Tory voter berates minister on Question Time over tax credits - BBC News

[steve2470]

[sandensea]

1. It's too bad Amber Rudd was reelected - and by a hair as she was.

She has that truculent shamelessness that so many voters often confuse for strength.

I'd keep a good eye on her.

[wolfie001]

2. Another heartless Thatcherite!

That's how it looks to this Yankee. Same scourge as Reaganomics. Only the wealthy benefit. The majority of voters are so easily duped.

[DK504]

3. Seems the conservatives across the pond are just as bad as the ones here.

Thanks Ronnie & Margaret, you guys really screwed the pooch when you two hooked up.

[mwooldri]

4. We need more aggrieved "conservative voters" to go public like this.

This goes for any country. Thanks to broadcast neutrality, views like this get airtime in UK.

Where's the similar forums in the US? "Question Time USA" anyone?

A Left-wing voter (Labour/Lib-Dem/US Democrats) ripping into right-wing politicians (Conservative/US Republican) gets no traction with the typical right wing voter. However a right wing voter tearing into a right wing politician may gain more traction and may make people think as to why they should vote for the right wing politician again.

[steve2470]

5. Remember the Tory-voting mum who attacked tax credit cuts? She's now a Momentum boss

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/remember-tory-voting-mum-who-9645557

A Tory-voting mum who stunned Britain with a rant against tax credit cuts has become a regional boss of Momentum.

Mum-of-four Michelle Dorrell, 36, cried "shame on you" to Tory minister Amber Rudd before George Osborne was forced to ditch the hated policy.

Just 15 months later, she has been elected chairwoman of Momentum South East Kent - part of the left-wing pressure group set up to campaign for Jeremy Corbyn .

In a tearful speech described as "gut-wrenching" by Labour's leader, the nail salon owner said on BBC Question Time in October 2015: "I thought you would be the better chance for me and my children.