A Question Time audience member received a round of applause after savaging the Tories for disregarding the working class for a full decade.
Directly addressing the chairman of the Conservative party, James Cleverly, the man felt that Brexit is simply a distraction technique, all smoke and mirrors when the problems are more deep-rooted. He said:
The problems have got nothing to do with Brexit, the problems have been inflicted by the Tories for the last ten years.
You've treated the working class with disregard for 10 years and you're using Brexit as a tool. It's a scapegoat.
The audience members were clearly impressed, not least because there is a very real sense that Brexit has become the only issue of import while other issues are entirely ignored or neglected.
At last - someone speaking a bit of sense on #BBCQT. "Brexit won't help" solve the problems people face in this co… https://t.co/AJCoPX859S— Evolve Politics (@Evolve Politics) 1575588207
The internet was divided but when is it not?
@evolvepolitics @MichaelRosenYes Great guy. Telling the Truth on bbcqt rare.— Annie Mc Cartney (@Annie Mc Cartney) 1575589129
@evolvepolitics @MichaelRosenYes Well said that man. They’re trying to use smoke and mirrors to deflect from their… https://t.co/eqGA9isPuC— Alison Carrick 😷💙 FBPE #JohnsonOut (@Alison Carrick 😷💙 FBPE #JohnsonOut) 1575588447
@evolvepolitics @NanaRavers Tories are repulsive and they hate the working class— Mr Eton Oldboys OBE (@Mr Eton Oldboys OBE) 1575617057
@evolvepolitics @Just_Clive Yes, yes, yes to this man. Brexit will only make austerity worse.— Anne Rae (@Anne Rae) 1575590063
Some people disagreed because such things are never unanimous.
@evolvepolitics Brown and Blair spent all our money - including selling the gold and the pensions to pay for public… https://t.co/R4RxNe7HS0— Jill Scott-Davies 🎉🎉#FBPE ❤️💙💙❤️ (@Jill Scott-Davies 🎉🎉#FBPE ❤️💙💙❤️) 1575589694
That's right, apparently, it's still Labour's fault despite not being in power for a decade.
HT Mirror