Too think they overusing the word hard working people

[3asAbird]

Watched dave on news at conference and on the background of stage was the word hardworking people.

He then does interview about gps and how extending gp hours is vital for hardworking people.

Every other speech seems to have hard working people.

What is the definition of these hardworking people

whos not hard working?

Unemployed, disabled, sahm, people who work part time?

Just fed up of hearing it.

Maybe they think the more the use it the more it sink in.

I lost all respect for Cameron when I heard him interviewed a while ago, and the interviewer was pushing him to define what he meant by a 'hardworking person'. He was asked several times if he included SAHPs in that and he refused to answer, finally saying that he was on the side of those who were 'aspirational and hardworking.'

So essentially if your work doesn't come with a paypacket, you are non-aspirational and lazy.

In Dave's world, if you don't pay tax, you don't count.

Hmm yes, 'hardworking'. Let's have a look at the House of Commons recess dates:

Whitsun 21 May 2013-3 June 2013
Summer 18 July 2013-2 September 2013
Conference 13 September 2013-8 October 2013
November 12 November 2013-18 November 2013
Christmas 19 December 2013-6 January 2014

They have more holidays than primary school children! And when are they actually sitting?

4.30pm-7.30pm on Mondays, 9.30-11.30am and 2.30-5pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 1.30pm-4.30pm on Thursdays.

Fridays?

'whos not hard working?

Unemployed, disabled, sahm, people who work part time?'

Yes, that's exactly it, OP. In Daveland, anyway, where anyone who wants to work can and is, and anyone who isn't is sponging from the rest of us.

It's divisive and provocative rhetoric. It sets up an opposite –people who don't work and/or aren't prepared to.

They could not be much more blatant in their setting up of bogeymen to blame for the economic crisis, rather than scrutinising their rich tax-avoiding mates, big tax-avoiding companies and their own sorry policies.

'Departure Lounge Dave' with his 4 (so far) holidays this year hardly seems to fit the description 'hard working' himself.

YANBU. It's such an obvious attempt to appeal to the anti-benefits brigade that's it's more than likely a shot in their own foot to some extent. It's obvious what they're getting at - and it'll be alienating a huge percentage of society.

Because a huge proportion of our society is on benefits AND work bloody hard and STILL cant afford to keep the wolf from the door.

my husband says clearly he does not mean sahp.

But when I ask him why does he fail to clarify and define which groups he means?

How come tax credits takes into accounts both incomes but child benefit does not?

His policies towards sahm parents have led people to believe they in the lazy group.

he fails to disuss lots of benefots are in work benefits and they living in poverty.

read in paper yesterday they want jsa people at job centre daily our nearest job centre is 3mile walk or £4 bus ticket so to attend daily on bus will cost them £20 as well as maybe walking few miles to nearest foodbank.