A Tory MP told people struggling with bills to work more hours or get a better paid job – 23 perfect comebacks
A Tory MP and government minister went viral today after she suggested people who were facing a cost of living crisis should work more hours or simply get a better paid job.
Safeguarding minister Helen Maclean – no, us neither – made the comments in an interview with Kay Burley on Sky News and it’s a proper jaw-dropper.
A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living should take on more hours or move to a better-paid job.
Read more: https://t.co/x0S3ZgrhX6 pic.twitter.com/cFflaiyDxg
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 16, 2022
And you won’t be surprised to learn that people didn’t think it was the slam-dunk solution she appeared to be suggesting it was.
Quite the opposite, in fact. These 23 responses surely said it best.
1.
Government Minister who has just had a £2,200 a year pay rise says the rest of us can work longer hours
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 16, 2022
2.
Look poors, if you’re tired of not eating when bills and food prices are rocketing, have you considered merely getting a job, getting promoted, cooking a big bag of plain pasta with no energy to heat it, and not being poor? Hmm??? Or do I, a Tory MP, have to think of everything?
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 16, 2022
3.
Crass, callous, tone deaf Tory politicians constitute the only part of the supply chain improved by Brexit. https://t.co/DLFHWGmF4J
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) May 16, 2022
4.
How to save money the Tory way:
1. Stop being poor
2. Money? Get more of it
3. Expense everything so you save more money
4. Be born with money
5. Stop being poor again but louder— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) May 16, 2022
5.
Hello there, have you ever considered just having more money? https://t.co/8h5NGi9mL4
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) May 16, 2022
6.
I would suggest that they should be born to parents with a lot of money, if that helps. https://t.co/TIqY94GNUl
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) May 16, 2022
7.
Rachel Maclean has just solved the cost of living crisis – turns out all you need to do is get a better paid job and work more hours. For example, you could become and MP and claim £218,000 in expenses on top of your £80k salary like she did last year.
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) May 16, 2022
8.
Thinking of all the dedicated, tireless NHS healthcare assistants, nurses & porters I work with – and feeling stunned at the stone cold ignorance of this government. https://t.co/c0EgGowJWF
— Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) May 16, 2022
9.
And this ladies and gentlemen is why the people in charge, shouldn't be in charge. https://t.co/LDRYrYYBX1
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) May 16, 2022
10.
https://t.co/4a7jDrrlrC pic.twitter.com/1csddMdZAa
— Steve James (@SteveJmz) May 16, 2022
11.
As campaign slogans go “Don’t be poor” needs some work. https://t.co/yDStdxdua4
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 16, 2022
12.
You Boy!
Have you considered working more hours, or simply getting a better paid job? pic.twitter.com/JyBNNjlI3Q— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) May 16, 2022