Food for thought

Some of the comments from Tory MPS as a justification for not extending free school meals to children in England; have been so morally repugnant and venal they make Victorians seem reasonable.

Tory MP Selaine Saxby said in a Facebook post she hoped that firms who had stepped in to offer free school meals; would not seek any extra financial help from the government.

Tory business minister Paul Scully said that children had gone hungry for years. He defended his comments with whataboutery, saying Labour had done nothing when they were in power.

Another Tory MP, Ben Bradley, said that free school meal vouchers would be sold or traded for crack and brothels. Fellow Tory MP Mark Jenkinson agreed with Bradley's assertions.

Jacob Rees Mogg( the very caricature of a 19th century Dickensian factory owner) thought starving children was ok. In 2016, Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond agreed to spend £7.6 million restoring Wentworth Woodhouse. This is the largest private home in England. It happens to belong to Jacob Rees Mogg's wife. So clearly Tories like public money for themselves.

None of this is new. Tory greed is rational. They want those at the bottom to be in perpetual fear of destitution. Tories want; no pensions, no paid holidays, no NHS, no maternity or sick pay, no trade unions, no free education. They want a low-wage, low-skill Asiatic sweatshop economy with jobs that are transitory and fleeting.

The aim of this is to have a population disorganised, cowed and fearful. That way they wont make demands that will cut in on the profits of Tory donors.

ALAN HINNRICHS Gillespie Terrace, Dundee