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to think the Camerons are hypocrites?

381 replies

Pixel · 05/04/2015 15:51

I've always had the utmost sympathy for them and what they went through in losing their eldest son, but Sam has made me very cross today. She's going on about how difficult it is caring for a disabled child and saying 'it pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with', yet the other day I saw this article. It says that the BBC has seen leaked documents showing that the Conservatives are planning to cut carer's allowance and disability benefits should they get re-elected.

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GatoradeMeBitch · 07/04/2015 00:51

"And who knows, maybe, by talking about him a lot, especially at this time, it helps give his life more meaning which in turn gives them some comfort."

What a rotten legacy to give him. Using their dead disabled child as a weapon to enable them to shut down criticism and carry on attacking other disabled children and their carers. No other PM in modern times has gone so single-mindedly after the disabled like Cameron has. I don't think he has the slightest bit of empathy for people who weren't born into wealth and privilege like him.

"A spokesman for No 10 said Mr Cameron was still committed to top quality disability care..." As the parent and carer of a disabled child may I just say BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!! Over the last five years funding has been cut in every service my son uses. His support group was shut down, his CAMHS support became very minimal, and it's almost impossible to see certain professionals as some of them now have to cover several counties! So when will this awesome commitment to top quality disability care start to show itself Dave, because you only have a few more weeks in the job, better get a move on!

trufflesnout · 07/04/2015 01:33

I know it's horrible to think of a parent using their child in this way, but the constant insistence that this is too horrible thing for any parent to ever consider doing - that the Cameron's must be doing this from somewhere kindhearted but somehow the message is getting lost - is disgustingly offensive and dismissive to the people that Cameron's government has failed and will continue to fail should he be re-elected.

Yarp · 07/04/2015 06:19

I agree truffle

Hotbot · 07/04/2015 07:00

The Cameron's are both a disgrace
Benefits to aid children and their carers will only get decreased and no David the nhs is not safe in your hands

hazeyjane · 07/04/2015 07:25

I don't know if anyone has read this woman's blog - she is the mother to a severely disabled child, she has leukemia herself, she writes very intelligently - her article about the Samantha Cameron interview, here.

www.mamalewis.com/2015/04/06the-shocking-truth-about-samantha-Cameron's-article

littlejessie · 07/04/2015 07:34

I see they are in the DM again today www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028086/David-Cameron-Samantha-interviewed-ITV-News.html - some of the comments are hilarious!

to think the Camerons are hypocrites?
hazeyjane · 07/04/2015 07:34

link didn't work properly - sorry

www.mamalewis.com/2015/04/06/the-shocking-truth-about-samantha-camerons-interview/

that's better!

Yarp · 07/04/2015 07:36

hazeyjane

Thankyou for linking to the blog. I don't normally read blogs, but...

littlejessie · 07/04/2015 07:38

That is an excellent, observant piece of writing indeed hazeyjane

zen1 · 07/04/2015 07:42

That's a very insightful blog. Thanks for the link hazey

ScotsWhaHae · 07/04/2015 08:23

Why do they keep toothbrushes on the kitchen table? It was mentioned in the samcam interview (the kids taking their toothbrushes from a pot on the table) and you can see them in a picture in the dm article linked above.

What's that all about?

ScotsWhaHae · 07/04/2015 08:25

And a hair brush. Yuk!

Yarp · 07/04/2015 08:26

Scots

Loate as I am to defend them,

I think it's a good idea - brush straight after brekkie.

Or maybe they have 2 sets of toothbrushes (one upstairs, one down). Shocking toffs Grin

ScotsWhaHae · 07/04/2015 08:26

Whoops sorry it didn't work!

to think the Camerons are hypocrites?
Yarp · 07/04/2015 08:26

Loathe, even

ssd · 07/04/2015 08:28

I wish that blog could find its way to the journalists who are covering this......

OnlyLovers · 07/04/2015 09:50

but the way I see it, Politician or not, NO parent, who's lost a child would try and exploit that fact. I think it's insulting to them to suggest otherwise.

Cameron has done it before. He has done it in Parliament during a debate, when Miliband was trying to talk about the NHS. He said something like 'I won't talk about this; no one can talk to me about looking after people with disabilities' (I'm paraphrasing).

It's an insulting thing for him to do.

Dawndonnaagain · 07/04/2015 09:54

but the way I see it, Politician or not, NO parent, who's lost a child would try and exploit that fact. I think it's insulting to them to suggest otherwise.

They don't have to. The press will do it for them.

DustingOffTheDynastySuit · 07/04/2015 10:03

Gatorade I actually noticed that too. And wondered about it. Given EVERYTHING will have been stage managed to within an inch of its life in those shoots, I agree with you that he thinks it's just a bit of banter. Not outrageously sexist and patronising.

hazeyjane · 07/04/2015 10:05

Ds has toothbrushes in every room of the house - we are proper decadent.

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 07/04/2015 10:11

Thatcher was tenuously middle-class, I think, in the sense that her family could have lost its affluence very quickly. Wilson and Heath were also from humble backgrounds and Callaghan was properly working class and didnt go to university because his family couldn't afford the fees. And prime minister between Wilson and Blair was state-educated, the last being John Major.

GratefulHead · 07/04/2015 10:18

I defend the right of anyone to share how difficult it is caring for a child as disabled as Ivan was.

I equally defend the tht to criticise those parents when they fail to recognise how much harder it is when you don't have the wealth behind you to pay for nannies and carers to help you.

When those same parents are involved in cutting services for poorer families caring for disabled children the. I begin to feel contempt.

SamCam is quoted as saying that they were told they wouldn't be able to care for Ivan. What a load of bloody rubbish, many families care for children just as disabled and they do so while services are being cut to the bone. They don't have wealth to employ nannies and carers, they are dependent on state funded services which are increasing,y diminishing as a result of this Govts austerity measure.

So OP, no YANBU.

ScotsWhaHae · 07/04/2015 10:22

But don't you always brush your teeth in the bathroom?

hazeyjane · 07/04/2015 10:30

The rest of us do, but ds is a nightmare when it comes to toothbrushing, and has hypoplastic teeth (no/low enamel) so it is a case of whenever, wherever for a quick brush!

SuburbanRhonda · 07/04/2015 10:48

Not sure if anyone's already said this, but why is DC brushing his child's hair into a ponytail when he hasn't even got a hairband to hand?

Every parent knows you put the hairband round your wrist before you start brushing.

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