SECOND TORY MINISTER MAKES OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT DISABLED PEOPLE TORY MINISTER SAYS DISABLED PEOPLE ‘GRATEFUL’ TO HAVE A JOB A second Tory Minister in the space of a week has been caught out making offensive comments about disabled people – after Andrew Selous suggested that people with disabilities work harder because they are ‘grateful’ to have a job. These comments come on the back of Welfare Minister Lord Freud’s offensive claims earlier this week that people with disabilities aren’t ‘worth’ the full minimum wage. Andrew Selous has previously courted controversy by reportedly threatening to close down the foodbank charity the Trussell Trust while he was Iain Duncan Smith’s Parliamentary Private Secretary – because the charity had been critical of UK Government policy. Commenting, SNP MSP Kevin Stewart said: “That a second Tory minister in under a week has been caught out making offensive comments about disabled people is absolutely disgusting - and is a grim insight into how this Tory government views people with disabilities. “First we had Lord Freud telling disabled people that they aren’t ‘worth’ the minimum wage, now Andrew Selous says that people with disabilities should be ‘grateful’ to have a job. “These comments come from the same Tory minister who reportedly threatened to close down the foodbank charity the Trussell Trust when he worked under Iain Duncan Smith. “Despite what a series of Tory ministers may think, people with disabilities play an important and valued role in our economy and society – any suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive, and David Cameron must take action against his ministers for these ill-judged remarks.”
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:15:33 +0000
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