Tony Benn once said that in politics there are weathercocks and sign posts. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. What should the top rate of income tax actually be? What Are The Aims And Values Of The Labour Party? Westminster's youngest MP, the SNP's 20-year-old Mhairi Black, won a round of applause for her maiden speech. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Conservatives are often wary of the zeal of revolutionaries, because history suggests that many people tend to get hurt in the ensuing upheaval, and they reject the idea of attempts to socially engineer a remodelling of human nature, because, again as history suggests, this usually requires coercion which threatens freedom, saps innovation and kills prosperity. In this Budget the Chancellor also abolished any housing benefit for anyone below the age of 21. I don’t doubt Black’s sincerity in extending the hand of friendship to Labour. I like many SNP members come from a traditional socialist Labour family and I have never been quiet in my assertion that I feel that it is the Labour party that left me, not the other way about. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Speaking of her family's staunchly Labour background, she said: "I feel it is the Labour Party that left me, not the other way about.". What would be “socially just”? However, I do agree that unlike Mhairi Black, the SNP and the Labour Party, you at least do have tangible answers for Britain’s problems – the basic income among others. What about inheritance tax? We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.
Mhairi Black, at 20 the youngest lawmaker in the U.K. Parliament, gave a rousing speech Tuesday attacking cuts to the welfare system. Mhairi Black’s Maiden Speech. Wednesday, 15th July 2015, 10:30 am. But it is OK so long as you’re an MP?
The speech has since been shared thousands of times on social media, while fellow MPs described it as "spellbinding". Tony Benn was right when he said the only people worth remembering in politics were signposts. Now, the Chancellor in his budget said it is not fair that families earning over £40,000 in London should have their rents paid for my other working people. Now, when the Chancellor spoke in his budget about fixing the roof while the sun is shining, I would have to ask on who is the sun shining? Mhairi Black: 'I would have to ask on who is the sun shining? SNP MP for Paisley and South Renfrewshire gave her maiden speech, politicians from the “I met a man who ...” school, leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership contest, Harriet Harman’s airy announcement that Labour will back the Tories’ benefit changes. Of course there is no zealot like a convert, and as Black attests to coming from a traditional Labour-supporting family and feeling that the Labour Party left her rather than the other way around, it is unsurprising that she is firm in her convictions. 14 July 2015 at 8:43pm ... Mhairi Black: 20-year-old MP's maiden speech pulls no punches. Mhairi Black: 'I would have to ask on who is the sun shining? And so it is with nearly all of the most vociferous critics of David Cameron’s government and so-called ‘austerity’. ( Log Out / I’m glad Scotland has found a way to refresh and reinvigorate its politics.
14 July 2015 at 8:43pm ... Mhairi Black: 20-year-old MP's maiden speech pulls no punches. And then there are signposts, signposts which stand true, and tall, and principled. John F Kennedy On The Responsibilities Of Educated Citizens. from the mills of Paisley, to the industries of Johnstone, right to the weavers in Kilbarchan, it’s got a wonderful population with a cracking sense of humour and much to offer both the tourists and to those who reside there.
We’re watched our communities decline. This style particularly suits agitprop young left-wingers such as Black, who talks as though she believes that conservatives do not have principles and are bad people motivated by malice. She only received her 1st Class Honours degree a few weeks back in Politics. I share her disgust at Harriet Harman’s airy announcement that Labour will back the Tories’ benefit changes. The sad thing about Black’s speech, among many happy things, is that it shows you can be passionate, sincere and inspiring, but also utterly mistaken.
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But it is because of that fact that I want to thank him for all he did for the constituency and I especially want to take a moment to commend him for the dignified way that he handled himself on what must have been a very difficult election night.
We triumphed on a wave of hope, hope that there was something different, something better to the Thatcherite neo-liberal policies that are produced from this chamber.
clivelord.wordpress.com. I strongly disagree with your assertion that the Conservative government is “evil”, as this would imply deliberately sinister intent – the deliberate desire to hurt the poor and vulnerable. Before I was elected I volunteered for a charitable organisation and there was a gentleman who I grew very fond of. Because of this, he didn’t eat for five days, he didn’t drink. Black’s speech certainly pointed up the advantages that youth – especially when it’s connected to grassroots activism – can lend to a politician. Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 09.24 EST. Learn how your comment data is processed.
In the years to come, she will make mistakes, speak rashly then wish she’d bitten her tongue, hold her peace then kick herself for not speaking up. But so be it. And without saying a word he burst into tears. Enjoyed this speech? Alex Salmond inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon reveals she wanted to help 'a friend in distress', Nicola Sturgeon's lies to Salmond inquiry show greater contempt for voters than Margaret Ferrier's Covid breach – Murdo Fraser. Black structures her speech around an anecdote about a constituent whose benefits were sanctioned under what were (if true) shockingly cruel circumstances.
Let us come together, let us be that opposition, let us be that signpost of a better society.
Here she makes a truly moving and hard hitting maiden speech.
She is the youngest MP in parliament. The impression is often of a professional voteseeker who has been carefully introduced to a member of the public precisely so that their story can be aired as part of a party-political narrative. Mhairi Black’s maiden speech in the House of Commons, which has taken hold of such large swathes of the British Left, Journalists Buying Fake Twitter Followers, Another Symptom Of Institutional Decay – Semi-Partisan Politics, Like, Why Can’t British Politicians Talk Fancy No More? It was easy to see why. After all, I was only three when he was elected.
Available for everyone, funded by readers. My housing is subsidised by the tax payer. Now, my constituency has a fascinating history far beyond the Hollywood film and historical name. What balance should we strike between taxing corporations and encouraging them to invest in Britain and create jobs? 15/07/2015.
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