[Cherie]

OMG who authorised this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cherie]

[Cherie]

[MTVN]

Can't believe they actually thought this was a good idea, had someone send it to me last night and I was sure it was just a piss take lol

[arista]

Grant did it.

[Cherie]

Let them play bingo! Tories under fire for 'condescending' advert highlighting Budget beer and bingo tax cuts as the things 'they' enjoy
Party chairman Grant Shapps tweeted beer and bingo tax cuts advert
It said Budget 2014 cuts helped 'hardworking people' do what 'they' enjoy
Post was immediately slammed as a 'PR disaster' and 'ill-conceived'
Some Twitter users even suggested the post must be a hoax

[LeatherTrumpet]

The PR head who thought of it

[Nedusa]

Says it all really...............!!!!

[Kizzy]

'Mr Osborne told the Commons: “We’ve introduced new laws to prevent alcohol being sold below minimum tax rates, and this helps prevent supermarkets undercutting pubs, and helps stop problem drinking.'

So it's more expensive in the supermarket... but if you go down the pub it's 1p cheaper!

[Nedusa]

A freudian slip or the genuine thoughts of one of our Tory masters who in an unguarded moment let this little beauty get published.........???

[Kizzy]

It's the equivalent of throwing the dog a bone.

[InOne]

Well the whole tory philosophy is give the proles just enough but not too much so it doesn't surprise me

[Shaun]

the giveaway word is "they". Just wow.

[Z]

For the love of God

[Nedusa]

Unlike these workshy, arrogant, expenses fiddling , loathsome Tory twats....

[joeysteele]

Extremely patronising and clearly as is the case with so much this Govt does,not very well thought out and planned at all.

I am disappointed with Grant Schapps,he was really good when he was a housing Minister, this new role is clearly too much for him as he seems to make a fair few bad,almost infantile errors of judgement.

I think he needs replacing and quick too otherwise he himself in this role will lose the Conservatives the 2015 election needing little help from the rest of the party.

[Livia]

Hahaha... Ahhhh.... I used to have to justify this kind of crap - for a living. Now some other poor b*****d has to do it. What are they thinking? How the hell did this get past the first meeting? Who on EARTH thought this might be a good idea? Grant Schapps is a dick, his career seems to be built entirely on lurching from one crisis to another. It's a good job he's an MP because he'd struggle to get employment in any other arena.

[bbfan1991]

That is pure awful.

[Livia]

[Livia]

[Kizzy]

[Toy Soldier]

It would be funny if it wasn't so ****ing sinister - this is what the people who are in charge of the country genuinely think of the average British worker. Alcohol and Bingo (bingo?????) to keep the placid little cogs turning without complaining too much.

It's terrifying. The disrespect and disregard they have for people is overwhelmingly obvious. In fact, with things like this, it's increasingly clear that they don't think of anyone from outwith their privileged little bubble as "people" at all.

[Livia]

You can't judge all tories by this ridiculous, doomed campaign. I can almost guarantee it was thrown together by someone in Millbank. It will have been passed to Grant Schapps who's frankly too stupid to know how offensive it is. Not all Tories are over-privileged trust-fund recipients, and if you really think that, then it's a pretty blinkered view to take.

[smeagol]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Unlike these workshy, arrogant, expenses fiddling , loathsome Tory twats....

lol

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Livia

You can't judge all tories by this ridiculous, doomed campaign. I can almost guarantee it was thrown together by someone in Millbank. It will have been passed to Grant Schapps who's frankly too stupid to know how offensive it is. Not all Tories are over-privileged trust-fund recipients, and if you really think that, then it's a pretty blinkered view to take.

Does it matter? It's an accurate representation of the mindset of those at the top, setting the policies. This message is a fairly succinct summing up of the announced budget. This is the mindset that is setting the course for the entire country. The fact that not all Tories agree is irrelevant: the ones who matter, do. And anyone who doesnt share this mindset and still supports the Tories in any way, is frankly either in denial or just plain ****ing stupid.