A Conservative byelection candidate has defended sharing a Facebook post telling jobless parents who cannot feed their children to “fuck off” if they still pay a £30 phone bill.
He shared a photo of a flowchart on social media that indicated people should only seek help if they were employed and gave up their TV and mobile phone contracts, the Daily Mirror reported.
The post, shared in 2020, asked the question: “Can you feed your kids?” The diagram suggests those who are out of work, pay for “TV Sky/BT/ETC”, or “have a phone contract + £30” should “fuck off” rather than seek help.
Rishi Sunak later refused to condemn Cooper’s comments at prime minister’s questions, saying he was proud of the government’s record on supporting families during the cost of living crisis.
“It shows a complete lack of understanding of the challenges facing families in Tamworth that the Conservative candidate is telling parents who are struggling to make ends meet to ‘fuck off’.”
Tamworth was held by Labour after a huge byelection victory for the party in 1996, but Chris Pincher won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010 and almost doubled his majority to nearly 20,000 at the 2019 general election.
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A Conservative byelection candidate has defended sharing a Facebook post telling jobless parents who cannot feed their children to “fuck off” if they still pay a £30 phone bill.
He shared a photo of a flowchart on social media that indicated people should only seek help if they were employed and gave up their TV and mobile phone contracts, the Daily Mirror reported.
The post, shared in 2020, asked the question: “Can you feed your kids?” The diagram suggests those who are out of work, pay for “TV Sky/BT/ETC”, or “have a phone contract + £30” should “fuck off” rather than seek help.
Rishi Sunak later refused to condemn Cooper’s comments at prime minister’s questions, saying he was proud of the government’s record on supporting families during the cost of living crisis.
“It shows a complete lack of understanding of the challenges facing families in Tamworth that the Conservative candidate is telling parents who are struggling to make ends meet to ‘fuck off’.”
Tamworth was held by Labour after a huge byelection victory for the party in 1996, but Chris Pincher won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010 and almost doubled his majority to nearly 20,000 at the 2019 general election.
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