doctrine, that proved to be total nonsense of course.
Today, Mr Bone is Tory MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire - and he's still fighting the minimum wage.
Even the main employers organisation, the CBI, now accepts the success of the National Minimum Wage.
Last night BBC Radio Four focused their series 'Where did it all go right?' on the National Minimum Wage. The CBI spokesperson put the Minimum Wage in perspective with the following words:
But it wasn't difficult for the BBC to find the old guard of Cameron's Conservative Party calling for the National Minimum Wage to be scrapped, as a luxury that cannot be afforded, particularly in a recession.
My personal view is that the Minimum Wage is one of the most positive changes for good brought in by Labour. It's needed more in a recession even than in the good times.
The charge to wreck the Minimum Wage is being led by Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, whose previous claim to fame is that he gave us the Poll Tax (and supported by Peter Bone).
Mr Chope is known as Chope the Chopper.
Mr Bone was named by The Daily Mirror as 'the meanest boss in Britain.'
Same old Tories, eh?
When Labour brought in the UK's first national floor under wages a dozen years ago, the Tory front bench fought it tooth and nail.
It took a historic all-night session of Parliament for the Blair Government to get the legislation through the House of Commons to protect millions of low-paid workers exploitation by unscrupulous employers.
Since then, the National Minimum Wage has steadily risen, lifting millions out of poverty pay.
A minimum wage was one of the headline demands of the founders of the Labour Party almost a century earlier. It was an idea even supported by Winston Churchill - but of course opposed by today's hard-right Conservatives.
I well remember one Peter Bone bragging to the 1995 Tory Party Conference that he paid his travel agency staff a paltry 87 pence an hour and that if a minimum wage would mean they wouldn't have a job at all.
And I recall being sickened to the core by the thunderous applause Mr Bone received for his speech from the Tory faithful.
Mr Bone was supporting the official Tory line that Labour's minimum wage would destroy a million jobs. Like much Tory doctrine, that proved to be total nonsense of course.
Today, Mr Bone is Tory MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire - and he's still fighting the minimum wage.
Even the main employers organisation, the CBI, now accepts the success of the National Minimum Wage.
Last night BBC Radio Four focused their series 'Where did it all go right?' on the National Minimum Wage. The CBI spokesperson put the Minimum Wage in perspective with the following words:
With 12 years good experience, just as the National Minimum wage has been successful for the Labour Party, it has also been successful for the Labour movement and has not cost jobs. I don't see any appetite to withdraw the Minimum wage...
But it wasn't difficult for the BBC to find the old guard of Cameron's Conservative Party calling for the National Minimum Wage to be scrapped, as a luxury that cannot be afforded, particularly in a recession.
My personal view is that the Minimum Wage is one of the most positive changes for good brought in by Labour. It's needed more in a recession even than in the good times.
The charge to wreck the Minimum Wage is being led by Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, whose previous claim to fame is that he gave us the Poll Tax (and supported by Peter Bone).
Mr Chope is known as Chope the Chopper.
Mr Bone was named by The Daily Mirror as 'the meanest boss in Britain.'
Same old Tories, eh?
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