to think that Nadine Dorries and Edwina Currie show the Tories in a very bad light

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We have Edwina saying that no-one in this country is starving/struggling. She visited a family and told them to get rid of their dog (who had been a family pet pre split), commented on their TV and generally was extremely patronising and insulting to them - she lectured them on how to live within their means.

And Nadine Dorries saying that legislation should be passed that teachers should teach a policy of abstinence to teenage girls. So wrong on so many levels.

We're going backwards - with vile Tory women with their hypocritical morals and victorian values

What was that woman on the One Show on benefits thinking? How exactly did she think she was going to be seen in a good light? A future debt counsellor who can't budget well enough to feed her children without the help of charity. I think another career would be more suitable!

I did agree with Edwina when the woman said, "Why shouldn't my children have everything they want?" and she replied (exasperated) "Because you can't afford it!" She seemed to think that because the children didn't see their Dad, they needed to get everything they want.

Remind me again which Tory mp it is that shows them in a good light??

I have worked in the NHS for 15 years and have never seen cuts like these and it is precisely the people that we should be caring for that are the worst affected, the severely disabled and mentally ill that no longer qualify for social care and do not have the skills to manage or cope.